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Doris Sommer

Ira Jewell Williams, Jr., Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and in African and African American Studies
On Leave 2009-2010

 
  • Office: Boylston Hall 417
  • Phone: (617) 495-5273
  • Fax: (617) 496-4682
  • E-mail: dsommer@fas.harvard.edu
  • Office hours: On leave 2009-2010


Academic degrees: A.B., Douglas College, NJ; M.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Research Interests: 19th-Century Narrative in Latin American Women's Literature; Ethnic Literature; Bilingual Aesthetics

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Prof. Sommer is Director of the Cultural . Click here to view Professor Sommer's curriculum vitae.

Recent Books:
Cultural Agency in the Americas, edited by Doris Sommer. Duke University Press, 2005.

Abrazos Y Rechazos Como Leer En Clave Menor
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Fondo De Cultura Económica , 2005.

Bilingual Games: Some Literary Investigations
, edited by Doris Sommer. Palgrave, 2004.

Bilingual Aesthetics: A New Sentimental Education. Duke University Press, 2004.

Ficciones Fundacionales. Fondo De Cultura Económica , 2004.

Ficções de fundação: os romances nacionais da América Latina. Editora UFMG, 2004.

Proceed with Caution, When Engaged by Minority Writing in the Americas. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999.

Foundational Fictions: The National Romances of Latin America. University of California Press, 1993.


In the News:

"How I'll Spend my Summer Vacation" The Harvard Gazette, June 9, 2005


Courses Offered in 2009-2010: On leave


Other Courses Offered:
[Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 13 (formerly Spanish 180). Cultural Agents (under General Education)]
[Romance Studies 202. Ethics and Aesthetics (Graduate Seminar in General Education) (co-taught with Francesco Erspamer)]
[Spanish 65. Bilingual Arts]
[Spanish 186. Tobacco and Sugar]
[Spanish 243. Foundational Fiction and Film]
[STAR E-130. Youth Arts for Social Change (Extension School)]

For more information, go to the RLL course catalogue.


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Last updated on July 17, 2009