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Eliana Vitale is a Research Fellow at the University of Catania's Department of Humanities, specializing in Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature, Digital Humanities, and Authorial Philology. Her work focuses on textual analysis of 20th-21st century Italian poetry, lexicography, and digital editions of literary works.
Her educational background includes a PhD in Interpretation Sciences from the University of Catania (2023) with a thesis analyzing Italian poetry from 1976-2005. She has been actively involved in major digital humanities projects including the National Digital Edition of Luigi Pirandello's Complete Works and the ALPION Lexicographic Archive for Italian Poetry.
Vitale's research spans three interconnected domains:
- Modern Italian Poetry - with focus on authors like Pavese, Pirandello, Conte, and Magrelli
- Digital Philology - developing digital tools for textual analysis and annotation
- Lexicographic Studies - creating specialized vocabularies for poetic analysis
As an active member of multiple research teams including CINUM (Center for Humanistic Computing) and editorial boards like 'La Modernità Letteraria', she contributes to both theoretical frameworks and practical implementations of digital humanities methodologies in Italian literary studies.
Her teaching engagements include Contemporary Italian Literature courses at DISFOR (Department of Educational Sciences) and specialized seminars on 20th-21st century Italian poetry interpretation, reflecting her dual commitment to research and pedagogical innovation in literary studies.
