DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES California
State University, Los Angeles
Felipe Díaz Office: KH A3032 |
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INTRODUCTION
Ph.D. in Spanish Literature.
Fulbright Research Grant (to Spain). Grants from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the Spanish University Foundation and the Southwest Women's Research
Institute (Univ. of Arizona). At CSLA, I am interested in the cultural
development of Hispanic students, in the expansion of international study
programs, in advising and promoting a student publication, Revista Literaria
Iberoamericana, and in supporting Hispanic Theatre and its ties with the
Hispanic community.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Spanish Literature, University of Texas at Austin, 1978
M.A. Spanish Literature 1973 University of Texas at Austin
B.A. Latin American Area Studies & Spanish- American Literature
(Double Major) University of Kansas,
1968
Spanish "Bachillerato", Instituto Ramiro de Maeztu, Madrid, Spain,
1952
TEACHING INTERESTS
My teaching objectives are
to provide an in-depth view of Hispanic culture and literature to the students
by means of a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to the subject,
selective research, analysis and questioning of cultural and racial stereotypes
and myths and current literary fads, with the aim of insuring that students
will enter their chosen professional fields with a solid foundation.
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND REPRESENTATIVE
PUBLICATIONS
I am interested in the interaction
of the beaux arts, the sciences and political, moral and philosophical
ideas with literature and in the evolution of aesthetic canons. I have
written Fate and Fortune in Sixteenth-Century Spain and scholarly articles
published in the U.S., Spain and Italy. I am working on another book, Human
Destiny in Spanish Literature from the Çid to Calderón, several
articles on Cervantes and Lope de Vega, and textbooks including Hispanic
Literatures: A History and Anthology and Spanish Composition and Grammar.
Publications
1. 1991 "Pico della Mirandola, Savonarola & Vitoria."
Quaderni Ibero-Americani.
2. 1991 "Theme & Structure in Pero Mexía's Silva."
Discurso Literario.
3. 1990 "Savonarola in Salamanca." Estudios en homenaje
a Enrique Ruiz-Fornells.
4. 1989 J.B. Avalle-Arce, ed. 'La Galatea' de Cervantes. Book
review, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos.
5. 1987 Hado y fortuna en la España del siglo XVI [Fate
& Fortune in Sixteenth-Century Spain]. Madrid:
Spanish University Foundation, 1987.
Prepared byjchrzan@calstatela.edu