Rex P. Nielson
Email Address: rex_nielson@brown.edu
Office Phone Number: 401-863-3411
Hometown: Highland, UT
Education Background: B.A. and M.A. Brigham Young University (Comparative Literature), M.A. Brown University (Portuguese and Brazilian Studies).
Research interests: 19th and 20th Century Brazilian Literature, The Sertão and the City in Brazilian Literature, Literature of the Americas, Ecocriticism (Nature and Literature), Law and Literature.
Dissertation (in progress): “Fading Fathers: Writing Beyond Patriarchy in Contemporary Brazilian Literature”
Director: Nelson H. Vieira
Readers: Luiz F. Valente and Patricia I. Sobral
Selected Conference Papers:
“O Conflito Normativo entre o Sertão e a Cidade na Obra de Ronaldo Correia de Brito.” IX Brazilian Studies Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 27-29, 2008.
"Memory, Narration, and Place in Mia Couto’s Terra Sonâmbula and Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!" International American Studies Association, Lisbon, September 20-23, 2007.
"Miscegination and Tradition in Mário de Andrade's Macunaíma." American Comparative Literature Association, Princeton, NJ, March 23-26, 2006.
"O Jogo de Tempo em O Amanuense Belmiro de Ciro dos Anjos." Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, KY, April 21-23, 2005.
Courses Taught at Brown: POBS 100-200, POBS 110, POBS 400, POBS 610
