Research Profile

M Gabriella Caponi

BIOGRAPHY

Maria Gabriella Caponi-Doherty graduated in Lingue e Letterature Straniere and Lettere Moderne at the University of Macerata (Italy), specializing in Italian language pedagogy. After teaching at Queen’s University (Belfast) and completing her Post-Graduate Diploma in Education, she moved to University College Cork in 1994 where she is currently working as a College Language Teacher. She coordinates the Final Year Language Program, she is the director of the CILS/DITALS Examination Centre and she is also involved in the teaching of the Master program. She is studying for her PhD on the Poetic Interactions in the Theatre of Gabriele D’Annunzio and Luigi Pirandello. Her main research interests are: 20th Italian Theatre, Igino Tarchetti, Applied Linguistics and Italian Language Pedagogy.

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

 YearPublication
(1996)'Charles Dickens and the Italian Risorgimento'
Caponi-Doherty M Gabriella (1996) 'Charles Dickens and the Italian Risorgimento' [Details]
(2012)'Pirandello's La Figlia di Iorio: transcription or transposition?'
Caponi-Doherty M Gabriella (2012) 'Pirandello's La Figlia di Iorio: transcription or transposition?' [Details]

Conference Contributions

 YearPublication
(2000)Dante Alighieri Society,
Caponi-Doherty M Gabriella (2000) Seán Proinsias Ó Faoláin' Italy. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Dante Alighieri Society, CorK , 16-FEB-00 - 16-FEB-00
(1998)RIAML XXV Symposium on Transsitions, Transpositions and Translations: Cross Current in Language, Literature and Other Arts,
Caponi-Doherty M Gabriella (1998) Leopardi's Reinvention of the Moon. [Oral Presentation], RIAML XXV Symposium on Transsitions, Transpositions and Translations: Cross Current in Language, Literature and Other Arts, QUB, Belfast , 13-NOV-98 - 14-NOV-98
(1998)VII Annual Conference on Cross-Currents in Literature, Film and the Visual Arts: Space in Literature and Film, School of Language and Literature, UCC,
Caponi-Doherty M Gabriella (1998) Italian Settings in Little Dorrit. [Oral Presentation], VII Annual Conference on Cross-Currents in Literature, Film and the Visual Arts: Space in Literature and Film, School of Language and Literature, UCC, UCC, Cork , 24-APR-98 - 26-APR-98
(1999)VIII Annual Conference on Cross-Currents in Literature, Film and Visual Arts: Apocalypse, School of Language and Literature, UCC,
Caponi-Doherty M Gabriella (1999) The Roman Apocalypse of Gioacchino Belli. [Oral Presentation], VIII Annual Conference on Cross-Currents in Literature, Film and Visual Arts: Apocalypse, School of Language and Literature, UCC, UCC,Cork , 23-APR-99 - 25-APR-99
(2001)X Annual Conference on Cross-Currents in Literature, Film and the Visual Arts: Crime and Punishment, School of Language and Litrature, UCC,
Caponi-Doherty M Gabriella (2001) Carlo Emilio Gadda's Quer Pasticciaccio de Via Merulana: a detective story or a metaphor of its time. [Oral Presentation], X Annual Conference on Cross-Currents in Literature, Film and the Visual Arts: Crime and Punishment, School of Language and Litrature, UCC, Cork , 04-MAY-01 - 06-MAY-01
(2003)Biannual Conference of the Society for Italian Studies,
Caponi-Doherty M Gabriella (2003) Manzoni e Tarchetti. [Oral Presentation], Biannual Conference of the Society for Italian Studies, Cork , 04-JUL-03 - 06-JUL-03

Book Review

 YearPublication
(2012)Dramatic Interactions: Teaching Languages, Literatures, and Cultures through Theater—Theoretical Approaches and Classroom Practices, edited by Colleen Ryan and Nicoletta Marini-Maio (Newcastle- upon -Tyne, Cambridge Scholar Publishing, 2011).
Caponi-Doherty (2012) Dramatic Interactions: Teaching Languages, Literatures, and Cultures through Theater—Theoretical Approaches and Classroom Practices, edited by Colleen Ryan and Nicoletta Marini-Maio (Newcastle- upon -Tyne, Cambridge Scholar Publishing, 2011). Book Reviews   [Details]
(2012)La lingua del teatro fra d'Annunzio e Pirandello, Laura Melosi and Diago Poli (eds.), Macerata: EUM, 2007.
Caponi-Doherty Gabriella (2012) La lingua del teatro fra d'Annunzio e Pirandello, Laura Melosi and Diago Poli (eds.), Macerata: EUM, 2007. Book Reviews [Details]
(2011)Pirandello e le metamorfosi del testo, Bart Van den Bossche, Franco Musarra and Isabelle Melis (eds.), Florence: Cesati, 2009.
Caponi M Gabriella (2011) Pirandello e le metamorfosi del testo, Bart Van den Bossche, Franco Musarra and Isabelle Melis (eds.), Florence: Cesati, 2009. Book Reviews [Details]
(2011)Le passioni di Pirandello, Bart Van den Bossche and Monica Jansen (eds.), Florence: Cesati, 2010.
Caponi M Gabriella (2011) Le passioni di Pirandello, Bart Van den Bossche and Monica Jansen (eds.), Florence: Cesati, 2010. Book Reviews [Details]

Professional Activities

Associations

 AssocationFunctionFrom / To
Irish Society for Theatre Research Member/
Society for Italian Studies Member/
Associazione Internazionale Professori d'Italiano Member/
Society for Pirandello Studies Member/

Education

 YearInstituionQualificationSubject
1998Universita per Stranieri di Siena postgrad. certificateTeacing Italian as a Foreign Language
2008UCC Postgraduate Diploma Teaching & Learning in Higher EducationTeaching and Learning
2007UCC Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Ed.Teaching and Learning

Teaching Activities

Modules Taught

 Term (ID))TitleLinkSubject
2014Business Italian IT3103Business Italian
2014Advanced Italian Language IT3101Advanced Italian Language

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