Simona Carretta

Simona Carretta is a fixed-term Researcher in the Department of Italian Language, Literature, and Arts in the World (LILAIM) at Università degli Studi di Roma Foro Italico. She holds a National Scientific Qualification (II level) in Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature (sector 10/F4) and teaches courses in Contemporary Italian Literature, Comparative Literature, and Literary Text Analysis within programs such as Digital Humanities and Italian for Teaching Foreigners.

Her research focuses on literary criticism, comparative literature, and the theoretical study of the novel, particularly its intersections with music, the essay, and cinematic arts. She explores narrative structures through the lens of musical composition, polyphony, and intermediality, with a special interest in authors like Milan Kundera and theoretical frameworks such as reception theory.

The recent articles highlight a consistent trend in interdisciplinary literary analysis, combining novel theory with musicology, film studies, and multilingualism. Her work bridges continental European literary traditions, especially French and Italian, and investigates how narrative forms evolve across artistic media.

Simona Carretta has authored the monograph Il romanzo a variazioni (2019) and translated Lakis Proguidis’s essay on the novel. Her publications appear in journals such as «L'Atelier du roman», «CoSMO», and «Diacritica». While no scientific awards are listed, her scholarly output reflects a strong engagement with theoretical and comparative literary discourse.

She advises no students listed in the available text and has not disclosed any grant funding. Her teaching includes laboratory-based and creative writing components, indicating an applied dimension to her literary scholarship.

She is actively involved in academic life, offering office hours on campus and via Teams, and continues to publish and teach in the 2025–2026 academic year.