Alberto ZAVA

Alberto ZAVA is an Associate Professor of Contemporary Italian Literature at Ca' Foscari University of Venice's Department of Humanities. His research focuses on Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature, Literary Criticism, and the intersection of Journalism and Literature. He holds a PhD from Ca' Foscari (2004) and has taught since 2008, including a part-time role as Adjunct Professor (2008–2011) before becoming a Research Fellow (2011–2019) and later Associate Professor (2019–present).

Key research areas include 18th-century Italian novels (e.g., Pietro Chiari), 20th-century comedy theory (Cantoni-Pirandello), and literary journalism (Third Page evolution, writers like Gina Lagorio). He edits journals such as Ermeneutica Letteraria and Diaspore-Quaderni di ricerca, and oversees the Archivio d'Annunzio.

Recent publications analyze works by Italo Svevo, Leonardo Sciascia, and Paolo Maurensig, emphasizing narrative structure, memory, and interdisciplinary approaches. His teaching spans Italian Philology, Literary Theory, and Modern/Contemporary Literature courses at undergraduate and graduate levels.