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Cesar Ferreira

  • Professor, Spanish

Education

  • PhD, The University of Texas at Austin, Spanish
  • MA, The University of Texas at Austin, Spanish
  • BA, St. Mary's University of San Antonio, English/Communications

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
SPANISH 318-002 Advanced Speaking and Listening TR 2:30pm-3:45pm
SPANISH 507-001 Seminar in Latin-American Literature and Culture: History and Society in Latin-American Fiction R 4:30pm-7:10pm
SPANISH 781-001 Seminar in Hispanic Literature: History and Society in Latin-American Fiction R 4:30pm-7:10pm

Courses Taught

  • SPANISH 350 - Introduction to Literary Analysis
  • SPANISH 472 - Survey of Spanish American Lit/Culture
  • SPANISH 391 - Topics in Latin American Culture
  • SPANISH 461 – Latin American Novel and Film
  • SPANISH 577 - The Contemporary Latin American Novel
  • SPANISH 508 – Latin American Poetry and Short Fiction
  • SPANISH 769 - The Contemporary Latin American Novel
  • SPANISH 781 – Latin American Poetry and Short Fiction

Teaching Interests

  • Contemporary Latin American Literature and Culture
  • Latin American Autobiographical Writing
  • Peruvian Literature

Honors and Awards

  • Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctorate), Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru, 2020
  • Premio Nous a la Excelencia Educativa 2017, Fundación para la Integración y Desarrollo de América Latina-FIDAL, Quito, Ecuador, 2017
  • Orden de los Descubridores, Sigma Delta Pi National Collegiate National Hispanic Honor Society, 2016
  • Miembro Correspondiente, Academia Peruana de la Lengua, 2014
  • Fulbright Lecturer/Researcher, Lima, Peru, 2005
  • Contributing Editor, Handbook of Latin American Studies (Library of Congress of the United States)

Books

Narrar lo invisible: Aproximaciones al mundo literario de Sara Mesa. Valencia: Albatros, 2020. 233 pp. [co-edited].
César Vallejo. Fabla salvaje-Edición facsimilar. Lima: Universidad Ricardo Palma, 2020. 49 pp.
César Vallejo. Poemas humanos (1923-1938)-Edición facsimilar. Lima: Universidad Ricardo Palma, 2019. 158 pp.
Antonio Skármeta: Nuevas Lecturas/New Readings. Lima: Editorial Universitaria Universidad Ricardo Palma, 2017. 206 pp. [co-edited].
La narrativa de Jorge Eduardo Benavides: Textos críticos. Lima: Editorial Universitaria Universidad Ricardo Palma, 2018. 216 pp.
Para leer a Luis Loayza. Lima: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos-Ediciones del Vicerrectorado Académico, 2009. 296 pp. [co-edited].
Edgardo Rivera Martínez: Nuevas Lecturas. Lima: Fondo Editorial Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2006. 380 pp. [edited].
Culture and Customs of Peru. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003. 163 pp. [co-authored].

Selected Publications

“La aventura creadora de Ciro Alegría: Notas a La serpiente de oro”. Un mundo ancho pero ajeno: 50 años de la desaparición de Ciro Alegría. Gladys Flores Heredia, editora. Lima: Academia Peruana de la Lengua/Editorial Cátedra Vallejo/Universidad Ricardo Palma, 2017: 45-62.
“Castración y cultura popular en Los cachorros, de Mario Vargas Llosa”. La invención de la novela contemporánea: Tributo a Mario Vargas Llosa. Gladys Flores Heredia, editora. Lima: Academia Peruana de la Lengua/Editorial Cátedra Vallejo/Universidad Ricardo Palma, 2016: 145-161.
“La palabra viva de Julio Ramón Ribeyro”. Voces literarias del Perú: Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Jorge Eduardo Eielson y Gabriela Wiener. Giovanna Minardi, editora. Palermo: Qanat Edizioni, 2016: 59-68.
“Consideraciones en torno a la narrativa de Edgardo Rivera Martínez”. Letras-Organo de la Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas de la Universidad Mayor de San Marcos Vol. 86 No. 124 (julio-diciembre 2015): 213-225.
Ferreira, Cesar G.Sebastián Salazar Bondy: el escritor y sus desafíos27. 2014: 21-25

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