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Francesca Legittimo

Tenured teacher
Francesca Legittimo

Department of Humanities
Faculty of Interpreting and translation
Francesca Legittimo

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CURRENT POSITION

Contract holder for the official course in Russian Culture, Literature and History of the Russian Language - Russian Literature.

Francesca Legittimo graduated in Russian Language and Literature from Ca' Foscari University in Venice. She then continued her studies at the Moscow State University for Humanities, where she worked mainly on comparative literatures. She has translated both classical authors such as Karamzin, Gogol' and Tolstoy and contemporary authors such as Dmitry Gluchovsky. She is one of the authors of the series of Russian manuals for Italians "Davajte" (Hoepli publisher). Her essay on Russian culture "The Russian Sphinx" (Hoepli publisher) was published in 2020

LINES OF RESEARCH

  • The teaching of Russian as a foreign language
  • Intercultural mediation between Italy and Russia
  • The relationship between language and culture
  • Gender issues in Russia
  • Contemporary Russian literature

DISCIPLINARY GROUP

10/M2 Slavistics

 

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Publications

Monographs

F. Legit
" The Russian Sphinx"
(Hoepli publisher, 2020)
ISBN-10: 8820397358

 

Language manuals

O. Bejenari, F. Legittimo, D. Magnati
" Davajte! Communicating in Russian. Russian language and culture course Vol.3"
(Hoepli publisher, 2020)
ISBN-10: 8820394499

F. Legittimo, D. Magnati
" Davajte! Communicating in Russian. Russian language and culture course Vol. 2"
(Hoepli publisher, 2017)
ISBN-10: 8820378671

D. Magnati, F. Legittimo
" Davajte! Communicating in Russian. Russian language and culture course Vol.1"
(Hoepli publisher,2017)
ISBN-10: 8820378663

F. Legit
" German Now. Practical phraseology for speaking and listening"
(De Vecchi publisher, 2009)
ISBN-10: 884127623

Translations

D. Glukhovsky
" Metro 2035"
(Multiplayer Editions, 2017)
ISBN-10: 8863554315

N. Tolstoy
" The Kreutzer Sonata"
(Giunti publisher, 2008)

ISBN-10: 8809034007

N. Gogol'
" Tales of Petersburg"
(Marsilio Publisher, 2001)
ISBN-10: 8831777130

 

 

Although IULM University takes all necessary care to ensure the publication of correct, updated and complete information, it is not responsible for the contents of the curricula published online on the Portal www.iulm.it. The holder of this curriculum vitae is the exclusive guarantor and responsible for the correctness and truthfulness of the information contained therein.