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Carmen Saucedo

  • E-mail address: Carmen_Saucedo@brown.edu
  • Office Hours: by appointment
  • Hometown: Lima, Perú
  • Educational Background:
    • B.A. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Humanities with mention in Linguistics and Literature, 2000)
    • Diploma. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Librarian and Information Sciences, 2000)
    • M.A. Brown University (Hispanic Studies, 2008)
  • Major Paper Title: “Religión y violencia política en el Perú: estudio de la novela Catequil del sacerdote Miguel Garnett”
  • Disseration Title: “Fictional Writings about the Political Violencein Peru (1980-2000): Narrative Approaches and Ethical Options”

Research Interests

Contemporary Latin American Literature and Cultures; The role of Literature and intellectuals in the society; Interdisciplinarity

Selected Publications

  • "Análisis de textos literarios sobre la violencia política del Perú (1980-2000) desde la perspectiva de una crítica ética". Crónicas Urbanas: análisis y perspectivas urbano-regionales, 2008.
  • "Intersecciones entre cultura e ideología: una lectura de Rosa Cuchillo de Óscar Colchado Lucio". Lhymen: cultura y literatura. 2007.

Selected Conference Papers

  • "Escritura y poder. Una lectura de Historia de Mayta (1984) de Mario Vargas Llosa". 61st Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky (April 2008).
  • “ ‘Vísperas’ de Luis Nieto Degregori y el oficio del escritor”. 27th Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures. Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Cincinnati (April 2007)

Courses Taught at Brown

  • Teaching Assistant
    • SP010 Basic Spanish I (Fall 2004)
    • SP020 Basic Spanish II (Spring 2005)
    • SP050 Advanced Spanish Conversation. Hispanic Cultures and Civilization (Spring 2007)
  • Teaching Fellow
    • SP010 Basic Spanish I (Fall 2005)
    • HISP0500 Advanced Spanish Conversation. Hispanic Cultures and Civilization (Fall 2008)
  • Supervisor
    • SP050 Advanced Spanish Conversation. Hispanic Cultures and Civilization (Fall 2006)