L-731, R.D. Parker Building
(705) 675-1151, ext. 4271
csansalone@laurentian.ca
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I received a PhD. in Italian Studies from the University of Toronto. My field of specialization is contemporary Italian theater. I wrote my Ph.D. thesis on the image of the woman in the Italian theater of the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. I also completed my third year of my university degree at the University of Siena. Additionally, I have lived and studied in Italy for 10 years.
I am currently teaching Italian at Laurentian University and am an associated member of the Interdisciplinary Humanities M.A program. I have also taught at the University of Toronto at Mississauga for 6 years.
Along with Dr. Diana Iule-Colilli, I have been co-directing the yearly productions of Laurentian University’s Italian Theatre troupe, Le Maschere Laurenziane, since 2005.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Sansalone, Christine and Iuele-Colilli, Diana. I panni sporchi si lavano in famiglia. Soleil : Welland, 2008
Sansalone, Christine. “I Malavoglia e La terra trema: dal romanzo al film”. In Transitions: prospettive di studio sulle trasformazioni letterarie e linguistiche nella cultura italiana. Firenze, Edizioni Cadmo, 2004. (p. 231-238)
ABSTRACTS AND/OR PAPERS READ
« Una rivalutazione del teatro borghese di fine Ottocento » American association of Italian Studies and American Association of Teachers of Italian, Taormina (Italy), May 2008
“Da Agata Renni a Donata Gensi: il persorso del personaggio femminile Pirandelliano”American Association of Italian Studies, Colorado Springs, May 2007
“Women in the theatre” Academic Forum, Laurentian University, Sudbury, November 2006.
“L’immagine femminile nel teatro del grottesco e nel primo Pirandello” American Association of Teachers of Italian, Nashville, November 2006.
“La figura della donna nel teatro grottesco italiano” American Association of Italian Studies, Genova, May 2006.
“La figura della donna adultera nel teatro di Marco Praga” American Association of Italian Studies, Chapel Hill, April 2005.
“Il tema del denaro nel teatro borghese di fine Ottocento ed inizio Novecento”
American Association of Teachers of Italian, Chicago, November 2004.
“Il teatro dialettale di Achille Torelli”
American Association of Italian Studies, Ottawa, April 2004.
“La figura della donna nel teatro di Giuseppe Giacosa” American Association of Italian Studies, Washington, March 2003
“La figura della donna nel teatro di Achille Torelli” American Association of Teachers of Italian, Toronto, November 2002.
“I Malavoglia e La terra trema: dal romanzo al film” Transitions, University of Toronto, November 2002