Giuseppe Cavatorta

Interests

Research

His research interests are varied and include second language acquisition, experimental writings, Italian Futurism and neo-avant-garde, the Second World War in literature and film, and theory and practice of translation.

Teaching

His teaching interests are varied and include Italian language and culture at all levels, experimental writings, Italian Futurism and neo-avant-garde, the Second World War in literature and film, and theory and practice of translation.

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Books

• Cavatorta, G., & Santini, F. (2019). Deconstructing the Model: Italian 20th and 21st-century Experimental Writings. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholar Publishing.
• Cavatorta, G., & Ballerini, L. (2017). Those Who from afar Look like Flies. An Anthology of Italian Poetry from Pasolini to the Present. Volume 1, 1956-1975. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Cavatorta, G. (2016). Luigi Ballerini. Poesie 1972-2015. Milan: Mondadori.

Chapters

• Cavatorta, G. (2021). “«Ho sbattuto contro il muro / e c’ho un occhio tutto azzuro». Teatro di varietà e funzione del comico nei versi di Luigi Ballerini. In Il remo di Ulisse. La poesia di Luigi Ballerini(pp 55-74). Venezia: Marsilio.
• Cavatorta, G. (2017). E il romanzo?… Non pervenuto. Parole ‘color nostalgia’ a proposito del romanzo neoavanguardista” [And what about the novel?... Not a Trace of it. Words ‘Colored with Nostalgia’ apropos the Neo-avant-gardistic Novel. In On the Fringe of the Neo-avant-garde(pp 171-184). New York: Agincourt Press.
• Cavatorta, G. (2017). “Scrivere significa costruire il linguaggio, non spiegarlo: la manovalanza di Adriano Spatola verso una poesia totale” [To Write Means to Construct Language, Not to Explain It: Adriano Spatola’s Labor Towards a Total Poetry]. In I verbovisionari, L’altra avanguardia tra sperimentazione visiva e sonora(pp 83-98). Venezia: Engramma.

Journals/Publications

• Cavatorta, G., & Matuk, F. (2021). Previously Unpublished Poem/ Poesia inedita(translated to Italian by Giuseppe Cavatorta). Rossocorpolingua, 1 ms. pg..
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  Original English composition translated to Italian by Giuseppe Cavatorta
• Cavatorta, G., & Santini, F. (2021). “Tra un mondo che si disfa e uno che si fa: note preliminari su Principessa Giacinta di Rossana Ombres.” [Between a Failing World and One in the Making: Neo-Avant-Garde and Experimentalism in Principessa Giacinta by Rossana Ombres ]. Studi Novecenteschi, xlviii(101), 137-160.
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  This essay focuses on the 1970 novel Principessa Giacinta by Rossana Ombres and explores its connections with experimental works and the neo-avant-garde. Through a detailed analysis of the novel, the study unveils two fundamental aspects of the work beyond her unique linguistic experimentations : its use of human-animal fusion (with a particular treatment of vegetation) and of a lossof control on the body, which, transformed by external agents, becomesan assemblage of autonomous elements/organs in continuous transformation.The textual analysis also reveals yet unexplored connections betweenOmbres and several authors (from Savinio to Spatola, from Vasio to Broggi)who belong to an experimental milieu not always coinciding with the officialones of the avant-garde and the neo-avantgarde.
• Cavatorta, G. (2018). Innovation and Increasing Enrollments in Italian. Una sfida all’insegna dell’incertezza. TILCA (Teaching Italian Language and Culture Annual), Special Issue, edited by Louise Hipwell and Donatella Melucci, 7-21.
• Cavatorta, G. (2014). Adriano Spatola «più Novissimo dei Novissimi»: dal verso all'urlo, passando attraverso alcune cancellature” [Adriano Spatola “More Novissimo Than the Novissimi”: From the Line to the Voice Going Through Some Cancellations. Autografo, 79-91.
• Cavatorta, G. (2004). Così vicini, così lontani: Pagliarani e Spatola dal narrare in versi al poetar narrando. Carte Italiane, 2(1). doi:10.5070/c921011344

Proceedings Publications

• Cavatorta, G. (2017, May 15-17). La Sardegna di Sergio Atzeni: dalla terra di pastori al milkshake linguistico [Sergio Atzeni’s Sardinia: from the Land of Shepherds to the Linguistic Milkshake]. In Latte & Linguaggio III, Latte & Linguaggio.
• Cavatorta, G. (2017, Summer). “La Sardegna di Sergio Atzeni: dalla terra di pastori al milkshake linguistico [Sergio Atzeni’s Sardinia: from the Land of Shepherds to the Linguistic Milkshake]. In Latte & Linguaggio III, 97-111.

Presentations

• Cavatorta, G. (2022, March).

  La cucina italiana in classe: per un menu alternativo. [Kitchen in the Classroom: for an Alternative Menu]

  . Teacher Professional Development Event “Italia…Nonsolocibo…ma anche”. Tempe University, Philadelphia: Italian General Consulate, the AATI Keystone Chapter, Temple University and the America-Italy Society of North America.
• Cavatorta, G. (2022, November).

  Italian in Wonderland: the Visual Art Module.

  . ACTFL/AATI Conference. Boston.
• Cavatorta, G. (2021, August). from Istantanee di un amor de lonh. Panorami Poetici. Spilimbergo (Italy).
• Cavatorta, G. (2021, January). Uno sconfinato recinto, un dibattito sul sonetto.. Online Event - Una scontrosa grazia.
• Cavatorta, G. (2021, July). from Istantanee di un amor de lonh. Il giardino segreto. Cordenons (Italy).
• Cavatorta, G. (2021, November). Italian in Wonderland: Digging into the Modules. Actfl/AATI Conference. Online.
• Cavatorta, G. (2021, September). My recent translations: from Emilio Zucchi to Sergio Atzeni. Festival of Languages. UofA Poetry Center.
• Cavatorta, G. (2020, Fall). AP Italian - the New Exam. Virtual Symposium on AP World Languages and Cultures. zoom - online event: College Board.
• Cavatorta, G. (2020, October 22). Italians & Food: a Matter of Identities. Special AP Daily video lecture for Unit 2 of AP Italian Language and Culture. Recorded video from home - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEQru7a377A&t=124s: College Board.
• Cavatorta, G. (2019, 2019-03-15). Principessa Giacinta: prime ricognizioni nella narrativa di Rossana Ombres.” , , March 14-16, 2019. American Association of Italian Studies Conference. Winston Salem, NC, OH: AAIS.
• Cavatorta, G. (2019, 2019-05-31). Rossana Ombres ovvero della pigrizia della critica letteraria. , May 31-June 1st 2019.. AATI Conference. Poughkeepsie, NY: AATI.
• Cavatorta, G. (2019, 2019-10-12). Il cliente ha sempre ragione: nuovi gusti per il palato di una nuova generazione. L’Italia e gli italiani a vent’anni dal nuovo millennio.. Italian Language Teacher’s Workshop: (Re)imagining Italy: The Culture We Teach Our Students. University of Southern California, Los Angeles: University of Southern California Italian Department.
• Cavatorta, G. (2019, 2019-11-21). Kitchen nightmares…Il cibo scade anche nelle classi di italiano. Nuovi menù per i millenials. STRATEGIES AND BEST PRACTICES IN TEACHING ITALIAN. Italian Embassy, Washington, D.C.: Italian Embassy, Washington, D.C..
• Cavatorta, G. (2019, 2019-11-22). Creating an Exciting Open Source Textbook. ACTFL Conference. Washington, DC: ACTFL.
• Cavatorta, G. (2019, February). Dissecting the Fly. Taking a Stand: A New Poetics for Italy. Los Angeles: UCLA.
• Cavatorta, G. (2019, February). New Italian Poetry. Beyond Baroque Readings. Los Angeles: Beyond Baroque Foundation.
• Cavatorta, G. (2018, February). Teaching Humanities in the Third Millennium. Humanities talks. Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw (GA): The Division of Global Affairs and The College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kennesaw State University.
• Cavatorta, G. (2018, November). Dreaming of an Open Source Italian Textbook. Creating AP Italian Language and Culture Materials. ACTFL/AATI Conference. New Orleans: ACTFL/AATI.
• Cavatorta, G. (2018, November). Spatola performativo. Adriano Spatola. Sala del Grechetto di Palazzo Sormani, Milano: GrechettodiPoesia 2018.
• Cavatorta, G. (2018, November). Teaching Italian Through Music, Theater, and Visual Arts. ACTFL/AATI Conference. New Orleans: ACTFL/AATI.
• Cavatorta, G. (2018, October). Those Who from Afar Look Like Flies. Italian Poetry from Pasolini to the Present. A new anthology of Italian Poetry. Dublin (Ireland): Italian Cultural Institute in Dublin & Trinity College Italian Department, Dublin (Ireland).
• Cavatorta, G. (2018, april). Those Who from Afar Look Like Flies. Italian Poetry from Pasolini to the Present. A New Anthology of Italian Poetry. Toronto: Department of Italian, University of Toronto.
• Cavatorta, G. (2018, february). Italian Songs through the Decades. Italian Club February Event. Kennesaw State University (GA): The Division of Global Affairs and The College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kennesaw State University.
• Cavatorta, G. (2018, february). The Flies and Beyond. Those Who from Afar Look Like Flies. Italian Poetry Translation and Reading. Poetry Center, Tucson: University of Arizona College of Humanities et al..
• Cavatorta, G. (2017, April). Giulia Niccolai: una serie di scatti per il nuovo romanzo” [Giulia Niccolai. A Few Clicks for the New Novel]. American Association of Italian Studies Annual Conferences. Columbus, Ohio: AAIS.
• Cavatorta, G. (2017, November). Those Who from Afar Look Like Flies. Italian Poetry from Pasolini to the Present. Book Presentation at The Italian Cultural Institute in New York. New York City: Italian Cultural Institute.
• Cavatorta, G. (2017, November). Those Who from Afar Look Like Flies. Italian Poetry from Pasolini to the Present. Those Who From Afar Look Like Flies Italian Poetry from Pasolini to the Present A two-day symposium on contemporary Italian poetry, poetics and translation.. New haven: Yale University.
• Cavatorta, G. (2017, October). Is the Diagnosis Benign? The Status of Italian Teaching in North America’s Universities and High Schools. Italian Language and Culture Conference: Innovation in Italian Programs and Pedagogy. Washington D. C.: Georgetown University.
• Cavatorta, G. (2016, November 17-19). Music in the Classroom. Creating Materials for AP Italian Language and Culture. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Conference. Boston: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
• Cavatorta, G. (2016, November 24-25). “Scrivere significa costruire il linguaggio, non spiegarlo: la manovalanza di Adriano Spatola verso una poesia totale [To Write Means to Construct Language, Not to Explain It: Adriano Spatola’s labour towards a total poetry].. I verbovisionari: l’altra avanguardia tra sperimentazione sonora e visiva Conference. Pisa, Italy: Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.
• Cavatorta, G. (2016, November 4). “… perché se questa storia fosse una canzone…” La canzone italiana e l’America: tra miracoli (didattici) & abusi (culturali). IX Teaching Italian Symposium. EduMusica: Songs and Music in the Italian Curriculum. Montclair, New Jersey: Montclair State University.
• Cavatorta, G. (2016, October 20-22). Original Italian clips: Uses and Abuses. Creating Materials for AP Italian Language and Culture. Florida Foreign Language Association Annual Conference. Kissimmee, Florida: Florida Foreign Language Association.
• Cavatorta, G. (2015, May). La Sardegna di Sergio Atzeni: dalla terra di pastori al milkshake linguistico. Latte & Linguaggio III. Milan, Italy: EXPO 2015.
• Cavatorta, G. (2015, November). AP Italian Language and Culture Exam Results – 2015. ACTFL Conference. San Diego.
• Cavatorta, G. (2015, October). Creating Materials for AP Italian Language and Culture. MaFLA Annual Conference. Climbing the Proficiency Ladder: Many Languages, One Goal!. Sturbridge (MA).
• Cavatorta, G. (2015, October). Re-writing the World: Nature and the Literature of the Italian Neo-avant-garde. Center for the Art and the Humanities Series. Waterville, Maine: Colby College.
• Cavatorta, G. (2014, June). Understanding and Scoring the Persuasive Essay Task in the AP Word Languages Exam. Italian Advanced Placement Exam Reading. Cincinnati: College Board.
• Cavatorta, G. (2014, November). AP Italian Language and Culture Exam Results – 2014. ACTFL. San Antonio, TX: ACTFL.
• Cavatorta, G. (2014, November). Authentic Materials in the Classroom 2. ACTFL. San Antonio, TX: ACTFL.
• Cavatorta, G. (2014, November). Creating AP Italian Language and Culture Materials. ACTFL. San Antonio, TX: ACTFL.
• Cavatorta, G. (2014, November). L’esame AP di lingua e cultura itaiana: strategie d’insegnamento rubate ad un esame. Goggio Workshop. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto.

Reviews

• Cavatorta, G. (2022. Federica Santini, Unearthed(pp 88-91).
• Cavatorta, G. (2021. Sara Sermini, «E se paesani / zoppicanti sono questi versi». Povertà e follia nell'opera di Amelia Rosselli.(pp 109-111). Modern Italy.
• Cavatorta, G. (2017. Francesco Ciabattoni, La citazione è sintomo d’amore. Cantautori italiani e memoria letteraria. Italica, vol. 93, 4.
• Cavatorta, G. (2016. Gianluca Rizzo (ed.), Elio Pagliarani. Tutto il teatro(pp 186-188). Italica, vol. 93, 1.
• Cavatorta, G. (2015. Thomas Peterson (ed.), Pier Paolo Pasolini, The Divine Mimesis(pp 531-533).
• Cavatorta, G. (2014. Federica Santini. Io era una bella figura una volta. Viaggio nella poesia di ricerca del secondo Novecento(pp 723-725).
• Cavatorta, G. (2014. Paolo Chirumbolo, John Picchione (eds.). Edoardo Sanguineti. Literature, Ideology and the Avant-Garde(pp 670-672).

Creative Productions

• Cavatorta, G. (2023. Luigi Meneghello, The Armistice Came as a Scream (from The Young Teachers). Journal of Italian Translation. Volume XVIII, Numer 1.
• Cavatorta, G. (2022. The Nautilus (1 poem). VIA – Voices of Italian Americana, 33, 1. p.73.
• Cavatorta, G. (2022. of foretelling in a new language (1 poem). Ovunque siamo. https://ovunquesiamoweb.com/archive/spring-2022-2/beppe-cavatorta/.
• Cavatorta, G. (2022. “Off the Lybian Coast,” “April 25^th” (2 poems) . Pummarola - Reinvigorating Italian Culture in the Diaspora. https://pummarol.com/poetry/cavatorta-poems/.
• Cavatorta, G. (2022. damascus, august 21, 2013 – sarin over ghūta (1 visual poem)

   . Harpy Hybrid Review, Special Issue: War. http://www.harpyhybridreview.org/issues/issue-8-war/#.

• Cavatorta, G., & Santini, F. (2022.

  Anne Sexton, “Disse la poetessa all’analista” (Translation)

  . Maria Grazia Calandrone (ed.), Versi di libertà. Trenta poetesse da tutto il mondo. Milan: Mondadori.
• Cavatorta, G. (2021. forevers must be always weighed well. Bluing the Blade, 1, 3,.
• Cavatorta, G. (2021. life that you measure in missteps. The Closed Eye Open: Maya’s Micros. https://theclosedeyeopen.com/mayas-micros-ed-10.
• Cavatorta, G. (2021. nell’indiviso si potrebbe. Rossocorpolingua, IV, 4. Rossocorpolingua, IV, 4, December 2021, pp. 1-2.
• Cavatorta, G. (2020. Istantanee di un amor de lonh. Samuele Editore. Pordenone.
• Cavatorta, G. (2020. La stanza sgombra. Transeuropa. Massa.
• Cavatorta, G., & Santini, F. (2020. Anne Sexton, “Per te, Dottor Martin,” “Gentile Signore: questi boschi,” “L'aquilone,” “Disse la poetessa all’analista…,” “La sua pelle di muschio,” “Passeggiata di mezzogiorno sul prato dell’istituto,” “La via del ritorno,” Journal of Italian Translations, Fall 2019 2019, 3-17. (Selected Poems). Journal of Italian Translations, XIV, 2.
• Cavatorta, G. (2019. Kenneth Irby: “Sequenza,” “per Paul Metcalf ,” “Offertorio,” “Omaggio a Albert Pike,” “Omaggio a Tennyson – La dama di Shalott,” “nella storia del bucato,” “[pietre],” “quando sono uscito alle 9,” “Monica qui". Nuova poesia americana. Chicago. Torino: Aragno.
• Cavatorta, G. (2019. Merrill Gilfillan: “Contro gli indiani Crow,” “Aoȗt 72,” “Lettera del solstizio,” “Satin Street,” “Giorni in un anno”. Nuova poesia americana. Chicago. Torino: Aragno.
• Cavatorta, G. (2019. Paul Carroll, “Canzone dalla spiaggia di Fullerton,” “Padre,” “Ode a Fellini sull’intervistare attori per un film da farsi,” “Poesia della profondissima felicità provata oggi il 18 maggio sul Campus dell’Università dell’Illinois a Chicago Circle,” “Canzone nello studio di Paul Klee,” “Paesaggio,” “Nota a proposito di un’osservazione di Wallace Stevens: un poeta guarda il mondo allo stesso modo in cui un uomo guarda una donna,” “Canzone per un parco senza nome,” “Tonsura (Marcel Duchamp) ,” “Ode ai denti,” “Della lussuria”. Nuova poesia americana. Chicago. Torino: Aragno.
• Cavatorta, G. (2018. Paul Carroll, “Canzone dalla spiaggia di Fullerton,” “Padre,” “Ode a Fellini sull’intervistare attori per un film da farsi,” “Poesia della profondissima felicità provata oggi il 18 maggio sul Campus dell’Università dell’Illinois a Chicago Circle,” “Canzone nello studio di Paul Klee,” “Paesaggio,” “Nota a proposito di un’osservazione di Wallace Stevens: un poeta guarda il mondo allo stesso modo in cui un uomo guarda una donna,” “Canzone per un parco senza nome,” “Tonsura (Marcel Duchamp) ,” “Ode ai denti,” “Della lussuria”. Journal of Italian Translation.
• Cavatorta, G., & D'Arpa, B. M. (2018. Federico Craveri: Journal of a Voyage. Federico Craveri and the Gulf of California in 1856. Journal of the Southwest. Tucson: The Southwest Center, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona. https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/39064/print
• Cavatorta, G., & Jorstad, S. (2018. Giorgio Caproni, "Your House Too," "'Christmas' said Pablo...". Journal of Italian Translation. New York: Journal of Italian Translation.
• Cavatorta, G. (2017. Merrill Gilfillan: “Contro gli indiani Crow,” “Aoȗt 72,” “Lettera del solstizio,” “Satin Street,” “Giorni in un anno”. Journal of Italian Translation.
• Cavatorta, G., & Ballerini, L. (2017. Giulia Niccolai: “From the Novissimi,” “Substitution,” “Positive & Negative,” “The Subject Is the Language,” “Syntactic and Verbal,” “Result and Function of Complexity,” “Questions & Answers,” “Only Indirectly,” “How to Eliminate Contradictions”. Those Who from afar Look Like Flies. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Cavatorta, G., & Siracusa, D. (2017. Antonio Delfini: “What I Think Is a Secret,” “The Death of a Founder is the Beginning,” “The Only Option Is Death,” “We Threaten to Wage War,” “A Sea of Flames,” “Liberty Returns,” “Evil-part,” “True Poetry,” “It’s My Duty To Write Evil Poetry,” “Dedicated to the City of Reggio,” “The Anti-Laura of the Anti-Canzoniere Said You Are”. Those who from afar Look Like Flies. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Cavatorta, G., & Ward, B. (2015. Sergio Atzeni, “As Everyone Knows, Otis Is a Pianist and a Singer,” “Life Is a War for Gangs,” “Gesuino Morenu’s Pub,” “Two Colors Exist in the World, Green Is the Second (Jouney with Vincent)”. Journal of Italian Translation. New York.
• Cavatorta, G. (2014. Paul Carroll: “Canzone dalla spiaggia di Fullerton,” “Padre,” “Ode a Fellini che intervista attori per un film in uscita,” “Poesia della grande, grandissima felicità provata oggi 18 maggio sul Campus dell’Università dell’Illinois a Chicago Circle,” “Canzone nello studio di Paul Klee”. L'Ulisse: Mappe del nuovo. Percorsi nella poesia ..., nr. 17, pp. 233-241.
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  Showcase of poems by Paul Carroll translated in Italian which will be included in L.Ballerini, G. Rizzo, P. Vangelisti (eds.), Nuova poesia americana. Chicago, Milano: Mondadori, (forthcoming Spring 2015)

Creative Performances

• Cavatorta, G. (2021. da Istantanee di un amor de lonh. Una scontrosa grazia. zoom - Online event: Samuele Editore.
• Cavatorta, G. (2020. da Istantanee di un amor de lonh. Bookcity Festival. Milan (Italy). (see from 29:12 to 33:33 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9duV1LEpg8Y&t=1678s)

Others

• Cavatorta, G. (2022, September). Interview with the Poet. Bellaire High School (Houston, Texas) - via zoom.
• Cavatorta, G., & Ballerini, L. (2017, July). A Consumation Devoutly to Be Wished. L. Ballerini, B. Cavatorta, Those Who from Afar Look Like Flies. An Anthology of Italian Poetry from Pasolini to the Present, tome I, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2017.
• Cavatorta, G. (2016, 10 maggio). Luigi Ballerini, Poesie 1972-2015. Libreria dell'Arco.
• Cavatorta, G. (2016, 17 maggio). Luigi Ballerini, Poesie 1972-2015. Fondazione Mudina.
• Cavatorta, G. (2016, 18 maggio). Luigi Ballerini, Poesie 1972-2015. Libreria Assaggi, Roma.
• Cavatorta, G. (2016, april). ‘ma sotto c’è un’altra lingua’: la poesia di Luigi Ballerini [“but beneath there’s another language”: Luigi Ballerini’s Poetry],. in Luigi Ballerini, Poesie 1972-2015, Milano, Mondadori.