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FERNANDO BURGOS PEREZ
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Email: fburgos@memphis.edu
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Professor of Spanish who completed his BA at the Universidad de Chile with the degree Profesor de Español and received his Ph.D. in Romance Languages from the University of Florida where he was awarded a Recognition for Outstanding Contribution. His area of research includes nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish American narrative. He has published numerous articles in European, North American and Latin American professional journals, and eleven books: Burgos –a member of the International Association of Hispanists—has been awarded the SPUR award—Superior Performance in University Research—in 1987 and 1994 and has been granted twice the Fellowship for Visiting Scholars Program to conduct research at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. In 2003, he received the Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Achievement in the Humanities. In 2004 he was awarded the Dunavant Professorship Award and in 2008 the Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award.

      

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Link to courses

1. Advanced Composition   http://composicionavanzadaprimavera2007.blogspot.com

2. Advanced Grammar  http://gramaticaavanzadaprimavera2007.blogspot.com/

3. Spanish American Literature http://miclasedeliteraturahispanoamericana.blogspot.com/

4) Information about Fernando Burgos' published books  http://lagollanquihue.blogspot.com/

     

Honors/Awards
  • Recognition of Outstanding Contribution - University of Florida - 1981
  • SPUR Award. Superior Performance in University Research - The University of Memphis - 1987
  • The Summer Visiting Scholar Research Grant - University of Illinois Urbana - 1988
  • Professional Development Assignment - The University of Memphis - 1989
  • The Summer Visiting Scholar Research Grant - University of Illinois Urbana - 1992
  • SPUR Award. Superior Performance in University Research - The University of Memphis - 1994
  • Professional Development Assignment - The University of Memphis - 1999
  • Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Achievement in the Humanities - The University of Memphis - 2003
  • Dunavant Professorship Award - The University of Memphis - 2004
  • Received Nomination for the Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award - The University of Memphis - 2007
  • Professional Development Assignment - The University of Memphis - 2008
  • Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award - The University of Memphis - 2008
  • Travel Enrichment Award - The University of Memphis - 2012
  • Professional Development Assignment - The University of Memphis - 2018
  • The Catherine and Charles Freeburg Professorship - The Universit of Memphis - 2019
Books Published
  • La novela moderna hispanoamericana: un ensayo sobre el concepto literario de modernidad. Madrid: Orígenes, 1985, 2nd edition, 1990.    
  • Prosa hispánica de vanguardia, ed. Madrid: Orígenes, 1986.     
  • Los ochenta mundos de Cortázar: ensayos, ed. Madrid: Edi-6, 1987.    
  • Las voces del karaí : estudios sobre Augusto Roa Bastos, ed. Madrid: Edelsa, 1988.  
  • Antología del cuento hispanoamericano. México: Editorial Porrúa, 1991. Third Edition, 2002. Fourth Edition, 2003.    
  • Esteban Echeverría. El matadero, Ensayos Estéticos y Prosa Varia. ed. (Critical Edition). Hanover, N.H.: Ediciones del Norte, 1992.   
  • Vertientes de la modernidad hispanoamericana. Caracas: Monte Ávila Editores, 1995.  
  • Cuentos de Hispanoamérica en el siglo XX. 3 vols. Madrid: Castalia, 1997. 540 + 537 + 548 pp.  
  • Studies in Honor of Myron Lichtblau. Newark, Delaware: Juan de la Cuesta, 2000.
  • Los escritores y la creación en Hispanoamérica. Madrid: Castalia, Colección Literatura y Sociedad, 2004. 720+ pages.          
  • Un lector y un escritor tras el enigma: la narrativa de Enrique Jaramillo Levi.  Panamá: Editorial Mariano Arosemena, Instituto Nacional de Cultura, 2010.           
  • Conductividades posmodernas en la obra de Enrique Jaramillo Levi.  Coauthored with Fátima Nogueira. Panamá: Editorial Tecnológica de la Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, 2012.           
  •  Nuevas iluminaciones: la larga trayectoria literaria de Enrique Jaramillo Levi. Coauthored with Fátima Nogueira. Panamá: Editorial Tecnológica de la Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, 2017. 
  • Una temporada en la posmodernidad latinoamericana. Santiago, Chile: RIL Editores, 2017