Luis GirÓn NegrÓn
Director of Graduate Studies in Spanish
Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and
of Comparative Literature
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Academic Degrees: A.B., Mathematics and Philosophy, Harvard University; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School; A.M. and Ph.D. Religion and Literature, Harvard University
Research Interests: Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature; Medieval, Arabic, Latin and Hebrew Literatures; History of Religions; Comparative Literature.
| Major Publications:
Alfonso de la Torre's 'Visión Deleytable': Philosophical Rationalism and the Religious Imagination in 15th Century Spain. Leiden: Brill, 2001 |
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Selected Recent Articles:
"Huellas hebraicas en la poesía del Marqués de Santillana." In Encuentros and Desencuentros: Spanish Jewish Cultural Interactions. Carlos Carrete Parrondo et al (eds). Tel Aviv: University Publishing Projects, 2000. pp. 161-211.
"La maldición del can: la polémica antijudía en el Libro del caballero Zifar." Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (Liverpool), 78.3 (2001): 275-295.
"Tassels or Skirts? Some Notes on a Lexicographic Gloss in the General estoria.." Romance Philology, 54 (2001): 331-350.
" 'Commo a cuerpo santo': el prólogo del Zifar y los furta sacra hispano-latinos." Bulletin Hispanique, 102.2 (2001): 345-368.
" 'Your dove-eyes among your hairlocks': Language and Authority in Fray Luis de León's Respuesta que desde su prisión da a sus émulos." Renaissance Quarterly Studies, 54.4 (2001): 1197-1250.
"El canto del ave: música y éxtasis en la Cantiga de Santa María 103." In Literatura y espiritualidad. María Pilar Manero (ed). Barcelona, 2003: 35-59.
"El laberinto y sus reveses en Juan de Mena." Medioevo Romanzo 28 (2004): 129-166.
"How the Go-Between Cut Her Nose: Two Ibero-Medieval Translations of a Kalilah wa-Dimnah Story." In Under the Influence. Leyla Rouhi and Cynthia Robinson (eds). Leiden: Brill, 2005, pp. 231-259.Current Projects:
"The Hawk Is Not Worth Less": Jews and Judaism in Medieval Castilian Literature. A book-length monograph on Jewish characters, authors and influences in medieval Spanish literature through the 15th century. "Pio latrocinio": traslaciones de santos en la España medieval. A study and anthology of medieval Hispano-Latin narratives on the translation of saints and the theft of relics.
Courses Offered in 2009-2010:
Comparative Literature 252. The Literatures of Medieval Iberia: Approaches and Debates in their Comparative Study - (New Course) [fall term]
Freshman Seminar 34j. Medieval and Early Modern Love Poetry [fall term]
Spanish 201. Historia de la lengua española [spring term]
Other Courses Offered:
[Comparative Literature 210. Comparative Themes in the Literatures of Medieval Spain: Seminar]
[Comparative Literature 211. Mysticism and Literature: Seminar]
[Spanish 110. Hispanic Literature: The Middle Ages]
[Spanish 120. Medieval Spain in the Poem of the Cid]
[Spanish 204. Love and Power in 14th-Century Castille: Juan Ruiz and Juan Manuel]
[Spanish 220. Jews and Judaism in Medieval Spanish]
For more information, go to the RLL course listings or the Comparative Literature listings..
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Last updated on September 29, 2009
