Department of World Languages & Cultures
Recent Submissions
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Integración de literatura y lengua: la enseñanza de cursos básicos de español y la recuperación académica de periódicos hispano-estadounidenses
(Doblele. Revista de lengua y literatura. 3, 2017-11-30)Este artículo examina las posibilidades y los retos de enseñar literatura en la clase de lengua española. Considerando la necesidad de diversificar contenido, este ensayo integra objetivos lingüísticos y humanísticos al ... -
Sergio Aragonés Marginalizes Francoism in the Exile Newspaper España Libre (NYC)
(Camino Real, 2015-01-26)Sergio Aragonés is an award-winning and celebrated Mad Magazine cartoonist whose prolific career includes his bestselling comics Groo the Wanderer and Boogeyman, among others. However, his anti-Francoist cartoons published ... -
Analysis Report: Survey on the Needs of SHSU’s Hispanic/Latinx Student Population
(Center for Multicultural and Rural Development, 2021-09-03)The purpose of the CMRD Hispanic/Latinx (HLx) Survey and report is to deepen our understanding of the profile and needs of Sam Houston State University’s (SHSU) unique HLx student population. Rather than extrapolating ... -
Feminist Theories of Development in Farida Benlyazid’s Double-Bildung story, La vida perra de Juanita Narboni (2005)
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-08)Farida Benlyazid’s film, La vida perra de Juanita Narboni (2005), offers viewers a novel iteration of the classic coming-of-age genre. As a film, it lies outside the preferred medium of expression for the genre and it ... -
Surrogacy: Temporary Familial Bonds and the Bondage of Origins in Fouad Laroui’s Une année chez les Français
(Journal of North Afican, 2019-03)This article examines Fouad Laroui’s 2010 novel, Une année chez les Français, and charts the protagonist’s development to argue that it offers a new model for Moroccan coming-of-age in a postcolonial context. While Une ... -
“Transformation Was Definitely Her Specialty": Teaching Representation with Roberta Fernandez's "Amanda."
(Humanities Education and Research Association, 2014)This essay examines critical analysis of literature, collaborative dialogue, and reflective writing as pedagogical strategies successfully employed to teach the concept of representation. All were designed for students to ... -
"Transatlantic Trenches" in Spanish Civil War Journalism: Félix Martí Ibáñez and the Exile Newspaper España Libre (Free Spain, New York City 1939–1977)
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The US Hispanic Flapper: Pelonas and Flapperismo in US Spanish-Language Newspapers 1920-1929
(American Humor Studies Association, 2015-07)Mexican exile journalist Julio Arce’s chronicles “Todo se arregla con money” (1924), “Cosas del Exhibition Day” (1924), and “La estenógrafa” (1925) are analyzed for their farcical portrayal of the 1920s Modern Girl, who ...
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