10:00-10:15             Coffee

10:15-11:00             Session 1 – Moderator: Julie Anne Forgione

10:15-10:25             Annabella Shehata, The Woman’s Body in the Neapolitan Novels

10:30-10:40               Ariana Guzman, An Analysis of the Use of Dolls in Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels

10:45-10:55               Zevi Gkana, Guilty pleasures in Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels

11:00-12:00             Session 2 – Moderator: Ariana Guzman

11:00-11:10               Kelsey Hyppolite, Ferrante’s Women: Parallels with Real Life

11:15-11:25               Jackie Vargas, A Parasitic Friendship

11:30-11:40               Irini Belitsis, Female Identity: Lila and Lenù’s Reciprocated Reliance and           Dependency

11:45-11:55               Christopher Erazo, Who is Truly the “Brilliant Friend”

12:00-1:00pm           Session 3 – Moderator:  Irini Belitsis

12:00-12:10               Julie Anne Forgione, My Brilliant Friend and The Story of a New Name: The First Two Volumes of Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels as Metafiction

12:15-12:25               Katherine Jackson, Views on Education in the Neapolitan Novels

12:30-12:40              Shoshana Mintz, Functions of Writing in the Neapolitan Novels

12:45-12:55               Paul Frediani, Circle of Violence

Followed by closing remarks by Professor Stefania Porcelli

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