Susanna Barsotti

(University of Roma Tre, Italy)

Susanna Barsotti is an Associate Professor of History of Education and Children’s Literature at the University of Cagliari. Her research interests focus on the history of children’s literature, fairy tales and their pedagogical and educational values, the relationship between storytelling and illustration, the representation of childhood, especially girls, in children’s literature. Her publications include: Le storie usate. Calvino, Rodari, Pitzorno: riflessioni pedagogiche e letterarie tra mitologia e fiaba (2006); Ancora Pinocchio: Riflessioni sulle avventure di un burattino (2012, with Alessandra Avanzini), Bambine nel bosco. Cappuccetto Rosso e il lupo tra passato e presente (2016) (SIPED Italian Pedagogy Prize 2017).