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Amy Bell

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Amy Bell

Associate Professor of Spanish
Polytechnic United Methodist Church 239
817-531-4932
abell@txwes.edu
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Courses Taught

  • SPN 1341 Elementary Spanish I
  • SPN 1342 Elementary Spanish II
  • SPN 2313 Intermediate Spanish I
  • SPN 2314 Intermediate Spanish II
  • SPN 3315 Hispanic History and Culture
  • SPN 4369 Hispanic-American Literature (United States)
  • SPN 4330 Spanish Certification Review

Education

Ph.D. in Romance Languages with a specialization in twentieth-century Spanish literature from the University of Alabama in 2002

Research Interests

Her research, conference presentations, and publications have focused on Carmen de Burgos and other vanguard feminist authors in the context of fin de siècle letters. Her article "Razing Their Voices: Carmen de Burgos's Subtextual Revisions of the Works of José Zorilla and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer in El veneno del arte" won the Feministas Unidas annual essay contest in 2003. She has also published in Letras Peninsulares and the South Atlantic Review.

Presentations
  • “La mujer en el baúl: Protesta subtextual en ‘La razón’ de Ana María Matute.”
  • “Friend or ‘Phobe?: Carmen de Burgos Confronts ‘Perversity’ and Homophobia in Ellas y ellos ó ellos y ellas.”
  • “When Sympathies Lie: On Carmen de Burgos’s Subtextual Subversion of the Theories of the ‘Illustrious Doctor Gregorio Marañón’ in Quiero vivir mi vida.”
Publications
  • “Wake-Up Call: Carmen de Burgos Confronts the ‘Sleep-Death Equasion’ (and Other Misogynistic Complexes) in Ellas y ellos ó ellos y ellas.” The South Atlantic Review.
  • “Rewriting Symbolic Neuroses: Carmen de Burgos’s Quiero vivir mi vida.” Letras Peninsulares. 17.2 (2004): 271-84.
  • “Razing Their Voices: Carmen de Burgos’s Subtextual Revisions of the Works of José Zorilla and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer in El veneno del arte.” Letras Femeninas 19.2 (2003):166-81.