Paolino Nappi

Paolino Nappi is a permanent faculty member at the Universitat de València, affiliated with the Department of French and Italian Philology within the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication. His academic work centers on Italian cultural studies, with a focus on cinema, literature, and graphic narratives. He is a member of the CIAO Italianistic Consortium of Analysis & Study of Literature Plays, contributing to collaborative research in Italian philology.

Education:

• PhD in Italian Philology, Universitat de València (2014)
• Thesis: La camorra immaginata. La criminalità napoletana tra letteratura, teatro e cinema dall'Unità agli anni Ottanta del Novecento, supervised by Dr. Juan Carlos de Miguel Canuto

His research interests include Italian cinema (especially Vittorio De Seta, Gillo Pontecorvo, and Mario Monicelli), the representation of the Camorra and Neapolitan identity in literature and film, Holocaust memory in Italian comics, linguistic experimentation in media, and female migration narratives in European graphic novels. He explores how cultural memory is constructed through artistic mediums, often analyzing the intersection of history, myth, and representation.

The publication trends in his recent articles reveal a consistent focus on 20th-century Italian cultural production, particularly the interplay between literature and film, the evolution of national myths, and the role of visual narratives in shaping historical consciousness. His work spans film analysis, literary criticism, and cultural studies, often with a comparative or interdisciplinary approach.

Scientific Contributions:

• Author of the book L'avventura del reale. Il cinema di Vittorio De Seta (2015)
• Contributor to the edited volume Las Violencias y la Historia (2016)
• Published in journals such as Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, Cuadernos de Filología Italiana, and Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics

He has collaborated with scholars including Juan Carlos de Miguel Canuto and Ewa Stanczyk. While no formal advising list is provided, his role as thesis supervisor indicates mentorship responsibilities. He has not received any publicly listed scientific awards. He is involved in research projects related to violence, memory, and cultural representation, and his work contributes to broader discussions on Italian identity and historical consciousness.

Laboratory and Research Groups:

• Member, CIAO Italianistic Consortium of Analysis & Study of Literature Plays