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Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics

 

Professor Dominic Keown

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Position(s): 
Professor of Catalan Studies
Department/Section: 
Spanish & Portuguese
Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages & Linguistics
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(+44) (0)1223 335015
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Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages Raised Faculty Building °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Sidgwick Avenue °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ CB3 9DA United Kingdom

About: 

Dominic Keown specialises in contemporary Iberian culture. He has published widely on the ideological dimension of Catalan literature,ÌýSobre la poesia catalana contemporàniaÌý(Valencia: Tres i Quatre, 1996),ÌýPolifonia de la subversió: la veu col.lectiva de Vicent Andrés EstellésÌý(Valencia: Tandem, 2000),ÌýA Companion to Catalan CultureÌý(London: Tamesis, 2011) and, in collaboration with the poet Tom Owen,ÌýAfter the Classics: the selected verse of Vicent Andrés EstellésÌý(Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2013). He also writes on cinema from Spain with particular reference to Buñuel, Berlanga, MonleónÌýand Bigas Luna. His current interests extend to the interface between Catalan and Spanish creativity, transnational issues in the cultural production of Catalonia and the metacritical divide between Hispanism and Iberian Studies. He is the editor of theÌýJournal of Catalan StudiesÌýand the Anglo-Catalan Society'sÌýOccasional PapersÌýand the editor/translator of Salvat-Papasseit (1982; 2005), Ausiàs March (3 vols: 1986; 1989; 1993), Valle-Inclán (1991) and Joan Fuster (1992; 2006).

Professor KeownÌýÌýwelcomes inquiries from potential MPhil and PhD students with research interests relevant to hisÌýinterests.