«CONVERGENCES: LITERARY, LINGUISTIC, CULTURE AND FILM STUDIES»

SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

OCTOBER 26, 2012

8:30-­‐8:50am  [Registration,  Breakfast  &  Welcome]  Carl  L.  Garrison  Room,  MU,  2nd  

 

Literatura y política en textos modernistas de Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera Azucena Hernández, University of Texas, El Paso hernandez_azu@yahoo.com Separating the Character from the Author: A Call for the Study of De sobremesa Beyond the Focus on the Modernist Aesthetic Elizabeth Vargas Holguin, San Francisco State University evh@mail.sfsu.edu Chockerlebnis: literatura española al borde de un ataque moderno Daniel Herrera, University of California, Davis dherrera@ucdavis.edu

9am LITERATURA & CULTURA [Panel 1] Literary Modernism near an Aesthetic Attack Carl L. Garrison Room, MU, 2nd

Moderador: Arturo Laris

9am LINGÜÍSTICA [Panel 2] Sociolinguistics: The Spanish Language Today Dean De Carli Room, MU, 2nd Moderador: David Beard

Anglicismos en el español, el idioma no tiene enemigos Mariela Gil Sánchez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México mariela_gil@yahoo.com Intercultural Communication in the Healthcare of Rural Mexican Patients Dalia Magaña, University of California, Davis damagana@ucdavis.edu El ejque en el cine social de España: representación, adulteración e infrarrepresentación del habla de la calle Gabriel Guillén, University of California, Davis gaguillen@ucdavis.edu

 

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10am LITERATURA & CULTURA [Panel 3] Memory: Inside and Outside Borders Carl L. Garrison Room, MU, 2nd Moderador: Diego Valdecantos

Maquinarias de la neutralidad: la política y la prensa estadounidenses frente a la Guerra Civil Española Emmanuel Velayos, New York University eav253@nyu.edu Documento y memoria después de Franco: La obra de Jaime Camino en una España democrática Katherine Stafford, University of California, Davis kostafford@gmail.com Las transiciones trasatlánticas y el intelectual comprometido: líneas de entrecruce entre los procesos transicionales a la democracia de España y Chile Manuel Gómez Navarro, University of California, Davis

10am LINGÜÍSTICA [Panel 4] Second Language Acquisition Dean De Carli Room, MU, 2nd

Moderadora: Dalia Magaña  

Effects of Learning Contexts on Implicit and Explicit Knowledge of Accusative Pronouns in L2 Spanish Students Tracy Quan, University of California, Davis trquan@ucdavis.edu Do beginning L2 learners (novices) process/represent cognates and non-cognates differently than advanced L2 learners (experts)? David Beard, University of California, Davis dbeard@ucdavis.edu The role of phonological development in the L2 acquisition of mood-selection in Spanish Annalisa Corioso, University of California, Davis abcorioso@ucdavis.edu

11am CONFERENCIA [Plenaria 1] MU II, 2nd La paradoja de la adquisición léxica. Kelly Arispe, Boise State University Presenta: Profesor Robert Blake

Dr. Kelly Bilinski Arispe [kellyarispe@boisestate.edu]

Graduated in June 2012 with a Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics with a designated emphasis in Second Language Acquisition from the University of California, Davis, and joined the Modern Languages faculty at Boise State University later that summer. She also has an M.A. in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of New Mexico, and a B.A. from George Fox University with a double major in Spanish and International Studies. Dr. Arispe is interested in the potential that new technologies and tools have to enhance the language learning experience. Her dissertation research elucidated the interplay between three important aspects of Second Language Acquisition (SLA): Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), lexical acquisition, and learner autonomy. She also is interested in developing a Spanish intermediate-level multimedia online textbook, and in measuring language development in study abroad programs.

 

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12-12:50 [Almuerzo] MU Patio 2nd floor Chef invitado: Matthew Russell

 

1pm LITERATURA & CULTURA [Panel 5] Editando en español desde la frontera Carl L. Garrison Room, MU, 2nd Moderadora: Bárbara Gunn  

Territorios, lecturas y lectores: edición al norte del Río Bravo Diego Javier Bustos Deaza, University of Texas, El Paso djbustos@miners.utep.edu “Somos Frontera”, sitio de noticias en Español de El Paso Times Ana Lourdes Cárdenas, University of Texas, El Paso analourdes3@gmail.com ¿To be or not to be?: esa es la pregunta Laura Cesarco Eglin,  University of Colorado at Boulder laura.cesarco@gmail.com

1pm ESTUDIOS CULTURALES [Panel 6] Spectators of History: The Condition of Gender, Fleshly Fragments and other Ghosts… Dean De Carli Room, MU, 2nd

Moderador: David Tenorio

Among Spectators and Agents of History: Navigating through the Memory Sites of the Panama Canal Emily F. Davidson, University of California, Davis efdavidson@ucdavis.edu La comisión de género de Cocomacia: ¿para qué sirve hablar de género en medio del conflicto colombiano? Tania Lizarazo, University of California, Davis tmlizarazo@ucdavis.edu The Amputated Body: Ghostly and Literal Presence / El cuerpo amputado: presencia literal y fantasmal Diana Pardo Pedraza, University of California, Davis dppardo@ucdavis.edu

Matthew Russell is a doctoral candidate in the

Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UC Davis. His principal research areas are

contemporary Spanish cultural studies, literature,

film, and intellectual history. Matthew is also an excellent vegetarian chef, and we will

enjoy his delicious meals and wine again this year at

the Colloquium. [mbrussell@ucdavis.edu]

[Lunch] Edamame, Spinach and Hijiki Salad with Honey-Miso

Vinaigrette; Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Black Beans and Jalapeño-Lime Dressing; Quinoa and Mango

Pilaf with Pomegranates, Toasted Almonds, Pickled Red Onions and Curried-Cilantro Vinaigrette;

Sesame-Coconut Kale and Farro.

[Tapas] White Bean Hummus with Rosemary and Toasted Almonds; curried Guacamole with Mustard Seeds

and Serrano Chiles; roasted Red Pepper-Pomegranate Molasses-Walnut; Muhammara & Garlicky Pita Chips.

 

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2pm LITERATURA & CULTURA [Panel 7] La corporalidad del poeta and the Politics of Self Carl L. Garrison Room, MU, 2nd

Moderadora: Katie Stafford

Gina Valdés, escritora y poeta chicana Alicia Ramos, University of California, Merced aramosjordan@ucmerced.edu El beso de la mujer araña, el exilio de una diva Ivonne Rodríguez Romero, Universidad Nacional de Colombia yvonne1280@gmail.com La constitución del sujeto deseante en dos poetas hispanoamericanos: Odette Alonso y Alfredo Espinosa Quintero Gabriel Govea Acosta, Universidad de Colima gga1983@hotmail.com

2pm ESTUDIOS CULTURALES [Panel 8] Medios: Pantallas de la ideología, utopias remotas Dean De Carli Room, MU, 2nd Moderadora: Ana Varela Tafur

Sleep Dealer: el ciberpunk y la utopía del mundo líquido. Miguel García, Universidad de California, Davis mgar@ucdavis.edu La experiencia inmigratoria en la serie televisiva “Vientos de agua” Kimberly Morris y Rebecca Conley, Universidad de California, Davis kjmorris@ucdavis.edu / rnconley@ucdavis.edu “Dos medias, dos realidades: La representación de la pantalla pequeña dentro del nuevo cine argentino” Eric Jensen, Universidad de California, Davis ecjensen@ucdavis.edu

3pm CONFERENCIA [Plenaria 2] MU II, 2nd “José Martí: imágenes de memoria y duelo” Emilio Bejel, University of California, Davis Presenta: Jonathan Alcántar

Dr. Emilio Bejel [ebejel@ucdavis.edu]  Poet, critic, and narrator, was born in Manzanillo, Cuba, and has lived in the United States since the 1960s. He received his B.A. from the University of Miami, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Spanish and Spanish American literature from Florida State University (Tallahassee). In 1997 he was a member of the jury for the Casa de las Américas Literary Prize. He has published several books of literary and cultural criticism, among them Literatura de Nuestra América, La subversión de la semiótica, José Lezama Lima, Poet of the Image, and Gay Cuban Nation; as well as several poetry collections, the latest two of them are Casas deshabitadas and El libro regalado. He has also published three versions of an autobiographical narrative: The Write Way Home. A Cuban-American Story (translated into English by Professor Stephen Clark), El horizonte de mi piel (in Spanish), and O Horizonte da Minha Pele (in Portuguese). At the present time he is distinguished professor of Latin American Studies of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California at Davis, where he chaired that department from 2003 to 2008. His latest scholarly book, José Martí: Images of Memory and Mourning, was released in September 2012.

 

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4pm LITERATURA & CULTURA [Panel 9] Identities in Crisis: The Representation of Labor, Nation, and War Carl L. Garrison Room, MU, 2nd Moderadora: Daniela Suárez

The destruction of Spain: Camino de perfección and Imán Alejandro Méndez-Betancor, University of Colorado, Boulder mendezbe@colorado.edu Textual Clockwork: Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Rhetorical Artifice in Milicia y descripción de las Indias (1599) Timothy F. Johnson, University of California, Davis timjohnson@ucdavis.edu Una aproximación a las representaciones cinematográficas del trabajo: “Modern Times”, “Up in the air” y “Biutiful” David Fernando García González, Universidad Nacional de Colombia davidfgarcia@gmail.com

4pm LITERATURA & CULTURA [Panel 10] De géneros literarios y debates identitarios Dean De Carli Room, MU, 2nd Moderadora: Elena Atanasiu

Transtextualidad en la literatura infantil contemporánea Laura Cristina Navarrete y Daniel Acosta Giraldo, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana de Medellín, Colombia daniag0304@gmail.com / laura.navarrete@me.com El tratamiento de lo fantástico en Álvaro Cunqueiro y Joan Perucho Rebeca Rubio, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España pentesilea2000@hotmail.com Provocaciones culturales e identidades alternas en El Asco y La Virgen Cabeza Yairamaren Román-Maldonado, San Francisco State University yairamaren@gmail.com

5pm LITERATURA & CULTURA [Panel 11] Notes on Materialism, Indigenism and Authoritarism Carl L. Garrison Room, MU, 2nd Moderador: Juan E. Miranda

The materialism of Los Siete Locos Magnus Thor Snaebjornsson, San Francisco State University magnus@mail.sfsu.edu The Indigenous Proletariat: Notes on Huasipungo by Jorge Icaza Anna Björk Einarsdóttir, University of California, Davis abeinarsdottir@ucdavis.edu Autoridades de la bestia: Pedro Páramo (1955) y “Ragnarök” (1960) Santiago Acosta, San Francisco State University santiago.acosta.i@gmail.com

6:15-6:30pm [Fare Well] Carl L. Garrison Room, MU, 2nd 6:30-7pm [Tapas & copa de vino]

 

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Sponsors:  •  Spanish  and  Portuguese  Department,    

University  of  California,  Davis  http://spanish.ucdavis.edu/  

•Linguistics  Department  at  UC  Davis  http://linguistics.ucdavis.edu/  

•  Graduate  Student  Association  at  UC  Davis  http://gsa.ucdavis.edu/  

•  Hemispheric  Institute  on  the  Americas  http://hia.ucdavis.edu/  

Special  thanks  to,  

Professor   Cecilia   Colombi,   Spanish   and   Portuguese  Department   Chair;   Ana   Peluffo,   Graduate   Advisor;   Robert  Newcomb,  Faculty  Member;  Emilio  Bejel,  Kelly  Bilinsky  Arispe  and   Robert   Blake   for   their   collaboration   and   support;   Matt  Russell   for   indulge   our   palate   pleasures;   Mandy   Bachman,  Graduate   Program   Coordinator;   Falicia   Savala,   Graduate  Program   Assistant;   Laura   Barrera,   Undergraduate   Program  Coordinator/Advisor  for  their  assistance;  Anthony  Drown  and  Geoff   Stratton   for   their   technical   advice;   Nathan   J.   Finch,  Teresa   A.   Brown,   Ana   Kitchen   and   Hannah   Yung   for   their  assistance  with  the  MU  Rooms  and  Utilities.  All  the  graduate  students  who  make  this  event  possible  every  year.  

[ucdaviscolloquium@gmail.com]  https://sites.google.com/site/coloquioucd/  

~A message from the Colloquium Organizing Committee, 2012~

On behalf of the University of California, Davis Department of Spanish & Portuguese and the organizational committee of the 8th Annual Colloquium on Latin American and Peninsular Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, it is our pleasure to welcome you to this year’s Colloquium, entitled “Convergences: Literary, Linguistic, Cultural and Film Studies”. The colloquium feature speakers and researchers presenting on a wide variety of topics, including Peninsular and Latin American Literature, Culture and Cinema Studies, as well as Hispanic Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition. This year, Colloquium presenters come from a variety of universities both in the U.S. (including New York, Colorado, and Texas) and abroad (including Mexico, Colombia, and Spain). Sergio Díaz-Luna, Director Kayce Davis, Representante Peninsular Miguel García y Juan Miranda, Representantes América Latina Jonathan Alcántar, Representante Luso-brasileño Rebecca Conley, Eric Jensen y Tracy Quan, Representantes Lingüística Gabriel Guillén y Caleb Bloodworth, Webmasters