Jorge Olivares Allen Family Professor of Latin American Literature Spanish

Phone: 207-859-4683 Fax: 859-4405 Email: olivares@colby.edu Mailing Address: 4683 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8846 Semester Schedule

Education

Ph.D., University of Michigan (1982) M.A., University of Miami (1973) B.A., University of Miami (1972)

Areas of Expertise:

Reinaldo Arenas Homosexuality in Cuba Cuban Literature and Culture Contemporary Spanish American Narrative Spanish American Modernismo

Professional Information

Jorge Olivares, the Allen Family Professor of Latin American Literature, has been teaching at Colby College since 1982. In addition to all levels of Spanish language classes, he teaches Spanish American literature. He is the author of La novela decadente en Venezuela and of articles in Colby Quarterly, Contemporary Literature, Hispanic Review, Hispanofila, MLN, Nueva Revista de Filologia Hispanica, PMLA, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispanicos, Revista de Estudios Hispanicos, Revista Hispánica Moderna, Romance Notes and Symposium. He is completing a book manuscript entitled "Arenas of Desire: Family, Nation, and Sexuality in Reinaldo Arenas."