Emanuele Licastro
Professor emeritus
Office: 1029 Clemens Hall
Phone: (716) 645-2191 x 1170
Email: licastro@buffalo.edu
Website: Personal site
Degrees
- B.A. from New York University
- M.A. from University of Wisconsin
- Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin
Areas of Specialization
- Italian Literature: Theatre, Short Story, Novel, Twentieth Century; Italian cinema
Publications
- Luigi Pirandello: dalle novelle alle commedie (Verona: Fiorini, 1974)
- Ugo Betti: an Introduction (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1985)
- "Beyond Politics: Betti's Two Political Plays," Rivista di Studi Italianai, 1, (1983)
- "Six Characters in Search of an Author and Its Critique of Traditional Theater," in A Companion to Pirandello Studies (New York: Greenwood Press, 1991)
- "Pirandello's Chauvinism, Obsessions, Characters and His Muse Marta Abba," Forum Italicum, XXXVI, 1 (2002)
Current Research Projects
- Giovanni Verga's Theatre
- Rosso di San Secondo
- Rossellini's Voyage to Italy
Frequently Taught Courses
- ITA 418/518: The Works of Pirandello
- ITA 425/525: Italian Short Stories
- ITA 429/530: Italian Cinema I: from Neorealism to Modern
- ITA 430/530: Italian Cinema II: Visconti and Antonioni
- ITA 411: Petrarch and Boccaccio