"The discipline of Spanish offers a versatile spectrum of possibilities. Since time immemorial, learning a foreign language has been recognized as one of the best methods to train the human mind. Adding the study of literatures to the study of languages permits the expansion of the initial experiences of linguistic differences into the realm of major historical/cultural differences between countries and continents. The skills gained this way are invaluable because they both prepare students for the world of work, but also to continue to be intellectually active and curious about other cultures and other times."

 
 
Pilar Fernandez-Cañadas Greenwood
 
 

Professor Greenwood’s teaching and research are closely related and she seeks to engage her students in both processes. By keeping up with research in her multi-disciplinary fields (language, literatures, the arts, and women’s studies), she is able to articulate connections that bring fresh ideas and perspectives to her classes. Wells has offered her the opportunity to try out and develop new teaching ideas, new methods, and new ways of enriching her personal and professional potential. She has developed experiential and off-campus programs in Latin America, expanding what she teaches in the classroom while enriching her students’ direct contact with the cultures, languages, and peoples of some of the Latin American countries studied at Wells.

Education:
1963     Universidad Complutense (Madrid, Spain), Licenciatura en
            Filosofía y Letras
1967     M.A. University of Pittsburgh, Hispanic Studies
1978     M.A. Cornell University, Comparative Literature
1981     Ph.D. Cornell University, Comparative Literature

Select Publications:
Greenwood, P. “Teatro Chico: Los Tlachuaches y el coyote.”
Centromolinos, 2004 .

Greenwood, P. “Siginificado/Sigfnificando: Poetas Hispañas
Contemporáneas.” Cuadernos de AIDEEU, Granada Linguistica, 2003

Greenwood, P. “Sobre los apellidos de las gentes de Herencia.”
Programa Oficial de las Ferias y Fiestas de Herencia, 2002.

Greenwood, P. Pastoral Poetics: The Uses of Conventions in Renaissance Pastoral Romances. Madrid & Potomac, MD: José Porrua Publishers, 1983.

Courses Taught:
Elementary Spanish I & II
Intermediate Spanish I & II
Conversation & Composition in Spanish
Introduction to Latin American Literature
Latin American Literature from Pre-Colombian to Independence
Renaissance and Baroque Literature in Spain and Latin America
Latin American Masterpieces in Literature and the Arts
Current Latin American Literary Masters
The Hispanic Experience in the USA
Latin American Drama
Introduction to Literary Theory
Latin American Literature, Revolution, and History
Women and Literature in Latin America
Independent Study Advisor

Last updated: 09/26/2007

 


Professor of Spanish

Director of Study Programs in Latin America

pgreenwood@wells.edu
315.364.3306
211 Cleveland

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