Massimo STELLA

Position: Associate Professor

Roles: Member of the University Board of Sustainability
Delegate for Inclusion, Gender Equality and Sustainability

Telephone: 041 234 9405

E-mail: massimo.stella@unive.it

Academic discipline: Literary Criticism and Comparative Literature [COMP-01/A]

Website: https://www.unive.it/web/en/19197/people/massimo.stella(personal record)

Office: Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dslcc
Where: Ca' Bembo

Office hours

Teaching activity current year

Teaching activity a.y. 2026/2027

LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LMR3]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LETTERATURA ALBANESE MOD. 2 (6 su 12 cfu) [LM002A]

LETTERATURA CECA MOD. 2 (6 su 12 cfu) [LM001H]

LETTERATURA NEOGRECA MOD. 2 (6 su 12 cfu) [LM001S]

LETTERATURA POLACCA MOD. 2 (6 su 12 cfu) [LM001U]

LETTERATURA SERBA E CROATA MOD. 2 (6 su 12 cfu) [LM001Z]

LETTERATURE COMPARATE (6 cfu) [LM0560]

LETTERATURE COMPARATE DELL'EUROPA ORIENTALE (6 cfu) [LM3570]

LITERATURA COMPARADA (6 cfu) [LMI560]

LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LTR10]
Laurea

LETTERATURE COMPARATE Cognomi M-Z (6 cfu) [LT1240]

LETTERATURE COMPARATE Cognomi A-L (6 cfu) [LT1240]

TEORIA DELLA LETTERATURA Cognomi M-Z (6 cfu) [LT1460]

Teaching activity previous years

Teaching activity a.y. 2025/2026

LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LMR3]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LETTERATURA ALBANESE MOD. 2 (6 su 12 cfu) [LM002A]

LETTERATURA NEOGRECA MOD. 2 (6 su 12 cfu) [LM001S]

LETTERATURA POLACCA MOD. 2 (6 su 12 cfu) [LM001U]

LETTERATURA SERBA E CROATA MOD. 2 (6 su 12 cfu) [LM001Z]

LETTERATURE COMPARATE (6 cfu) [LM0560]

LETTERATURE COMPARATE DELL'EUROPA ORIENTALE (6 cfu) [LM3570]

LITERATURA COMPARADA (6 cfu) [LMI560]

LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LTR10]
Laurea

LETTERATURE COMPARATE Cognomi A-E (6 cfu) [LT1240]

LETTERATURE COMPARATE Cognomi F-O (6 cfu) [LT1240]

TEORIA DELLA LETTERATURA Cognomi M-Z (6 cfu) [LT1460]

Teaching activity a.y. 2024/2025

LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LM3]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LETTERATURA ALBANESE MOD. 2 (6 su 12 cfu) [LM002A]

LETTERATURA NEOGRECA MOD. 2 (6 su 12 cfu) [LM001S]

LETTERATURA POLACCA MOD. 2 (6 su 12 cfu) [LM001U]

LETTERATURA SERBA E CROATA MOD. 2 (6 su 12 cfu) [LM001Z]

LETTERATURE COMPARATE (6 cfu) [LM0560]

LETTERATURE COMPARATE DELL'EUROPA ORIENTALE (6 cfu) [LM3570]

LITERATURA COMPARADA (6 cfu) [LMI560]

LITTÉRATURE GÉNERALE ET COMPARÉE (6 cfu) [LMF560]

TEORIA DELLA LETTERATURA (6 cfu) [LM1460]

LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LT10]
Laurea

LETTERATURE COMPARATE Cognomi A-C (6 cfu) [LT1240]

LETTERATURE COMPARATE Cognomi M-P (6 cfu) [LT1240]

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ MODERNE E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [R252]
Corso di Dottorato (D.M.45)

SEMINARI DI APPROFONDIMENTO DI AREA DISCIPLINARE (LCSM) - MOD. 2 (0 cfu) [R25214]

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ MODERNE E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [R352]
Corso di Dottorato (D.M.226/2021)

SEMINARI DI STRUMENTI E METODOLOGIE (LCSM) (0 cfu) [R25208]

Teaching activity a.y. 2023/2024

LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LM3]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

LETTERATURE COMPARATE (6 cfu) [LM0560]

LITERATURA COMPARADA (6 cfu) [LMI560]

LITTÉRATURE GÉNERALE ET COMPARÉE (6 cfu) [LMF560]

TEORIA DELLA LETTERATURA (6 cfu) [LM1460]

LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LT10]
Laurea

LETTERATURE COMPARATE Cognomi A-C (6 cfu) [LT1240]

LETTERATURE COMPARATE Cognomi M-P (6 cfu) [LT1240]

LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ MODERNE E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [R252]
Corso di Dottorato (D.M.45)

SEMINARI DI STRUMENTI E METODOLOGIE (LCSM) (0 cfu) [R25208]

Teaching activity a.y. 2022/2023

LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LM3]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

TEORIA DELLA LETTERATURA (6 cfu) [LM1460]

LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LT10]
Laurea

LETTERATURE COMPARATE Cognomi A-C (6 cfu) [LT1240]

LETTERATURE COMPARATE Cognomi M-P (6 cfu) [LT1240]

Teaching activity a.y. 2021/2022

LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI [LM3]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)

TEORIA DELLA LETTERATURA (6 cfu) [LM1460]

LINGUE, CIVILTÀ E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO [LT10]
Laurea

LETTERATURE COMPARATE Cognomi A-C (6 cfu) [LT1240]

LETTERATURE COMPARATE Cognomi M-P (6 cfu) [LT1240]

Activities and research skills

General information

Academic discipline: Critica letteraria e letterature comparate [COMP-01/A]

Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies: Internazionale: Europa

Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series: Membro del Comitato editoriale di Annali di Ca' Foscari, Serie Occidentale (Fascia A per 10/F4; COMP-01/A, Letterature comparate)
Membro del Comitato editoriale di L'immagine riflessa (Fascia A per 10/F4; COMP-01/A, Letterature comparate e per tutta l'area 10)
Membro del Comitato editoriale di La rivista di Engramma (Fascia A per 10/F4 COMP-01/A, Letterature comparate)
Membro del Comitato scientifico della Collana "Critica letteraria e Linguistica" presso l'editore Franco Angeli
Membro del Comitato scientifico della collana "Testoafronte" presso l'editore VirtuosaMente
Membro del Comitato scientifico della collana "Lectio Magistralis" presso l'editore VirtuosaMente
Membro del ComItato scientifico di Comparatismi (Fascia A per 10/F4 COMP-01/A, Letterature comparate)
Membro del Comitato scientifico di Lumina (Rivista scientifica per 10/F4 COMP-01/A, Letterature comparate)

Main departmental research areas and fields: Area: Discipline dello spettacolo Linea: Teatro
Area: Filosofia e Scienze Sociali Linea: Antropologia filosofica
Area: Letteratura Linea: Letterature comparate
Area: Lingue e letterature americane
Area: Lingue e letterature europee Linea: francese
Area: Lingue e letterature europee Linea: inglese
Area: Lingue e letterature europee Linea: spagnola
Area: Lingue e letterature europee Linea: tedesca
Area: Lingue e letterature europee
Area: Storia e Antropologia Linea: Storia moderna

Completed and pending researches

Adaptation tra Linguaggio e Corporeità (Massimo Stella coordinatore)

SSD:: L-LIN/14

Adattamenti, circolazioni, innovazioni: Il dramma europeo nella prima età moderna (Claus Zittel, coordinatore; Massimo Stella componente)

SSD:: L-FIL-LET/14

Adattamento dei classici per l'infanzia/riscritture dei miti (Laura Tosi, coordinatore; Massimo Stella, componente)

SSD:: L-FIL-LET/14

Adattamento di testi, temi e idee nelle letterature europee del Settecento (Flavio Gregori, coordinatore)

SSD:: ANGL-01/A

Other members of the research group:: Magda CAMPANINI
Margherita CANNAVACCIUOLO
Cristina FOSSALUZZA
Flavio GREGORI
Emma QUIRICONI
Alice TARTARI
Erica VIANELLO

Displacement/Adaptation/Transformation (Mena Motrano, coordinatore; Massimo Stella, componente)

SSD:: L-FIL-LET/14

Idee, Linguaggi, Politica. Metamorfosi nello spazio e nel tempo (Giulia Delogu, coordinatore; Massimo Stella, componente)

SSD:: L-FIL-LET/14

Funds

"Ease and Dis-ease fo the Body" Finanz. primo insediamento STELLA Massimo DD ARIC 1775/2020 bando n. 472/2020 - proroga al 31/12/2022 DD ARIC 732/2022

Funding body:: Ateneo Ca' Foscari

Type:: Progetti di Ateneo

Role in the project:: LD

Starting date:: Year: 2020 Length in months: 27

Teatro e Medicina (Progetto PRIN), Massimo Stella responsabile di unità locale veneziana

Funding body:: MIUR

Type:: PRIN

Role in the project:: PT

Sito di progetto:: https://www.unive.it/pag/49644/

Starting date:: Year: 2025 Length in months: 24

Publication highlights

massimo stella Performance e Immagine. Il “performativo” dal Sofista di Platone al Moderno (con Amleto) in LA RIVISTA DI ENGRAMMA, vol. 236 giugno 2026, pp. 1-18 (ISSN 1826-901X)
2026, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5122427

massimo stella Tolle, lege: il libro interiore in SOCIETÀ E STORIA, vol. 193, pp. 547-555 (ISSN 0391-6987)
2026, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5121533

MASSIMO STELLA Il rebus del godimento perduto. L'enigma oggettuale in Venus im Pelz in LA RIVISTA DI ENGRAMMA, vol. 223 Aprile 2025, pp. 13-31 (ISSN 1826-901X)
2025, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5094389

MASSIMO STELLA René Wellek, Austin Warren, Teoria della letteratura in ANNALI DI CA' FOSCARI. SERIE OCCIDENTALE, vol. 59, pp. 359-366 (ISSN 2499-1562)
DOI 2025, Review in magazine - ARCA card: 10278/5104408

MASSIMO STELLA Clémence Ramnoux lit le Roi Lear de Shakespeare. Un guide pour les études comparatives in Rossella Saetta-Cottone et al., Clémence Ramnoux, entre mythes et philosophie. Dumézil, Freud, Bachelard, Paris, Presses de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, pp. 169-185 (ISBN 978-2-7288-0886-1)
2025, Book Article - ARCA card: 10278/5097531

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Curriculum vitae

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