Massimo Stella

Massimo Stella is an Associate Professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice's Department of Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Studies. He holds roles on the University Board of Sustainability and serves as Delegate for Inclusion, Gender Equality, and Sustainability. His teaching spans comparative literature, European and American literatures, and literary theory across undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs.

• Involvement: 2024/2025 courses include Comparative Literature modules in multiple languages
• Doctoral supervision in LCSM interdisciplinary seminars

Research focuses on comparative literature methodologies, 19th-century European adaptations, Shakespearean studies, and classical reception. Key themes include mythological reinterpretation, gender studies, and intertextuality. He leads research groups on textual adaptation and collaborates internationally.

• Projects: "Displacement/Adaptation/Transformation" (Group 11) and 18th-century European literature adaptations

Publications emphasize literary criticism of works by Pater, Shakespeare, Kleist, and Proust. Recent works analyze mythological symbolism in Sacher-Masoch and gender dynamics in Shakespearean tragedies. His writing appears in journals like La Rivista di Engramma and RSV.