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Jorge Román-Lagunas

Professor of Spanish
roman@calumet.purdue.edu
Phone: (219)989-2379
Fax: (219) 989-2165

Education

Ph.D., University of Arizona (1983)
Profesor de Castellano Degree, Universidad Catolica de Chile (1969)

Teaching/Research Specialties

Latin American Poetry, Latin American Essay, Bibliography

Selected Publications

The Chilean Novel: A Critical Study of its Secondary Sources and a Bibliography. New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1995. 545 pages. [Cited by the Modern Languages Association as “extremely important’].

La prosa hispanoamericana: evolución y antología. Co-authored with Jose Promis. University Press of America, 1988. 492 pages. [A study of the evolution of Spanish-America prose from Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616) to the present].

La literatura centroamericana como arma cultural. Editor and author of one chapter: “Las fabulas y los cuentos de Augusto Monterroso”. Guatemala: Editorial Oscar de León, 1999.

La literatura centroamericana: visiones y revisiones. E. Mellen Press, 1994. Editor and author of the “Introduction” and author of one chapter.

Don Alonso de Ercilla, inventor de Chile. Barcelona: Editorial Pomaire, 1971. Editor and author of two chapters.

Poetas de la Universidad. Santiago: Ediciones Nueva Universidad, 1972.

Antología poética de Pablo de Rokha. Santiago: Ediciones Nueva Universidad, 1972.

Istmoliteratura. Estudios sobre la Literatura Centroamericana. Guatemala: Editorial Oscar de León, 2001. Editor.

Visiones y revisiones de la Literatura Centroamericana. E. Mellen Press, 2000. Editor.

Languages

Spanish

Research Interests

Dictatorship and Literature, Ideology and Literature

Favorite Quote

“Maldigo la poesía concebida como un lujo cultural por los neutrales que, lavándose las manos, se desentienden y evaden. Maldigo la poesía de quien no toma partido hasta mancharse.” (Gabriel Celaya)

“Pensar en el amor es importante, sobre todo cuando no se pasa hambre.” (Gabriel Celaya)

Favorite Links

International Conference on Caribbean Literature (I.C.C.L.)

Congreso Internacional de Literatura Centroamericana (CILCA)

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