Elena Giannarelli

Biography

Elena Giannarelli graduated in Classical Letters in 1974 at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy at the University of Florence, discussing with Prof. Antonio La Penna a thesis titled Childhood in Biography and Ancient Christian Autobiographyand bringing the vote of 110/110 and praise. He worked as a researcher at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa from 1974 to 1983, working with La Penna himself, with Arnaldo Momigliano and Guido Martellotti. After many study trips abroad (Paris, Oxford, Berlin), he specialized in the history of ancient biography and has devoted many works to the presence of women in the early Christianity, the biographical representation of children, the "lives" of the saints , problems of biblical exegesis and patristic philology. Another constant object of study is the Fortleben of Greek and Latin classics in late-ancient and medieval writings, with particular attention to Petrarca and, in recent years, for humanistic literature (Alberti and Quattrocento Florentine).

Research Interest

Ancient Christian Literature