A Commemoration of Galdós with Luis Fernández Cifuentes

Date: 

Thursday, January 30, 2020, 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Widener Library, Room G55. Access through Massachusetts Avenue entrance.

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INSTITUTO CERVANTES EN HARVARD

Observatorio de la lengua española y las culturas hispánicas en los Estados Unidos

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RSVP is mandatory due to a limited seating capacity of 20 persons in Room G55.

Additionally, please supply your full name for the guest list;

Unfortunately, we will be unable to accommodate walk-ins, including HUID holders.

 

Commemorating the centenary of Pérez Galdós’s death, this session opens by giving attendees the chance to see the original manuscript of Fortunata y Jacinta, which is kept at Widener Library. The viewing of the manuscript will be followed by a talk by Professor Luis Fernández Cifuentes, titled “Money and Realism: the battle of Galdós’ plots.”

 

Luis Fernández Cifuentes is Robert S. and Ilse Friend Professor Emeritus of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. He has published books on Lorca's theater and 20th century narrative, critical editions of Zorrilla, Palacio Valdés and Max Aub, and more than 80 articles on multiple subjects, from autobiography to travel literature. He is currently working on a cultural history of the year 1955 in Spain.

 

En conmemoración del centenario de la muerte de Pérez Galdós, esta sesión comenzará brindando a los asistentes la oportunidad de ver el manuscrito original de Fortunata y Jacinta, que se guarda en la Widener Library. A continuación, el catedrático Luis Fernández Cifuentes ofrecerá una conferencia con el título “Money and Realism: the battle of Galdós’ plots”.

Luis Fernández Cifuentes es Catedrático Emérito de Lenguas y Literaturas Romances Robert S. and Ilse Friend en Harvard University. Ha publicado libros sobre el teatro de Lorca y la narrativa del siglo XX, ediciones críticas de Zorrilla, Palacio Valdés y Max Aub, y más de ochenta artículos sobre múltiples temas, desde la autobiografía a la literatura de viajes. Ahora mismo trabaja en una historia cultural del año 1955 en España.

 

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