OLIMPIA E. ROSENTHAL
Ph.D.  Student, Hispanic & Luso-Brazilian Literature
University of Arizona
Modern Languages 501
(520)-971-6225
E-mail: olimpia@email.arizona.edu

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EDUCATION

2005-2008          M.A. Spanish & Hispanic Literature         University of Arizona

2000-2004         B.A. Latin American Studies                       University of Arizona

 

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2008-Present         Editor. Divergencias: Revista de estudios lingüísticos y                                       literarios.

2005-Present         Graduate Assistant in Teaching. Department of Spanish                                       and Portuguese, University of Arizona. Courses taught:                                       Spanish 101, 102, and 201.

Fall 2006                 Assistant Director of Student Exchange. Alcala de Henares,                                      Spain. Courses taught: Spanish 350, symposium for                                     candidates interested in the M.A. program at the University                                     of Arizona.

Fall 2006                 English Instructor.  Alcala de Henares, Spain.

2005-2006             Spanish Tutor. Tucson, AZ.

 

ACADEMIC HONORS

2004                     Deans Honors list.

2000-2003        Three consecutive years received the AIC Academic                                 Achievement Waiver.

 

AREAS OF TEACHING INTEREST

Latin American Literature and Culture, Literary Criticism and Literary Analysis,  Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, Postcolonial and Subaltern Studies, language instruction in Spanish and Portuguese.

 

PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES

2008         “O silêncio do subalterno em Menino de Engenho e Banguê”.                      Presented at the Annual Symposium of Hispanic and                      Luso- Brazilian Literature, Language, and Culture at the University                      of Arizona. This paper critically analyzes the discourse created in                      José Lins do Rego´s two novels. Drawing from Spivak and                      Foucault´s theories I discuss what the discourse reveals about the                      relations between power and knowledge and I argue that in the                      course of representing the Others, the novels silence any divergent                      voices.  

2007         “Coronación : ¿Un mundo de contrastes o similitudes?” Presented                     at the Annual Symposium of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian                     Literature, Language, and Culture at the University of Arizona.                     This paper examines José Donoso’s use of binary oppositions from                     a deconstructionist theoretical perspective.

2007        " El colonialismo utópico de Vasco de Quiroga" presented at the                     Graduate Student Conference at Georgetown University. This                     study focuses on the re-examination of Vasco de Quiroga’s legacy                     from a post-colonial theoretical perspective.

 

SERVICE

2006-2008      Southern Arizona Language Fair. Language judge during the                               annual language competitions in proficiency, poetry, prose                               and drama of K-12 Spanish language students from all over the                               state of Arizona. I have worked as a judge in both Portuguese                               and Spanish.

2003-2004      Manos de Ayuda. Volunteer work as translator for North                               American doctors giving free service to patients in need in                               Mexico.

1998-2000      El Molino. Worked as counselor and facilitator in this summer                               camp in Mexico. Had the opportunity to work and study with                               renowned Mexican author Maria Luisa Puga.