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• Professor of Spanish

Academic Background            

• University of Connecticut
  • Ph.D. in Spanish Literature, 1986
  • M.A., 1983
  • B.A. in Spanish, 1979

Sample Courses Taught at Providence College        

• Contemporary Spanish Prose
• Twentieth Century Spanish Theater
• The Novel of the Nineteenth Century
• Survey of Spanish Literature I
• Survey of Spanish Literature II
• Advanced Grammar and Composition

My principal goal is for students to develop their critical skills and realize persuasive interpretations of literary texts. In a broader context, foreign language study at all levels approximates students to a distinct cultural and linguistic framework.  By experiencing difference through language, students acquire a deeper understanding of the other.

My research interests focus primarily on contemporary Spanish fiction, especially the novel and theater.  Much of my scholarship deals with Juan Benet, generally considered one of the most influential writers in Post-Civil War Spain.  I am currently interested in the ways writers utilize Gothic constructs to reject the tenets of Spanish neorealism. 

• Biographical Data appears in Who's Who in American Education.  Fourth Edition. 1993.
• Kent State University Academic Year Research Appointment, Spring 1988.
• Predoctoral Fellowship: Spring 1983 through Summer 1986, University of Connecticut.
• University of Connecticut Research Foundation Fellowship, Summer 1985.
• Summer Fellowship: 1983, 1984, and 1985, University of Connecticut.

Publication Highlights

Books

• Editor of Juan Benet: A Critical Reappraisal of His Fiction. West Cornwall, CT:  Locust Hill Press, 1997. 
• Critical Edition of Juan Benet's Saúl ante Samuel including Introduction, Notes, and Selected Bibliography.  Madrid: Ediciones Cátedra, 1994.
• Zonas y sombras: aproximaciones a Región de Juan Benet.  Madrid: Editorial Pliegos de Ensayo, 1991.

Articles

Selected Scholarly Presentations and Activities

• The House of Saul: Civil War and Gothic Constructs in Juan Benet's Saúl ante Samuel."  Paper presented at SUNY Binghamton Literature Conference: Literature, Film and War,  March 19-20, 2004.
• "The Metafictional Metaphor in El columpio." Paper presented at SUNY at Binghamton Literature Conference: Tropology, Text and Context, March 21-22, 2003.
• "Contemporary Spanish Writers."  Presented as part of the Viva España lecture series sponsored by The Providence Athenaeum.  March 18, 2001.
• "Space, Memory and Silence in Julio Llamazares' La lluvia amarilla." Paper presented at SUNY Binghamton Literature Conference: Literature and Popular Culture.  April 17-18, 1998. 
• "Luis Landero's Caballeros de fortuna and Self-Consciousness."  Paper presented at SUNY Binghamton Literature Conference: Literature and Popular Culture.  April 21-22, 1995.
• "Biblical Scripture Revisited: Saúl ante Samuel and the Witch of Endor."  Special Session on Juan Benet.  Kentucky Conference on Foreign Languages.  April  21-23, 1994.

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