Background
Francese, Joseph was born on September 5, 1955 in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Frank J. and Anna M. (Pellegrino) Francese.
(Francese defines postmodern writing and distinguishes it ...)
Francese defines postmodern writing and distinguishes it from modernist prose by citing the examples of two modern and three postmodern authors: Italo Calvino, John Barth, Toni Morrison, E. L. Doctorow, and Antonio Tabucchi. While the modernist narratives of Calvino and Barth attempt to assimilate what is other, the postmodern narratives of Morrison, Doctorow, and Tabucchi recognize diversities that cannot be assimilated, instead seeking out external, communicative sources of authentication. To a great extent, these changes in narrative strategy are a response to changes in real living conditions, namely, our modified perception of space and the radical shortening of time horizons caused by recent revolutionary advances in information technology. Although Morrison, Doctorow, and Tabucchi vary in their stylistic responses to these changes, their narratives propose a collective recovery of the past into a future-oriented present and serve as examples of how literature can intervene in history, rather than merely reflecting and acquiescing to it.
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Italian language and literature educator
Francese, Joseph was born on September 5, 1955 in Westerly, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Frank J. and Anna M. (Pellegrino) Francese.
Bachelor, University Rhode Island, 1977. Postgraduate, University Rome, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, University Connecticut, 1990.
Teaching assistant, lecturer, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1986-1990; assistant professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1990-1995; associate professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, since 1995.
(Francese defines postmodern writing and distinguishes it ...)
(Introduzione di Rocco Paternostro.Roma, 2000; br., pp. 14...)
(Italian movies. In Italian. Pier Paolo Pasolini. 1991 pap...)
Married Gina Crocco, April 22, 1979. Children: Anna, Luciana.