David Gasperetti

Associate Professor of Russian
Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures

Degrees

B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., The University of California, Los Angeles

Research Profile

Gasperetti's scholarly interests focus on Russian prose fiction, especially the first Russian novels of the second half of the eighteenth century and Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. His monograph The Rise of the Russian Novel: Carnival, Stylization, and Mockery of the West (a Choice Outstanding Academic Book), examines the transformation, mockery, and rejection of West European literary norms in the first Russian novels. In various refereed articles, Gasperetti has also investigated the relationship between parody and literary evolution and the role of narrative in shaping systems of belief. Gasperetti's teaching has been recognized at the University of Tulsa, where he was named the Senior Mortar Board Teacher of the Year in the College of Arts and Sciences (1988), and at the University of Notre Dame, where he received a Kaneb Award for Undergraduate Teaching (1999).

Contact Information

318 O'Shaughnessy Hall
631-5622
gasperetti.2@nd.edu
http://www.nd.edu/~grl