
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.
News
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...

Events

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.
News
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...

Events

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.