Background
Hartman, Carmen Teresa was born on September 18, 1954 in Velez, Colombia. Arrived in United States, 1986. Daughter of Roque Julio Ortiz and Librada Nieves.
(The opening statement of Cabrera Infante’s Tres tristes t...)
The opening statement of Cabrera Infante’s Tres tristes tigres is crucial to its reading. Pronounced by a feminine voice, it is the very embodiment of the negativity of language to tell, desire, as well as absence of being and of story. The first sentence of the text is the first detour the «show» announced in the prologue takes. As per the dictum, the adverb «nunca» of the first sentence becomes a spell that captures any attempt to tell, destabilizing the concept of the familiar and challenging notions of power, silence, loquaciousness, and the feminine as an excluded element. In this manner, the text offers us a vision of the speaking subject attempting to tell a story: a fragmented body before an elusive past, attempting to catch a fleeting signifier: «...la escritura no es más que un intento de atrapar la voz humana al vuelo.»
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Hartman, Carmen Teresa was born on September 18, 1954 in Velez, Colombia. Arrived in United States, 1986. Daughter of Roque Julio Ortiz and Librada Nieves.
Bachelor, University La Gran Colombia, 1977. Certified in Applied Linguistics, University Essex, 1979. Master of Arts, State University of New York, Albany, 1992.
Doctor of Philosophy with honours, State University of New York, Albany, 2000.
Assistant to project manager General Electric, Maracalbo, Venezuela, 1978—1985. Teacher public, private high school, Albany, Schenectedy, New York, 1986—1992. Educator, lecturer, teaching assistant State University of New York, Albany, 1993—1999.
Labor service representative Department Labor, 1999—2000. Educator Union College, Schenectady, 2000, Schenectady Community College, since 2001. Tutor Spanish Shenendehowa School District, Clifton Park, New York, since 1995.
(The opening statement of Cabrera Infante’s Tres tristes t...)
Member of Modern Language Association, Society Hispanistas (speaker).
Married William N. Hartman, February 15, 1986. 1 child Sarah P.;1 child from previous marriage Daniel Ortiz.