This book, published in 1996, focusses on the novel "Terra Nostra" and architecture. Here I am up... more This book, published in 1996, focusses on the novel "Terra Nostra" and architecture. Here I am uploading the Table of Contents and Preface to afford readers an opportunity to see an outline of the content of the book.
Upon invitation from Julio Ortega, I wrote this prologue for an edition of Carlos Fuentes's novel... more Upon invitation from Julio Ortega, I wrote this prologue for an edition of Carlos Fuentes's novel Gringo Viejo, published recently in Mexico.
In this brief piece, currently in press, I do some rethinking, as a Latin Americanist, of the nov... more In this brief piece, currently in press, I do some rethinking, as a Latin Americanist, of the novels of American writer Rikki Ducornet. She strikes me as very Borgesian, but also very rascuache...
In July of 2011, eight months after his Novel Prize, I interviewed Vargas Llosa in Madrid. This ... more In July of 2011, eight months after his Novel Prize, I interviewed Vargas Llosa in Madrid. This interview has been printed in my book on Vargas Llosa, MVLl: A Life in Writing (U Texas P, 2014).
The Preface for Mario Vargas Llosa: A Life in Writing (draft for book published in 2014, Universi... more The Preface for Mario Vargas Llosa: A Life in Writing (draft for book published in 2014, University of Texas Press).
A consideration of new approaches to the novel, written in Spanish for an event in Medellin, Colo... more A consideration of new approaches to the novel, written in Spanish for an event in Medellin, Colombia. An expanded version of my earlier "New Approaches..."
This is a short paper I presented at the annual meeting of colombianistas on July 2, 2015 in Mede... more This is a short paper I presented at the annual meeting of colombianistas on July 2, 2015 in Medellin. It deals with two experimental novelas de vanguardia en Colombia and the relationship of this vanguardia with the work of Dario Jaramillo
I wrote this on request for a campus magazine at Washington State University. A brief reflection ... more I wrote this on request for a campus magazine at Washington State University. A brief reflection on the fact that I was a freshman undergraduate when Vargas Llosa resided in Pullman as an Artist-in-Residence at WSU.
A proposal for a new role of the discipline of Spanish in the twenty-first century university in ... more A proposal for a new role of the discipline of Spanish in the twenty-first century university in the Americas. Originally published in a volume in honor of Lanin Gyurko.
I provide the book cover and Table of Contents for 2003 award-winning book THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY ... more I provide the book cover and Table of Contents for 2003 award-winning book THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY SPANISH-AMERICAN NOVEL. An attempt to broaden the canon.
After a brief review of precedents, I offer a reading of Garcia Marquez's canonical novel within ... more After a brief review of precedents, I offer a reading of Garcia Marquez's canonical novel within the context of ecocriticism. Published in the Cambridge Companion to Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Intended as an introduction to this study,this is a draft of the first 73 pages of a book recentl... more Intended as an introduction to this study,this is a draft of the first 73 pages of a book recently published at the University of Texas Press (2014).
Rethinking the rural tradition in eco-criticism, I explore the idea of rivers in urban fiction in... more Rethinking the rural tradition in eco-criticism, I explore the idea of rivers in urban fiction in Latin America.
An eco-critical approach to the fiction of Vargas Llosa, taking into consideration not only the n... more An eco-critical approach to the fiction of Vargas Llosa, taking into consideration not only the natural environment but also built environments.
This book, published in 1996, focusses on the novel "Terra Nostra" and architecture. Here I am up... more This book, published in 1996, focusses on the novel "Terra Nostra" and architecture. Here I am uploading the Table of Contents and Preface to afford readers an opportunity to see an outline of the content of the book.
Upon invitation from Julio Ortega, I wrote this prologue for an edition of Carlos Fuentes's novel... more Upon invitation from Julio Ortega, I wrote this prologue for an edition of Carlos Fuentes's novel Gringo Viejo, published recently in Mexico.
In this brief piece, currently in press, I do some rethinking, as a Latin Americanist, of the nov... more In this brief piece, currently in press, I do some rethinking, as a Latin Americanist, of the novels of American writer Rikki Ducornet. She strikes me as very Borgesian, but also very rascuache...
In July of 2011, eight months after his Novel Prize, I interviewed Vargas Llosa in Madrid. This ... more In July of 2011, eight months after his Novel Prize, I interviewed Vargas Llosa in Madrid. This interview has been printed in my book on Vargas Llosa, MVLl: A Life in Writing (U Texas P, 2014).
The Preface for Mario Vargas Llosa: A Life in Writing (draft for book published in 2014, Universi... more The Preface for Mario Vargas Llosa: A Life in Writing (draft for book published in 2014, University of Texas Press).
A consideration of new approaches to the novel, written in Spanish for an event in Medellin, Colo... more A consideration of new approaches to the novel, written in Spanish for an event in Medellin, Colombia. An expanded version of my earlier "New Approaches..."
This is a short paper I presented at the annual meeting of colombianistas on July 2, 2015 in Mede... more This is a short paper I presented at the annual meeting of colombianistas on July 2, 2015 in Medellin. It deals with two experimental novelas de vanguardia en Colombia and the relationship of this vanguardia with the work of Dario Jaramillo
I wrote this on request for a campus magazine at Washington State University. A brief reflection ... more I wrote this on request for a campus magazine at Washington State University. A brief reflection on the fact that I was a freshman undergraduate when Vargas Llosa resided in Pullman as an Artist-in-Residence at WSU.
A proposal for a new role of the discipline of Spanish in the twenty-first century university in ... more A proposal for a new role of the discipline of Spanish in the twenty-first century university in the Americas. Originally published in a volume in honor of Lanin Gyurko.
I provide the book cover and Table of Contents for 2003 award-winning book THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY ... more I provide the book cover and Table of Contents for 2003 award-winning book THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY SPANISH-AMERICAN NOVEL. An attempt to broaden the canon.
After a brief review of precedents, I offer a reading of Garcia Marquez's canonical novel within ... more After a brief review of precedents, I offer a reading of Garcia Marquez's canonical novel within the context of ecocriticism. Published in the Cambridge Companion to Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Intended as an introduction to this study,this is a draft of the first 73 pages of a book recentl... more Intended as an introduction to this study,this is a draft of the first 73 pages of a book recently published at the University of Texas Press (2014).
Rethinking the rural tradition in eco-criticism, I explore the idea of rivers in urban fiction in... more Rethinking the rural tradition in eco-criticism, I explore the idea of rivers in urban fiction in Latin America.
An eco-critical approach to the fiction of Vargas Llosa, taking into consideration not only the n... more An eco-critical approach to the fiction of Vargas Llosa, taking into consideration not only the natural environment but also built environments.
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