Magda Campanini

Magda Campanini is an Associate Professor at the Department of Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Specializing in French literature of the Renaissance and 17th century, her research spans textual criticism, comparative literature, epistolary fiction, and early modern editorial genetics.

• Co-editor of the series Théâtre français de la Renaissance
• Member of editorial boards for international academic series
• Co-founder of digital projects like Digital Pléiade and Joyeuses Inventions

Her research focuses on narrative genres, reception phenomena, and cross-cultural interactions in early modern European literature, particularly through digital humanities methodologies. Recent publications analyze epistolary fiction, theatrical adaptations, and editorial practices in the French Renaissance and Enlightenment periods.

As a researcher in the PRIN 2010-11 project for the Corpus of French Renaissance Theatre, she has contributed to critical editions of early modern texts. She also coordinated the DUBI project on Du Bellay's works in Italian libraries.

Scientific contributions include:

• Textual genetics of Renaissance-17th century French works
• Epistolary fiction evolution from Renaissance to Enlightenment
• Comparative analysis of narrative collections
• Digital publication methodologies for complex textual variants
• Tragic narratives' pedagogical digital mediation
• Anglo-French literary interactions