Foreign Languages and Literatures - Colorado State University

Faculty Profile

Francisco Leal

Ph.D. Washington University in St. Louis , 2007.

Licendiado en letras, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2000.

My academic interests include contemporary Latin-American poetry and Cinema, post-dictatorial literature and criticism, and (post)Marxist theory. My dissertation focused on how literary criticism enlightens our understanding of the relationship between aesthetics and politics, examining Chilean postdictatorial criticism and fiction, such as poetry, films and novels.

I am the editor of the journalVértebra , and my literary publications are:

Naturalismo. Santiago, Cuarto Propio, 2006.

Insectos. Montevideo, Artefato, 2005.

Vecindario . Santiago, RIL, 2004.

(For more information a bout my literary work: http://www.letras.s5.com/archivoleal.htm)

My teaching experience, as a graduate student at Washington University, included all levels of the Spanish language. At the University of Missouri , Columbia I taught Advanced Spanish Composition, Introduction to Literature, and an upper level class of Contemporary Spanish American Culture and Civilization. At CSU I teach Culture classes, Avant-garde Latin-American poetry, and Latin-American post dictatorial literature.

Academic Publications

“Poesía y política en Naciste pintada de Carmen Berenguer.” Revista de crítica literaria latinoamericana 66 (2007):51-61.

“Sobre una militancia poética: Claroscuro de Gonzalo Millán”. Hispanic Poetry Review . (Forthcoming, 2008). “Los cuentos de Julio Ortega.” Enciclopedia de literatura peruana . Ed. Luis Dapelo. Genova-Lima: Centro de Estudios Italo-Peruanos (Forthcoming, 2008). “Interrumpir El Golpe: Arte y política en La ciudad de Gonzalo Millán”. Taller de letras 40. (2007): 203-20. “ Trilogía sucia en la Habana de Pedro Juan Gutiérrez. Abyección, crimen y mercado.” Taller de letras 37 (2005): 51-66. “Lecturas Urbanas. Academia y turismo en Estados Unidos: Amores perros, Cidade de Deus y Naciste pintada .” Osamayor 16 (2004): 13-32.


	Faculty Profile Francisco Leal Ph.D. Washington University in St. Louis , 2007. Licendiado en letras, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2000. My academic interests include contemporary Latin-American poetry and Cinema, post-dictatorial literature and criticism, and (post)Marxist theory. My dissertation focused on how literary criticism enlightens our understanding of the relationship between aesthetics and politics, examining Chilean postdictatorial criticism and fiction, such as poetry, films and novels. I am the editor of the journalVértebra , and my literary publications are: Naturalismo. Santiago, Cuarto Propio, 2006. Insectos. Montevideo, Artefato, 2005. Vecindario . Santiago, RIL, 2004. (For more information a bout my literary work: http://www.letras.s5.com/archivoleal.htm) My teaching experience, as a graduate student at Washington University, included all levels of the Spanish language. At the University of Missouri , Columbia I taught Advanced Spanish Composition, Introduction to Literature, and an upper level class of Contemporary Spanish American Culture and Civilization. At CSU I teach Culture classes, Avant-garde Latin-American poetry, and Latin-American post dictatorial literature. Academic Publications “Poesía y política en Naciste pintada de Carmen Berenguer.” Revista de crítica literaria latinoamericana 66 (2007):51-61. “Sobre una militancia poética: Claroscuro de Gonzalo Millán”. Hispanic Poetry Review . (Forthcoming, 2008). “Los cuentos de Julio Ortega.” Enciclopedia de literatura peruana . Ed. Luis Dapelo. Genova-Lima: Centro de Estudios Italo-Peruanos (Forthcoming, 2008). “Interrumpir El Golpe: Arte y política en La ciudad de Gonzalo Millán”. Taller de letras 40. (2007): 203-20. “ Trilogía sucia en la Habana de Pedro Juan Gutiérrez. Abyección, crimen y mercado.” Taller de letras 37 (2005): 51-66. “Lecturas Urbanas. Academia y turismo en Estados Unidos: Amores perros, Cidade de Deus y Naciste pintada .” Osamayor 16 (2004): 13-32.