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Dr Rosa Mucignat

Reader in Comparative Literature

Research interests

  • Literature

Biography

Dr Mucignat was awarded a PhD in Comparative Literature by King’s College London in 2009. She holds a BA and MA in Italian and Comparative Literature from the University of Bologna, where she was a member of the Collegio Superiore.

Research interests

Dr Mucignat's research interests include:

  • the novel in 19th century Europe
  • literary geography; the idea of space in narrative
  • the Romantic myth of Italy
  • modern Italian literature

Dr Mucignat wrote her doctoral thesis on spatiality in a group of European novels of the 19th century, including Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, Stendhal’s The Red and the Black, and Alessandro Manzoni’s I Promessi sposi. She would be interested in supervising students in any of the above or related areas.

For more details, please see her full research profile.

    Research

    Vis Culture
    Visual Culture

    The Visual Culture research group is a network of scholars within King’s College London working across a diverse historical range of film, art, and performance.

    Activist in Residence
    The Activist-in-Residence Scheme

    Supporting researchers and activists to develop solutions for societal challenges.

    Project status: Ongoing

    News

    Faculty of Arts & Humanities launches innovative Activist-in-Residence Scheme

    A new initiative run by the Faculty of Arts & Humanities seeks to explore mutually beneficial connections between activism and academic research.

    Activist-in-Residence Scheme

    Departments of French and Comparative Literature at King's awarded £1M grant

    A team led by Dr Sanja Perovic from the Department of French has been awarded a circa £1M AHRC Standard Grant to fund a research programme involving the...

    Image: King's College London, Strand Campus

    Events

    02DecVWBexteriorwithbike

    Radical Translations: The Transfer of Revolutionary Culture between Britain, France and Italy

    Join Dr Rosa Mucignat and Dr Sanja Perovic at the Department of French research seminar

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      Vis Culture
      Visual Culture

      The Visual Culture research group is a network of scholars within King’s College London working across a diverse historical range of film, art, and performance.

      Activist in Residence
      The Activist-in-Residence Scheme

      Supporting researchers and activists to develop solutions for societal challenges.

      Project status: Ongoing

      News

      Faculty of Arts & Humanities launches innovative Activist-in-Residence Scheme

      A new initiative run by the Faculty of Arts & Humanities seeks to explore mutually beneficial connections between activism and academic research.

      Activist-in-Residence Scheme

      Departments of French and Comparative Literature at King's awarded £1M grant

      A team led by Dr Sanja Perovic from the Department of French has been awarded a circa £1M AHRC Standard Grant to fund a research programme involving the...

      Image: King's College London, Strand Campus

      Events

      02DecVWBexteriorwithbike

      Radical Translations: The Transfer of Revolutionary Culture between Britain, France and Italy

      Join Dr Rosa Mucignat and Dr Sanja Perovic at the Department of French research seminar

      Please note: this event has passed.