Francesco Bruni
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
1115 E. 58th Street.
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773/702-5782
Email: fbruni@uchicago.edu
Professor of History of the Italian language, University of Venezia, Ca' Foscari
Regular Visiting Professor, University of Chicago
Francesco Bruni is Ordinary Fellow of the Accademia della Crusca (Florence) and Correspondent Fellow of the Istituto Veneto (Venice). He is the author of several works in the field of History of the Italian Literature and Language. These include: L'italiano. Elementi di storia della lingua e della cultura (1984); Boccaccio. L'invenzione della letteratura mezzana (1990); Testi e chierici del medioevo (1991); L'italiano letterario nella storia (2002) ; La città divisa: le parti e il bene comune da Dante a Guicciardini (2003). He is also the editor of a ten volume History of the Italian Language (1989-2003), and of a five volume series devoted to the history of literary Italian genres.
Education
- Laurea in Italian Literature, University of Naples, 1965
Selected Courses Taught
Medieval Italian Literature; XIX century Italian Literature; History of the Italian Language.