Wesley Moraes has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 2018.

Office Hours: Spring 2023
Mondays 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Welles 212-A)
Wednesdays 9:00 - 10:00 am. (Welles 212-A)
and by appt
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D. Contemporary Latin American Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2018.
M.A. Contemporary Latin American Literature and Film, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2013.
B.A. Pedagogy, School Management, and Vocational Orientation. Centro Unisal-Americana, São Paulo, Brazil, 2002.
Publications
“Ciudadanía y abyección: un retrato urbano de Brasil en O invasor de Marçal Aquino”. Desafíos, Diferencias y Deformaciones de la Ciudadanía. Raleigh: Editorial A Contracorriente, 2020, pp. 17-40. (Chapter in a peer-reviewed edited volume).
“Ciudad y animalidad en El ruido de las cosas al caer, de Juan Gabriel Vásquez”. Literatura y globalización: Latinoamérica en el nuevo milenio, Anthropos Editorial, 2019, pp. 153-67. (Chapter in a peer-reviewed edited volume).
Ensaios de cultura teatral., by Walter Lima Torres. São Paulo, Paco Editorial, 2016. Latin American Theatre Review., vol. 53.1, 2019, pp. 150-51. (Book review).
Contracultura: Alternative Arts and Social Transformation in Authoritarian Brazil., by Christopher Dunn. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2016. Hispanófila., vol. 186, 2019, pp. 148-50. (Book review).
“Daniel Galera.” Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twenty-First-Century Brazilian Writers, vol. 384, Gale Cengage, 2019, pp. 122-27. (Biographical entry).
“Marçal Aquino.” Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twenty-First-Century Brazilian Writers, vol. 384, Gale Cengage, 2019, pp. 22-28. (Biographical entry).
“Corpos Fragmentados da América Latina: O Caso de Mano de obra, de Diamela Eltit, e Passageiro do fim do dia, de Rubens Figueiredo.” Revista Iberoamericana., XVIII, vol. 68, 2018, pp. 121-39. (Peer-reviewed journal article).
“El lenguaje como arma: la escritura del guerrero en Todas as vezes que dissemos adeus. de Kaka Werá Jecupé.” Transmodernity., vol. 7, no. 1, 2017, pp. 105-23. (Peer-reviewed journal article).
“Tony Manero, Post Mortem y No: la estética de lo masculino en la trilogía de Pablo Larraín.” Letras Hispanas, vol. 11, 2015, pp. 120-32. (Peer-reviewed journal article).
Margens literárias no Brasil contemporâneo. Special volume on contemporary Brazilian literature. Edited with Carolina Sá Carvalho. Romance Notes, vol. 57, no.3, 2017. (Edited book).
More About Me
Research Interests
- Citizenship
- Gender Relations
- Animals, Animality, and Humankind
- Environmental Issues
- Urban Studies
Other Interests
- World Music
- Reading
- Drawing
- Poetry
Classes
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SPAN 314: Topic: Desafios del Siglo XXI
This course presents major aspects of Latin American societies and cultures and is complemented by a study of key historical events from the past and the present.
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SPAN 316: ApplGram:Enhancing Comm Skills
This course reviews complex grammatical structures through in-depth analysis of morphology and syntax and intense practice for a better knowledge of the structure of the Spanish language. An emphasis on the contrasts and relationships between Spanish and English language structures prepares students for using written and oral Spanish with a high degree of accuracy and flexibility. This class will prepare students for higher-level courses in Hispanic linguistics and others in which Spanish is used in formal academic contexts.