Comparative Literature

Alessandro Moghrabi is a PhD candidate currently working towards a thesis on irony and stupidity’s intersection in the production of meaning and nonsense: how and why are irony and stupidity responsible for irreparably inflecting whatever we communally hold to be true and real? Which forces work in, with, and through irony and stupidity to affirm, however temporarily and nebulously, some hegemonic idea of what is true and real? To parse these questions, he is focusing on the works of the Sicilian writer Leonardo Sciascia: specifically, on how the exercise of irony and stupidity underpin his anti-detective fiction, as well as his writings on the Aldo Moro assassination. This work is critically informed and inspired by an extensive engagement with philosophical works by Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, Kierkegaard and Peter Szendy among others.

Education:

B.A. in Comparative Literature, New York University, 2017
M.S. in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, 2018

Languages:

Italian, French, English, Spanish, German (beginning)