Francesca Leardini

Associate Professor (Teaching) of Italian

Pronouns She / Her / Hers Email leardini@usc.edu Office THH 176 Office Phone (213) 746-7479

Education

Ph.D. Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature, University of California, Los Angeles, GPA 4.0, 8/2005
M.A. Medieval and Early Renaissance Italian Literature, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy, 12/1995

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Francesca Leardini conducts research in the areas of Medieval and Early Renaissance Literature (early Italian prose and poetry; Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarca), and in Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature (Leopardi, Verga, Pirandello, Ungaretti, Palazzeschi, Landolfi).
(Spring 2023) ITAL 120. Italian I, MW 10:00am – 11:50am,

(Spring 2023) ITAL 120. Italian I, TTh 10:00am – 11:50am,