Office: Keezel
205
Phone: 540-568-6412
Email: canivemx@jmu.edu
Office Hours:
Spring 2008: M 11:00-2:30 and 3:45-5:00 and by appointment
Courses: Fall 2007
Eng 302 Special Topics Seminar - Children's Literature, Sec 0001
Eng 302/Hon 300 - Special Topics: Literature and Psychology
ENG 302 Special Topics Seminar - Children's Literature, Sec 0006
Specialties: World Literature and Latin American
Literature, Comparative Studies, Nation Building and Literature,
Film, Creative Writing, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis
·Philosophical-literary discourse of writers in Latin
America · Writers as public intellectuals ·The role
of public intellectuals (particularly women in the second half
of the 20th century) · Bilingualism and cultural misperceptions · Cultural
imperialism · Freud's theory of culture · Literature
and Psychoanalysis · Phenomenology and Hermeneutics · Central
American experience: Writers in exile
Education: Ph.D. Comparative Studies, Florida
Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL. August, 2004 Ph.D. Philosophy,
Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala, Guatemala (ABD)
M.A. Spanish, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL. August,
2000 Minor: Comparative Literature (Latin American and American Literature).
M.A. General Psychology, Universidad F. Marroquín, Guatemala,
Guatemala, December 1982. Minor: Clinical Psychology Dissertation:
La Estructura Intencional de la Imaginación (The Intentional
Structure of the Imagination)
B. A. Psychometrics, Universidad R.
Landivar, Guatemala, Guatemala, November 1979 Seminary Thesis:
Técnicas
de Ajuste en el Inventario de Bell (et al.) (Adjustment Techniques
in the Bell Inventory)
Awards: Impac Award, (1999) National Society
of Collegiate Scholars. Award for outstanding scholarship, leadership
and service, (2000)
Publications:
Research and Non Fiction
“Paradoja” (Paradox). El Cid
XXV (Spring, 2004): xxvi-xxvii.
Istmoliteratura: Estudios sobre Literatura
Centroamericana, (Istmoliterature: Studies on Central American
Literature). María Odette Canivell et al. Guatemala, Guatemala: Oscar de
León Palacios, 2001, [Library of Congress Control Nr. 2002388067]
Repercusiones del pensamiento de Freud en el mundo moderno. (Repercussions
of Freud's Philosophical Thought in a Postmodern Society; monographic
study, p. 1-198). Guatemala, Guatemala: Editorial Palo de Hormigo,
2000, [Library of Congress Control Nr. LC2001447427]
"Cultura
y Tierra en la mentalidad femenina”. Cuadernos de Literatura
Centroamericana. San Salvador, El Salvador: 1996.
Short articles,
papers and reviews in periodicals
Review: La Soledad y
las Mujeres: Cuentos de Mujeres Solas, (Loneliness and Women).
La Guía
Ap. 2004: 63.
Review: "Paz, progreso, justicia y honradez: Das
Ubico Regime", (Peace, Progress, Justice and Dignity: The Ubico
Regime). Latin American Studies Journal. London, England: Latin American
Studies Institute Press,1992.
Review: "Los renglones torcidos
de Dios", (God's Crooked Penmanship). Vida Universitaria. Guatemala,
Guatemala: Editorial Universidad Rafael Landivar, 1982.
"Entre
los dos", (Between us). La Hora, Guatemala, Guatemala, 1982.
"Isolda".
La Hora, Guatemala, Guatemala, 1981.
Fiction
La Historia de Hans
Zimmermann. (The Story of Hans Zimmermann; Novel, p. 1-351) Guatemala,
Guatemala: Editorial Palo de Hormigo, 1999. [Library of Congress
Control Nr. NcChVTV775GT107].
María Isabel. (Novel, p. 1-332)
Guatemala, Guatemala: Editorial Palo de Hormigo, 1996, [Library of
Congress Control Nr. 98136485].
Ya no me hago Pipí. (Children's
illustrated short story, p. 1-10) Guatemala, Guatemala: Kelly, 1995.
Ya tengo un hermanito. (Children's illustrated short story, p.
1-10) Guatemala, Guatemala: Kelly, 1995.
Mi primera visita al Doctor.
(Children's illustrated short story, p. 1-11) Guatemala, Guatemala:
Kelly, 1995.
Ya voy al colegio. (Children's illustrated short story,
p. 1- 10) Guatemala: Guatemala: Kelly, 1995.
Mi primera mascota.
(Children's illustrated short story, p. 1-11) Guatemala, Guatemala:
Kelly, 1995.
Yo soy una econiña. (Children's illustrated short story, p.
1-10) Guatemala, Guatemala: Kelly, 1995.
Yo amo a mi país.
(Children's illustrated short story, p. 1- 9) Guatemala, Guatemala:
Kelly, 1995.
Ya no le tengo miedo a la oscuridad. (Children's illustrated
short story, p. 1-12) Guatemala, Guatemala: Kelly, 1995.
Ya me
visto sola. (Children's illustrated short story, p. 1- 11) Guatemala,
Guatemala: Kelly, 1995.
Mi primer amigo. (Children's illustrated
short story, p. 1- 10. Guatemala: kelly, 1995.
Lectures and Presentations
Los intelectuales públicos en Centroamérica: Literatura,
meta-ficción y tiranía en las novelas de dictadura,
III Congreso Centroamericano de Historia, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala,
Julio 10-14
Waslala: Beyond U-topia, VII International Utopia Conference,
Tarragona, Spain, 6-8th July 2006
Waslala: Gioconda Belli’s
Vision of a Brave New World, College of English Association. San
Antonio Texas, April 8, 2006
Nation Building and Utopia: Latin
America's Public Intellectuals' view of the State, Utopian Studies
Society 6th International Conference, New Lanark, Scotland 30th
of June-2 July 2005.
Mujeres en la Revolución Mexicana:
Intelectuales y Soldaderas (Women and the Mexican Revlution: Intellectuals
and Soldaderas). Conference at the Instituto Ortega y Gasset, Madrid,
España June 1st, 2005.
Re-pensando a las brujas: La Soledad
y Las Mujeres (Redefining the Crone: Women and Loneliness). Seminar
for the Master de Estudios Latinoamericanos, Universidad Autónoma
de Madrid, Madrid, España, 18-22th April 2005.
Chair: Public
Intellectuals in Latin America. III Hawaii International Conference
on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu January 13-16, 2005
Genero y Figura
hasta la sepultura: Catalina de Erauso, La Monja Alferez, (Genre
and Figure unto the grave: Catalina of Erauso, Lieutenant Nun).
III Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu,
January 13-16, 2005
Public Intellectuals in Latin America: The
convergence of the Political and the Academic. Hawaii International
Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, January 13-16, 2005
Catalina de Erauso in Translation: Basque Transvestite or Woman
Soldier? Paper presented at the Fourth Bi-annual Conference of
Literature and Spanish Cinema, Florida International University,
Miami, February 26, 2004
Diálogo con escritores guatemaltecos:
María Odette
Canivell, (Dialogue with Guatemalan Writers). Moderador: Max Araujo,
Extensión Universitaria de la Universidad San Carlos de
Guatemala, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, June 18, 2000
La percepción
de la maldad en la naturaleza femenina, (The Perception of Women
as Evil). Paper presented at the Congreso Internacional de Literatura
Centroamericana, Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, March 3, 2000
Dorotea:
An example of the New Woman of the Renaissance? Paper presented
at the Women's Studies Graduate Student Association Annual Conference,
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, March 19,1999
Cultura
y Tierra en la mentalidad femenina, (The concept of Culture and "Land" in
the female Psyche). Paper presented at the Congreso Internacional
de Literatura Centroamericana, San Salvador, El Salvador, March,
1996
Los problemas del niño excepcional, (The problems of
the "exceptional child"). Asociación de Damas
Diplomáticas,
La Paz, Bolivia, June 15, 1989
La fenomenología de Husserl,
(Husserl's Phenomenology). Universidad Francisco Marroquín,
Department of Psychology, Guatemala, Guatemala, April 28, 1985
Más
allá del Bien y del Mal: Federico Nietzsche (Nietzsche:
Beyond Good and Evil). Asociación Intelectual "La llave
literaria",
Galeria de Arte Z'unún, Guatemala, Guatemala, June 26, 1985
El análisis transaccional aplicado a la enseñanza:
El caso Sumerhill, (Transactional Analysis applied to teaching:
Summerhill) Colegio Valleverde, Guatemala, Guatemala, January 7,
1985
La mente mágica en el niño de tres años,
(The magical Mind of 3 year olds). Colegio Valleverde, Guatemala,
Guatemala, January 6, 1985
Public Appearances
CNN International,
Interviewed in television: The Bolivia crisis, June 8th 2005.
I
have been a frequent guest of “Cita con Enrique Cordoba,” a
Spanish Radio program during 2004-2005. Among the topics I covered
were gender, economy, culture, film, literature, current events
and Latin American politics.
· El papel de los Intelectuales
en Latinoamérica
(The Role of Intellectuals in Latin America), January 22 · La
Soledad y las Mujeres I, (Loneliness and Women), March 8
· La
Soledad y las Mujeres II: Cuentos de mujeres solas, (Loneliness
and Women: Tales of single women), March 10.
· Guatemala:
Política,
Economía y Cultura, (Guatemala: Politics, Economy and Culture),
March 18
· Mediocridad y Corrupción: Males que aquejan
a Latinoamérica, (Mediocrity and Corruption: Evils stalking
Latin America), April 12
· Berlín: Cultura, Economía
y Politica, (Berlin: Economy, Culture and Politics), May 12 ·
· Troya:
Hollywood re-escribe La Iliada y La Odisea y algunos mitos más
Homero (y nosotros) no conocíamos (Troy: Hollywood re-writes
the Homer we never knew existed), May 24
· El mundo de Hoy,
(Today's World), August 18
· El código Da Vinci:
Mitos y falsedades: Irregularidades históricas,(Da Vinci
Code: The truth behind the Myth), September 1
· Psicoanálisis.
(Psychoanalysis), March 8
· Mundo Actual: Londres. (Current
Events: London), May 20
Excellencen und Residenzen (Excellencies
and Residencies): Interview for television in German taped in Berlin
by ZDF, aired 2003.
Current Projects
A novel: Inocencia Perdida
A book of Essays: Intellectuals in Latin America: Writers and Literature
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