Knowledge Commons | Agata Azul Pinana | Activity https://hcommons.org/members/agataazulpinana/activity/ Activity feed for Agata Azul Pinana. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:18:05 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 a971e82804b389c682d5344dbd659ea1 Agata Azul Pinana wrote a new post, Boccaccio vs Chaucer (TBC), on the site Agata Azul Pinana’s Portfolio https://agatapinana.hcommons.org/?p=344 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:55:14 -0400 I reckon that anyone who has read The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales at least once in their life has thought, ‘ok… these two books are weirdly similar!’ My first encounter with Giovanni Boccaccio’s novella […]

]]> 4a563a76014f8b5ca75dd275eece6b58 Agata Azul Pinana wrote a new post, “… cinq, six, sette, ocho” - my languages, my dances, myself, on the site English but not only… https://agatapinanaunil.hcommons.org/?p=97 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:19:48 -0400 Multilingualism is a major issue affecting more than half of the world’s population. Despite its prevalence, each individual experiences their own multilingualism and language learning in a unique and personal w […]

]]> da6127da79888b9b3a482b8f68244d8b Agata Azul Pinana wrote a new post, Reflection: Textualities26, on the site Agata Azul Pinana’s Portfolio https://agatapinana.hcommons.org/?p=334 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:08:28 -0400 Today I am going to talk to you about Textualities26, which took place on 27 March. The conference was the final project resulting by the EN6009 class, composed by students from the Med/Ren and the Modernities […]

]]> 5788099acbc8ea924c3c206e5a6f0031 Agata Azul Pinana wrote a new post, (no title), on the site Agata Azul Pinana’s Portfolio https://agatapinana.hcommons.org/?p=282 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:33:26 -0400 For Delayed Birth

Se wif-man se hire cild afedan ne mæg gange to gewitenes mannes birgenne and stæppe þonne þriwa ofer þa byrgenne and cweþe þonne þriwa þas word: 

“þis me to bote      þære laþan lætbyrd […]

]]> e66b95d59b91e2c9bb0107d62b78c3bb Agata Azul Pinana wrote a new post, Illuminations and miniatures in the Auchinelck manuscript, on the site Agata Azul Pinana’s Portfolio https://agatapinana.hcommons.org/?p=250 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:00:02 -0400 As I have probably mentioned several times before this post, one of the main reasons that sparked my interest in the Middle Ages and Old and Middle English literature was a course taught by Professor Denis […]

]]> 403f8466472048d1aeb506cab51d7e96 Agata Azul Pinana wrote a new post, A work of art or a visual representation of a lifetime?, on the site Agata Azul Pinana’s Portfolio https://agatapinana.hcommons.org/?p=237 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:24:35 -0400 Have you ever thought about a visual representation of your life? Whether this takes the form of a work of art such as a painting, an image, a mural, or in some cases a rock carving or a shield? You might be […]

]]> a7879467c86294e41ed7df73c3c757a1 Agata Azul Pinana wrote a new post, Caedmon’s Hymn and the mountains of Kerry, on the site Agata Azul Pinana’s Portfolio https://agatapinana.hcommons.org/?p=216 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:24:39 -0400 During Mid Term Break week, two of my friends and former flatmates with whom I shared an apartment in Lausanne during my Bachelor's degree came to visit me, and we took advantage of the absence of classes to take […]

]]> 96c8ed8e9dfe3532b51c62bfa346968d Agata Azul Pinana wrote a new post, From song to dance… Voilà, on the site English but not only… https://agatapinanaunil.hcommons.org/?p=80 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:12:00 -0500 Moving away from the world of bande dessinée and comics, in this post I will talk about the project developed for the 'Chanson française' course. The aim of the course was to analyse songs in French with two o […]

]]> 233bb6a69c9b6925b5b41e716903916b Agata Azul Pinana wrote a new post, The definition of Premium, on the site English but not only… https://agatapinanaunil.hcommons.org/?p=71 Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:03:44 -0500 During my last semester of my bachelor's degree at the University of Lausanne, I attended the seminar "enseigner le français parlé par la BD" (Teaching spoken French with comics). The aim of this s […]

]]> cb08e80511138098a2b8119e62c79911 Agata Azul Pinana wrote a new post, The Testament of Cresseid and “Il Pescatore” by Pierangelo Bertoli and Fiorella Mannoia, on the site Agata Azul Pinana’s Portfolio https://agatapinana.hcommons.org/?p=180 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:43:15 -0500 This week, for my Middle English Literature class, I encountered The Testament of Cresseid, which challenged my expectations of Middle English texts. My main argument is that the text subverts the traditional […]

]]> 136d7d8c83313d37541e5cf4b7ac9438 Agata Azul Pinana wrote a new post, Pour moi un cocktail… de langues!, on the site English but not only… https://agatapinanaunil.hcommons.org/?p=28 Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:50:11 -0500 During the course “Aborder le plurilinguisme par le prisma de la BD” (Approaching multilingualism through the prism of comics), I created my first double-page spread in comic book format. The aim of the ass […]

]]> 07c3b057dac1b8619fb1209bc249a4d6 Agata Azul Pinana created the site English but not only… https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1944501/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:20:41 -0500 0 4d3659e6fad454fe27eac6a97813acce Agata Azul Pinana wrote a new post, English, but not only…, on the site English but not only… https://agatapinanaunil.hcommons.org/?p=1 Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:20:40 -0500 Although a significant part of my life is now spent in the English language, this was not always the case. Growing up in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland means encountering multiple languages from an early […]

]]> c1ed867924a8f755c70fb31927d671ea Agata Azul Pinana wrote a new post, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, on the site Agata Azul Pinana’s Portfolio https://agatapinana.hcommons.org/?p=123 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:59:22 -0500 The adaptation of a story, whether poetry or prose, into media such as films and television series has always been a subject of debate. The main arguments often focus on the choice of actors or the interpretation […]

]]> 7699b5b82fa79f9a7da70b4ba2fcf863 Agata Azul Pinana wrote a new post, SHAKESPEARE’S DARK COSMOLOGY AND THE PERCEPTION OF MAGIC, on the site Agata Azul Pinana’s Portfolio https://agatapinana.hcommons.org/?p=61 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:07:03 -0500 This chapter of my portfolio is a reflection regarding the research seminar conducted by Jane Degenhardt and Henry S. Turner on October 29th 2025, on Shakespeare’s Dark Cosmologies at University College Cor […]

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