zaninotto
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My project investigates depictions of female "afflicttion" in Neo-Victorian fiction (1980-2010s) embracing a Feminsit Disability Studies perspective, whose critical theorisation coincides with the just-mentioned timescale of reference. In its interdisciplinarity, it rests on the following prerequisites: 1) Literary Disability Studies' proliferation within English Studies and more so in Victorian novels, 2) the conceptualization of Neo-Victorian engagements as both mirrors for 19th century concerns and as renegotiations on the historical past. In such a metafictional framework, the project takes into account a feminist-driven perspective and potential activistic outcomes resulting from female non-ablebodiedness’ imaging and sexuality.
At the center of my research and in selecting Poor Things (1992) and Alias Grace (1996) as primary texts lies a congruous conceptualisation of Neo-Victorian fiction marked by historical consciousness, holding great socio-historical critical potentiality that can provide wisdom in relation to both 19th century and contemporary concerns.
In the name of the feminist motto "personal is political", the project takes on an inside-out research approach.
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Enrica Zaninotto is a third-year PhD candidate in English Literature and specializes in Disability Studies. Within the departmental Project of Excellence in Inclusive Humanities she is researching female disabled corporeality in Neo-Victorian metafiction through a Feminist Disability Studies lens. Other research interests of her include: Victorian and Neo-Victorian Studies, Irish Studies, contemporary literature, and auto/biography. She is a member of AIA (Italian Association of English Studies) and ESSE (European Society for the Study of English).
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