Curriculum Vitae
Abigaíl Martínez-Sotelo
E-mail: abigail3@email.arizona.edu
Office:
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
University of Arizona
209 Modern Languages
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520) 626-0788
Education
Ph.D. in Spanish: The University of Arizona, 2009 (Defense date: May, 2009)
Major: Nineteenth-, Twentieth-, and Twenty-First Century Latin American
Literature & Culture
Minors: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature;
Renaissance and Golden Age Spanish literature
University of Arizona, 2004
Master of Arts in Spanish
Universidad de Sonora, México 1998
Licenciatura en Literaturas Hispánicas
Dissertation
“La sexualidad como estrategia subversiva en los personajes de dos novelas de la dictadura: La fiesta del Chivo y En el tiempo de las mariposas”
Director: Professor Eliana Rivero
Date of Completion: May 2009.
My dissertation is entitled “La sexualidad femenina como estrategia subversiva en los personajes de la nueva novela histórica: La fiesta del Chivo y En el tiempo de las mariposas”. In it I reevaluate the female experience during the period of the Dominican Republic’s dictatorship (1930-1961), as portrayed in the novels by Mario Vargas Llosa and Julia Álvarez. Although a considerable corpus of scholarship exists on both texts, I seek to fill a gap in the existing criticism on those two novels. Such criticism has been done, in part, based on feminist and contemporary literary theory, where mostly emphasizing the magnitude of the violence wielded on women. What has been missing in these studies is a broad interdisciplinary approach to access the presence of the female narrator that expresses her particular vision and experience of Trujillo’s dictatorship. I am proposing a re-examination of the female characters in La fiesta del Chivo (2000) and En el tiempo de las mariposas (1994) that sheds light upon the textual strategies used in order to subvert the patriarchal status quo, by means of the female character’s expressed point of view. Chapter 1 functions as an introduction outlining the evolution of the Neohistorical Novel and the way this sub genre has privileged the female vision, contrary to the traditional Historical Novel. Chapter 2 constitutes an analysis of La fiesta del Chivo, written by the well known Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, and focuses specifically on the mechanisms used by the narrator to express his ideological message and how the female character reinforces this message. In Chapter 3 this same methodology is used in the analysis of the novel En el tiempo de las mariposas by the US Latina author Julia Álvarez. Chapter 4 focuses on popular culture elements including movies and music, which can serve as a means to demonstrate the adverse social structures and practices established under Trujillo’s military rule in Dominicans’ everyday life.
Grants and Awards
Tinker Travel Grant, Center for Latin American Studies, for Pre-Dissertation
Research in Latin America, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Summer of 2004.
Spanish & Portuguese Department Scholarship Grant, Summer of 2006.
Graduate Registration Scholarship for 2002-2008.
Teaching Experience
Graduate Associate in Teaching. The University of Arizona. Fall 2002-Present.
Spanish 102-First Year Spanish (4 Sections).
Spanish 202-Second Year Spanish (8 Sections).
Spanish 251-Intermediate Spanish (8 Sections).
Spanish 330-Intermediate Conversation (2 Sections).
Spanish 325-Intermediate Grammar & Writing (2 Sections).
Instructor. Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Sonora, México. Fall 1998-Spring
1999.
Lecture Reading & Writing (2 Sections).
Greek & Latin Etymologies (1 Section).
Drama (1 Section).
Administration Experience
Assistant to the Director of Basic Languages, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Arizona, Tucson, October 2004-May 2008
Teaching Interests
19th through 21st- Century Hispanic & Latin American narrative and culture; Spanish, Hispanic & Latin American Film Studies; Cultural Studies; Literary Theory; 19th through 21st-Century Spanish literature and culture; Renaissance & Golden Age Literature. Spanish language, all levels.
Publications
With David Yetman: “The Bacerac Incident: Sorcery and Law in Colonial Sonora 1704-1705.”Journal of Arizona History 45 (2004): 291-307.
“Del romanticismo al modernismo; la búsqueda de la forma en Salvador Díaz Mirón.” Divergencias May 2005 <http://w3.coh.arizona.edu/divergencias/archives/fall2005/diazmiron.pdf >.
“Ficción y realidad en Al fin todo se paga.” Divergencias December 2005
<http://w3.coh.arizona.edu/divergencias/archives/primavera2005/zayas.p df>.
“La influencia del folletín en Boquitas Pintadas de Manuel Puig.” Memorias del XIX Coloquio Internacional de Literatura Mexicana e Hispanoamericana 19. Hermosillo, México. Universidad de Sonora, Noviembre 2005.
Presentations
“De la novela Santa al melodrama fílmico Aventurera”, 18th Annual Symposium on
Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture. The
University of Arizona. February 9, 2008.
“La crítica social en las telenovelas durante la dictadura militar en el Brasil”, II Foro
Nacional de Estudiantes. Departamento de Letras y Lingüísitca, Universidad
de Sonora, Hermosillo, México, Abril 2006.
“Mi tío Atahualpa o la redención de un indio cuasi pendejo”, 15th Annual
Symposium onHispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and
Culture. The University of Arizona. February, 2005.
“Del romanticismo al modernismo; la búsqueda de la forma en Salvador Díaz
Mirón”, 3rd Annual International Poetry Conference, Department of
Romance Languages, University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
Greensboro, March 2005.
“El neoclasicismo en Don Catrín de la Fachenda”, XX Coloquio Internacional de Literatura Mexicana e Hispanoamericana, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, México, Noviembre. 2005.
“Resistencia y recuperación en Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas de Lucía
Etxebarria”, 14th Annual Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian
Literature, Language and Culture. The University of Arizona. February,
2004.
“La influencia del folletín en Boquitas Pintadas de Manuel Puig”, XIX Coloquio
Internacional de Literatura Mexicana e Hispanoamericana, Universidad de
Sonora, Hermosillo, México, Noviembre. 2003.
Editorial Positions
2004-Present: Assistant Editor, Divergencias: Revista de estudios lingüísticos y literarios (Graduate student journal). My responsibilities include editing and production—using Adobe/InDesign publishing software. Website: http://w3.coh.arizona.edu/divergencias/
2003-Present: Editorial Assistant, Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies.
Experience Abroad
Tinker Summer Area Research Grant. Project title: “El realismo mágico en la telenovela brasileña: Roque Santeiro y Saramandaia.” Location of research: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Granted by: Latin American Studies Center, The University of Arizona, Summer 2004.
Academic Service
Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Eighteenth Annual Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture, The University of Arizona. Website: http://www.coh.arizona.edu/spanish/symposium/
My positions have included Coordinator of Publicity, Volunteer Coordinator, General Coordinator and Volunteer Coordinator respectively. Fall 2002-Spring 2003; 2003-2004; 2004-2005; 2006-2007.
Editorial Board, Selected Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture, 2003.
Graduate Student Representative to the Faculty, The University of Arizona, 2006.
Editorial Board, Selected Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture, 2004.
Editorial Board, Selected Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture, 2006.
Session Moderator, Symposium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literature, Language and Culture. The University of Arizona. 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007.
Producer of the Film Production Workshop. The University of Arizona. 2003.
Community Service
Judge: Southern Arizona Language Fair, The University of Arizona, Tucson, 2005
and 2004.
Southern Arizona Language Fair, The University of Arizona, Tucson, 2005
and 2005.
Southern Arizona Language Fair, The University of Arizona, Tucson, 2005
and 2006.
Volunteer: Club de Español, The University of Arizona, Tucson, 2008.
Professional Memberships
The Modern Language Association.
GEMS: The Group of Early Modern Studies.
Sigma Delta Pi International Hispanic Honor Society.
Languages
Spanish: Native speaker.
English: Fluent.
Portuguese: Intermediate level.
Travel Experience
Central Mexico-Research and Cultural Exploration, July 2005
Brazil-Research and Cultural Exploration, July 2005
Argentina- Research and Cultural Exploration, August 2005
References
Dr. Malcolm A. Compitello. Head, Department of Spanish and Portuguese. The University of Arizona.
Phone: (520) 621-1983
E-mail: compitel@email.arizona.edu
Mailing address: Spanish and Portuguese
Modern Languages 545
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Dr. Eliana Rivero. Department of Spanish and Portuguese. The University of Arizona.
Phone: (520) 621-5240
E-mail: eliana@email.arizona.edu
Mailing address: (Same as above)
Dr. Amy Williamsen. Department of Spanish and Portuguese. The University of Arizona.
Phone: (520) 621-3123
E-mail: amyw@email.arizona.edu
Mailing address: (Same as above)
Dr. Eliud Chuffe. Basic Language Program Director, Department of Spanish and Portuguese. The University of Arizona.
Phone: (520) 621-7346
E-mail: chuffee@email.arizona.edu
Mailing address: (Same as above)
Dr. David Yetman. Southwest Studies Center. The University of Arizona.
Phone: (520) 621-2484
E-mail: dyetman@email.arizona.edu
Mailing address: Southwest Center
1052 North Highland Avenue
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Dr. César Avilés. Departamento de Letras y Lingüística. Universidad de Sonora, México.
Phone: (662) 259 2187
E-mail: caviles@capomo.uson.mx
Fax: (662) 212 5529
Mailing address: Departamento de Letras y Linguística
Universidad de Sonora
División de Humanidades y Bellas Artes
Blvd. Luis Encinas y Rosales S/N, Col. Centro, Hermosillo,
Sonora, México.