Fiabe Italiane: Mini Tales in Italian for Beginners

Fiabe Italiane: Mini Tales in Italian for Beginners
Author: Alfonso Borello
Publisher: Villaggio Publishing Ltd.
Total Pages: 40
Release:
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

"Fiabe Italiane: Mini Tales in Italian for Beginners" is a collection of very short tales in Italian, specifically designed for learners who are just starting to learn the language. The book features a range of simple and easy-to-read stories, each accompanied by an English translation and to help learners reinforce their understanding. The book emphasizes the importance of deliberate practice in reading when learning Italian. It encourages learners to take their time with each story, to read it slowly and deliberately, and to focus on understanding the meaning of each sentence and word. By doing so, learners can gradually build up their vocabulary and comprehension skills, and develop the confidence they need to start reading more complex texts in Italian. In addition to providing a fun and engaging way to learn Italian, "Fiabe Italiane" also offers valuable cultural insights into Italian life and traditions. Through the stories, learners can explore the country's rich history and culture, and gain a deeper appreciation for the language and its many nuances. Whether you are a beginner looking to improve your Italian language skills or an experienced learner looking for new and exciting ways to practice, "Fiabe Italiane" is the perfect book to help you achieve your language goals.

Italian Folktales

Italian Folktales
Author: Italo Calvino
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 799
Release: 2013-08-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0544283228

One of the New York Times’s Ten Best Books of the Year: These traditional stories of Italy, retold by a literary master, are “a treasure” (Los Angeles Times). Filled with kings and peasants, saints and ogres—as well as some quite extraordinary plants and animals—these two hundred tales bring to life Italy’s folklore, sometimes with earthy humor, sometimes with noble mystery, and sometimes with the playfulness of sheer nonsense. Selected and retold by one of the country’s greatest literary icons, “this collection stands with the finest folktale collections anywhere” (The New York Times Book Review). “For readers of any age . . . A masterwork.” —The Wall Street Journal “A magic book, and a classic to boot.” —Time

Elves and the Shoemaker

Elves and the Shoemaker
Author: BPI
Publisher: BPI Publishing
Total Pages: 17
Release:
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 8176935719

A set of twelve all time classics that introduce children to adventure, love and bravery. Colourful illustrations bring the stories to life.

Italian Literature since 1900 in English Translation 1929-2016

Italian Literature since 1900 in English Translation 1929-2016
Author: Robin Healey
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 1104
Release: 2019-03-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1487502923

Providing the most complete record possible of texts by Italian writers active after 1900, this annotated bibliography covers over 4,800 distinct editions of writings by some 1,700 Italian authors. Many entries are accompanied by useful notes that provide information on the authors, works, translators, and the reception of the translations. This book includes the works of Pirandello, Calvino, Eco, and more recently, Andrea Camilleri and Valerio Manfredi. Together with Robin Healey's Italian Literature before 1900 in English Translation, also published by University of Toronto Press in 2011, this volume makes comprehensive information on translations from Italian accessible for schools, libraries, and those interested in comparative literature.

Circulation, Translation and Reception Across Borders

Circulation, Translation and Reception Across Borders
Author: Elio Baldi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2023-12-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1003816436

This volume offers a detailed analysis of selected cases in the reception, translation and artistic reinterpretation of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities (1972) around the world. The book traces the many different ways in which Calvino's modern classic has been read, translated and adapted in Brazil, France, the Netherlands and Flanders, Mexico, Romania, Scandinavia, the USSR, China, Poland, Japan and Australia. It also offers analyses of the relation between Calvino's book and, respectively, the East and Africa, as well as reflections on the book's inspiration for, and resonance in, dance, architecture and art. The volume thus traces the diversity in the reception and circulation of Invisible Cities in different countries and continents, offering a much wider framework for the discussion of Calvino’s masterpiece than before, and a more detailed picture of its cultural and linguistic ramifications. This book will be of interest to scholars in Comparative Literature, World Literature, Translation Studies, Italian Studies, Romance Languages, European Studies, Dance, Architecture and Media Studies, as well as to scholars specialised in paratext and reception.

Folktales and Fairy Tales [4 volumes]

Folktales and Fairy Tales [4 volumes]
Author: Anne E. Duggan Ph.D.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 2815
Release: 2016-02-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Encyclopedic in its coverage, this one-of-a-kind reference is ideal for students, scholars, and others who need reliable, up-to-date information on folk and fairy tales, past and present. Folktales and fairy tales have long played an important role in cultures around the world. They pass customs and lore from generation to generation, provide insights into the peoples who created them, and offer inspiration to creative artists working in media that now include television, film, manga, photography, and computer games. This second, expanded edition of an award-winning reference will help students and teachers as well as storytellers, writers, and creative artists delve into this enchanting world and keep pace with its past and its many new facets. Alphabetically organized and global in scope, the work is the only multivolume reference in English to offer encyclopedic coverage of this subject matter. The four-volume collection covers national, cultural, regional, and linguistic traditions from around the world as well as motifs, themes, characters, and tale types. Writers and illustrators are included as are filmmakers and composers—and, of course, the tales themselves. The expert entries within volumes 1 through 3 are based on the latest research and developments while the contents of volume 4 comprises tales and texts. While most books either present readers with tales from certain countries or cultures or with thematic entries, this encyclopedia stands alone in that it does both, making it a truly unique, one-stop resource.

Writing about Literature

Writing about Literature
Author: Judith Woolf
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2005
Genre: Academic writing
ISBN: 9780415314459

Writing about Literature combines detailed practical and scholarly advice with a sense of the scope and creative possibilities of literary criticism, empowering the student reader to make his or her own discoveries and experiments with language. In addition, it gives valuable guidance on adult language learning and translation skills for students of foreign literature. This handy, accessible guide covers all aspects of the essay-writing process, including: preliminary reading and choosing and researching a topic referencing and presentation computer use style, structure, vocabulary, grammar and spelling the art and craft of writing scholarly and personal insights into the problems and pleasures of writing about literature. Written in an entertaining and informative way and containing a wealth of practical advice and scholarly insights, this wise, witty and helpful book should be on every literature student's bookshelf.