Office: Keezell
205
Phone: 540-568-6412
Email: canivemx@jmu.edu
Office Hours:
Courses: Fall 2013
GEng221: Literature/Culture/Ideas
Eng 307: Literature and Psychology
Eng 434: Advanced Studies in Latin American Literature in Translation
Specialization: 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, August, 2004
Dissertation: "Public Intellectuals in Latin America: Writers and Politics
and Quetzalcoatl's Feathers" (annotated critical novel)
Honors: Sigma Delta Pi. (Chapter: Rho Omega of the Spanish National Society)
ABD, Philosophy, Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala, GTM, 1995
Dissertation: "Repercusiones del pensamiento de Freud en el mundo
moderno," 2000 (LOC Control No. LC2001447427)
M.A., Spanish, Florida Atlantic University, August, 2000
Minor: Comparative Literature (Latin American and American Literature)
Honors: Impac Award (1999)
M.A., General Psychology, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala, GTM, December,
1982 (Licenciatura)
Thesis: "La Estructura Intencional de la Imaginación"
B. A., Psychometrics, Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala, GTM, November, 1979
Coauthored Seminar Thesis: "Técnicas de Ajuste en el Inventario de Bell"
Awards and Fellowships:
Faculty Member in Residence, JMU, London (Spring 2010)
Madison Teaching Fellowship, JMU (2008-2009)
Recipient of a “O” category Visa, defined by the State Department as exclusively for
"Aliens of Extraordinary Ability” (2005)
Visiting Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Latin American desk
(2005-2006)
National Society
of Collegiate Scholars. Award for outstanding scholarship, leadership
and service, (2000)
Publications:
Books: Research and Non-fiction
El poder de la pluma: Los escritores y la política. (Monograph 1-72). [The might of the Pen: Writers and Politics]. Saarbrucken, Germany: Editorial Académica Española,
Lambert, 2012.
Marketing Myths: On Heroedom, Intellectual Imperialism and the Construction of National Symbols. (Monograph 1-72). Saarbruken, Germany: Lambert Academic
Publishing, 2012.
Istmoliteratura: Estudios sobre Literatura
Centroamericana (Istmoliterature: Studies
on Central American
Literature). María Odette Canivell et al. Guatemala, GTM:
Oscar de
León Palacios, 2001, (LOC Control No. 2002388067).
Repercusiones del pensamiento de Freud en el mundo moderno. (Repercussions
of Freud's Philosophical Thought in a Postmodern Society; monograph, p.
1-198). Guatemala, GTM: Editorial Palo de Hormigo,
2000, (LOC Control
No. LC2001447427).
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: Latin American
Studies Institute Press,1992.
Review: "Los renglones torcidos
de Dios" (God's Crooked Penmanship).
Vida Universitaria. Guatemala,
GTM: Editorial Universidad Rafael Landivar, 1982.
"Entre
los dos" (Between us). La Hora, Guatemala, GTM, 1982.
"Isolda."
La Hora, Guatemala, GTM, 1981.
Fiction
Julia. Guatemala: FG Editores, March 2013.
Inocencia Perdida. Novel. [Lost Innocence]. Ed. Raul Figueroa . FG editores,
Guatemala. (forthcoming)
La Historia de Hans
Zimmermann (The Story of Hans Zimmermann; Novel, p.
1-351). Guatemala,
GTM: Editorial Palo de Hormigo, 1999. (LOC
Control
No. NcChVTV775GT107).
María Isabel. (Novel, p. 1-332) Guatemala, GTM: Editorial Palo de Hormigo, 1996,
(LOC Control No. 98136485).
Ya no me hago Pipí. Guatemala, GTM: Kelly, 1995. pp. 1-10.
Ya tengo un hermanito. Guatemala, GTM: Kelly, 1995. pp. 1-10.
Mi primera visita al Doctor. Guatemala, GTM:
Kelly, 1995. pp. 1-11.
Ya voy al colegio. Guatemala: GTM: Kelly, 1995. pp. 1-10.
Mi primera mascota. Guatemala, GTM:
Kelly, 1995. pp. 1-10.
Yo soy una econiña. Guatemala, GTM: Kelly, 1995. pp. 1-10.
Yo amo a mi país. Guatemala, GTM: Kelly, 1995. pp. 1-10.
Ya no le tengo miedo a la oscuridad. Guatemala, GTM: Kelly, 1995. pp. 1-10.
Ya me
visto sola. Guatemala,
GTM: Kelly, 1995. p. 1-11.
Mi primer amigo. Guatemala, GTM: Kelly, 1995. pp. 1-10.
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
“Don Quijote’s Woes: Challenges in Teaching Don Quijote in Translation”. Revista
de Historia de la traduccion 4 (2010).
“Las arpias literarias: re-definiendo a la soledad y las mujeres”. [Redefining the
Crone: Loneliness and Women]. Espéculo 44 (2009): n.p. Universidad
Complutense de Madrid.
“Nation Building, Utopia, and the Latin American Writer/Intellectual”.
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 10.1:4 (2008): 1-8. .
“Catalina de Erauso—Basque Transvestite: Translating Genre”. Human Affairs.
16.2 (2006): 170-178.
Chapters in Books
“Miguel Ángel Asturias en Madrid: la edición española de Leyendas de Guatemala”.
[Miguel Ángel Asturias in Madrid: the Spanish Edition of Legends of Guatemala],
in Viajeros, diplomáticos y exiliados: escritores hispanoamericanos en España
1914-1939). [Travelers, diplomats and exiles: Latin American Writers in Spain
1914-1939]. Ed. Carmen Mora de Valcarcel, Alfonso García Morales. Wien:
Peter Lang (2012).
“Of Utopias, Labyrinths and Unfulfilled Dreams in The General in his Labyrinth”.
The Labyrinth. Bloom Literary Themes. Ed. Harold Bloom and Blake Hobby.
New York: Chelsea House, 2009. 37-45.
“Of Labyrinths in The House of Spirits”. The Labyrinth. Bloom Literary Themes. Ed.
Harold Bloom and Blake Hobby, New York: Chelsea House, 2009. 71-79.
“Waslala: Beyond Utopia”. Trans/Forming Utopias, 2 Vol. Bern, CHE: Peter
Lang Publishers, 2009. II. 61-72.
“Catalina de Erauso: Genio y figura hasta la sepultura”. [Till death Do us Apart:
Personality and Temperament in Catalina de Erauso]. Ed. Carmenza Kline. Cajón
de Textos. Bogotá, COL: Universidad de Salamanca, 2007.139-148.
“Los intelectuales públicos en Centroamérica: Literatura, metaficción y tiranía en
las novelas de dictadura”. [Public Intellectuals in Central America:
Literature, Metafiction and Tyranny in the Novels of Dictatorship]. Ed. Carmenza
Kline. Cajón de Textos. Bogotá, COL: Universidad de Salamanca, 2007.149-164.
"Cultura y Tierra en la mentalidad femenina”. [The concept of Culture and "Land" in
the Female Psyche]. Cuadernos de Literatura Centroamericana. San Salvador,
SLV: 1996.
Electronic Journals (Other than Literature) and Conference Proceedings
“El poder de la pluma: Los intelectuales latinoamericanos y la política”. [The Might of
the Pen: Latin American Intellectuals and Politics]. Asociación para el Fomento
de Estudios históricos en Centroamérica. Boletín 41, (2009): n.p. .
“Paz, progreso, justicia y honradez: Das Ubico Regime in Guatemala 1931-1944”.
[Peace, Progress, Justice and Honesty: The Ubico Regime]. (Journal of
Latin American Studies 24.3, 2009: 695-696). [reprint of 1992 review].
“The Crisis of the Intellectual? Nation Building, Literature and Political Contributions
in Latin America and Europe, A Comparative View”. Conference Proceedings: Inter:
A European Cultural Studies Conference, 25.18 (2007): 159-167. .
“Paradoja”. [Paradox]. El Cid, volume XXV (Spring, 2004): p. xxvi-xxvii.
“La Soledad y las Mujeres: Cuentos de Mujeres Solas”. [Loneliness and Women]
(review). La Guía Ap. 2004: 63.
"Cultura
y Tierra en la mentalidad femenina”. Cuadernos de Literatura
Centroamericana. San Salvador, SLV: 1996.
“Paz, progreso, justicia y honradez: Das Ubico Regime in Guatemala 1931-1944”.
[Peace, Progress, Justice and Honesty: The Ubico Regime]. Journal of
Latin American Studies 24.3, 1992: 695-696.
"Los renglones torcidos de Dios", [God's Crooked Penmanship]. (Review).
Vida Universitaria. Guatemala, GTM: Editorial Universidad Rafael Landivar, 1982.
Invited Lectures
“Retos de la enseñanza de la literatura latinoamericana en traducción”. [Challenges
in Teaching Latin American Literature in Translation], Ministerio de Cultura
y CONALIBRO, Guatemala, April 1, 2009.
“Hay Literatura Femenina….?” [Is there “Feminine Literature…’’?]. FILGUA.
[Guatemalan International Book Fair], Coloquio de escritores invitados. [Panel
of Guest Guatemalan Writers for the Guatemalan Book Fair]. Guatemala, July
28, 2008.
Escritora Invitada. [Invited Writer]. FILGUA. [Guatemalan International Book Fair]. July
25-August 3, 2008.
“Relevance of an Interdisciplinary Education in the Artistic Development of the
Child”. Conservatorio para las Artes, Guatemala, GTM, May 17-26 2007.
“The Might of the Pen: Writers and Nation Building”. Lecture, George
Washington University, March 26, 2007.
Guest Writer, AGA. [Guatemalan-American Association]: Miami Book Fair, November 2006.
Encuentro con Escritores, [Encounter with Writers]. Mountain Interstate Foreign
Language Conference, Harrisonburg, October 11-13, 2006.
“Mujeres en la Revolución Mexicana: Intelectuales y Soldaderas”. [Women and the
Mexican Revolution: Intellectuals and Soldaderas]. Conference at the Instituto
Ortega y Gasset, Madrid, ESP, June 1, 2005.
Other Lectures and Presentations
“The ‘Accidental’ Maya”. College English Association, Saint Petersburg, FL. March
31, 2011.
“Asturias y la Violencia en Leyendas de Guatemala”. 61st MFLIC, Roanoke, VA,
30 September, 2010.
“El poder de la pluma: La literatura y la nación”. [The Might of the Pen: Literature
and Nation]. LASA (Latin American Studies AssociatiON), Rio de Janeiro, BRA,
June 12, 2009.
“Exploring Magical Realism in the Context of an Interdisciplinary Approach to
Literary Readings”. College English Association, Pittsburg, March 28, 2009.
“Witches, Bitches, Harpies and Crones: Literary Mis-Representations of Women”.
Third Congress of the Americas. Mexico, October 9, 2008.
“Utopias en Waslala”. [Utopias in Waslala]. FILGUA [Guatemalan International Book
Fair], Guatemala, July 28, 2008.
“Passing Culture: Issues in Translation”. College English Association, Saint
Louis, Missouri, March 28, 2008.
“Challenges in Teaching Don Quixote in Translation: A Case Study”. MLA,
Chicago, December 29, 2007.
“La alemanización espiritual de la novela en América latina”.[The Spiritual
Germanification of the Novel in Latin America] . Mountain Foreign
Languages Interstate Conference, Roanoke, VA, October 12, 2007.
“Las Medusas de la Literatura: Cuentos de mujeres solas”.[The Medusas of
Literature: Stories of Lonely Women]. LASA, (Latin American Studies
Association) Montreal, September 7, 2007.
“The Crisis of the Intellectual? Nation Building, Literature and Political Contributions
in Latin America and Europe, A Comparative View”. Inter: A European
Cultural Studies Conference: Linkoping University, SWE, June 11, 2007.
“An Epistemological Approach to Magical Realism: Literature and Cognition, Empathy
and Identity in Latin American Writers”. College English Association, New
Orleans, April 12-14, 2007.
“Literature and Tyranny: The Metafictional Historiography in Arévalo Martínez and
Asturias”. Seventh Conference of Hispanic Literature, Cancún, MEX, March 7-9, 2007.
“U-topias: The Metafictional “States” of Belli, Asturias and Arévalo-Martínez”.
Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, Harrisonburg, October
11-13, 2006.
“Los intelectuales públicos en Centroamérica: Literatura, meta-ficción y tiranía en
las novelas de dictadura”. [Public Intellectuals in Latin America, Tyranny,
Metafiction and Literature in Dictatorship Novels].Third Central American Congress
in History, Antigua Guatemala, GTM, July 10-14, 2006.
“Waslala: Beyond U-topia”. Seventh International Utopia Conference, Tarragona,
ESP, July 6-8, 2006.
“Waslala: Gioconda Belli’s Vision of a Brave New World”. College 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, GBR, 30
June-2 July 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, ESP, 18-22 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" (Dialogue with Guatemalan Writers).
Moderador: Max Araujo,
Extensión Universitaria de la Universidad San Carlos
de
Guatemala, Antigua Guatemala, GTM, 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, GTM, 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, ESV, March,
1996.
"Los problemas del niño excepcional" (The problems of
the "exceptional
child"). Asociación de Damas
Diplomáticas,
La Paz, BOL, June 15, 1989.
"La fenomenología de Husserl"
(Husserl's Phenomenology). Universidad
Francisco Marroquín,
Department of Psychology, Guatemala, GTM, 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, GTM, June 26, 1985.
"El análisis transaccional aplicado a la enseñanza:
El caso Sumerhill"
(Transactional Analysis applied to teaching:
Summerhill). Colegio
Valleverde, Guatemala, GTM, January 7,
1985.
"La mente mágica en el niño de tres años"
(The magical Mind of 3 year olds).
Colegio Valleverde, Guatemala,
GTM, 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.
Editing:
James Madison University
Reviewer, Hispania (2009)
Reviewer, College Literature (2008)
Founder, Editor and Advisor, Hopscotch Children’s Literature Journal (2008-present)
Editor and Advisor, MacGuffin Film Journal (2008-present)
Florida Atlantic University
Contributing Editor FACS (Florida Atlantic Comparative Studies magazine)
(2004)
Dicho y Hecho (Spanish Language teaching text). Acknowledged as a collaborator/
editor for the seventh edition. Wiley, 2005.
Teaching Experience:
James Madison University (2005- present)
Associate Professor of English (World Literature, Creative Writing and
Interdisciplinary Studies)
Interdisciplinary seminars for IDLS, Magical Realism, Art and Psychoanalysis
General education, Introductory World Literature surveys and History of the Novel
Major Courses
Creative Writing courses, fiction, script writing, children’s short stories, and drama Contemporary Latin American authors, Introduction to Film, Children’s Literature, Film
and Literature courses, Film as narrative
Graduate Seminars, Psychoanalysis and Literature and Female Narrative, “Re-defining
the Crone: Loneliness and Women”
Study Abroad
Director: “Art and Culture in Madrid” Program
Latin American and Spanish Authors in translation
Spanish Language and Culture courses
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