Wesley Moraes has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 2018.
Office Hours: Spring 2024
Monday / Wednesday 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
(and by Zoom appt. E-mail me your available times.)
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 101: Elementary Spanish I
Introductory communication-based language course. Develops the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Intensive practice of real-world communication and cultural knowledge.
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SPAN 335: Topic: Prof Cases & Customs
This course will explore significant concepts essential to the practical uses of Spanish in a professional field in the context of the Hispanic community in the U.S. It will abound on the culture and practices of professions such as business, medical and other health professions, arts, law and other legal professionals or translation services. It will focus on the acquisition of vocabulary; the development of oral skills through public presentations; and the mastery of writing legal and professional documents.
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SPAN 401: Adv Oral&Written Communication
This course enables students to fine-tune their oral and written skills in preparation for the department's exit writing examination as well as the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). Both exams are embedded into the course. This course must be taken in residence.