Rookshar Myram

Research and Teaching Interests

Dante Studies, Medieval Literature, Medieval Aesthetics and Philosophy, Iconography

Biography

Rookshar is a third-year Ph. D. student in Italian Studies. She graduated at the University of Catania with both a BA and a MA, focusing on Dante's depiction of Beatrice's beauty in the Vita nuova and the Comedy. During her academic years she taught Italian Literature
and Latin Language and Literature in high school.

Her dissertation focuses on the representation of Christ in the Comedy from a theological and iconographical perspective, in order to show how it influences Dante’s portrayal of the characters and his poetics in the poem.

Her interests include realism, characterization, art history, Italian modern and contemporary literature.