Christine Sansalone

Dr. Christine Sansalone is an associate professor in the English Literature, Media and Writing Program at Laurentian University.  Christine Sansalone graduated with a PhD in Italian literature from the University of Toronto in 2005 with a thesis on the image of women in late 19th – early 20th century Italian theater. She is currently the president of the Association of Italian Canadian Writers (AICW) and the president of the Società Caruso of Sudbury. As well as teaching courses on food history, theater history and theater practice at Laurentian University, Christine is also the co-director of the student theater group Le Maschere Laurenziane, once housed by the Italian program at Laurentian University and now housed by the Società Caruso. She was the editor of three issues of the journal Italian Canadiana (2017, 2018, 2019) and of the volume A Journey Through Knowledge published by Franco Cesati Editore (2020). Together with her colleague Dr. Diana Iuele-Colilli she has published eight plays (published by Soileil Publishing and Legas Publishing) dedicated to the Italian diaspora in Sudbury. Christine has also published articles on second language acquisition, theater history, the Italian Canadian internment during WWII, cinema and literature.

• 2005  Ph.D.  University of Toronto

  Major Area: Modern and Contemporary Italian Literature

  Minor Area: Medieval Italian Literature

  Thesis Topic: “The Image of the Woman in Late 19th, Early 20th Century Italian Theatre”

  Supervisor: Professor Manuela Gieri

• 2000    M.A., University of Toronto
• 1999  Honors B.A., University of Toronto at Mississauga
                          

19th-20th Century Italian Literature and Film

Italian-Canadian Studies

Second language acquisition

Colilli, Paul and Christine Sansalone, eds. Documenting the Italian Diaspora. Special Issue of

            Italian Canadiana. Volume 31, 2017.

Colilli, Paul, Diana Iuele-Colilli and Christine Sansalone.  La sala verde & Divorzio alla

            canadese. Legas: Ottawa, 2017.

Iuele-Colilli, Diana  and Sansalone, Christine.  Nozze all’arrabbiata.  Soleil: Welland, 2011.

Iuele-Colilli, Diana  and Sansalone, Christine.  Vita di tutti i giorni.  Soleil: Welland, 2010.

Iuele-Colilli, Diana  and Sansalone, Christine. Ma che brava gente.  Soleil: Welland, 2009.

Iuele-Colilli, Diana  and Sansalone, Christine.  I panni sporchi si lavano in famiglia.  Soleil:

Welland, 2008.

Sansalone, Christine. “Una rivalutazine del teatro borghese della seconda metà dell’Ottocento.” Cultura e Comunicazione.  Anno VII, N. 10, 2016.  (p 12-15)

Sansalone, Christine.  “Svevo e Muccino: Le ragioni di un’omologia.” Cultura e Comunicazione.  Anno VI, N. 06, 2015.  (p 32-35)

Sansalone, Christine.  “Issues of Adaptation and Identity in The Lives of Italian-Canadians: After the Age of Immigration.”  Italian Canadiana. Volume 23, 2009,  (p 59-68)

Sansalone, Christine.  “Note su La Voragine e il Teatro S-Naturalista di Enrico Bernard.” in Rivista di studi italiani.  Giugno 2003, (p.142-150)

Sansalone, Christine. “Enemy Aliens: Sudbury’s Italian Community during WWII” in Italian Canadiana. Volume 31, 2017. (p 51-62)

Sansalone, Christine. “A Community on Stage: Italiese in Contemporary Theatre.” In Language and Territory. Literary Spaces. Ed. Norman Cheadle, Julie Boissonneault & Ali Reguigui.  Sudbury: Human Science Monograph Series, 2014. (p. 255-268)

Sansalone, Christine.  “A Community on Stage: Italian-Canadian Theatre in Sudbury.”  In Italian Outside of Italy: The Situation in Canada, USA and the English-Speaking World.  Ed. Salvatore Bancheri. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012. (p. 139-148)

Sansalone, Christine.  “I Malavoglia e La terra trema: dal romanzo al film.”  In Transitions: prospettive di studio sulle trasformazioni letterarie e linguistiche nella cultura italiana.  Firenze, Edizioni Cadmo, 2004. (p. 231-238)