Background
Franco, Jean was born on March 31, 1924 in Dukinfield, England. Daughter of William and Ella (Newton) Swindells.
(This is a revised, updated edition of Jean Franco's class...)
This is a revised, updated edition of Jean Franco's classic Introduction to Spanish-American Literature, first published in 1969 and much recommended ever since. Its coverage ranges from colonial times to the present day, the later chapters having been radically rewritten to take account of the most recent developments in both literature and criticism. English translations are provided for Spanish quotations in the text, and the extensively updated reading lists of primary and secondary material refer not only to Spanish texts but also, where available, to editions in English.
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literary critic specialist university professor
Franco, Jean was born on March 31, 1924 in Dukinfield, England. Daughter of William and Ella (Newton) Swindells.
Bachelor of Arts, University Manchester (England), 1944; Master of Arts, University Manchester (England), 1946; Bachelor of Arts, University London, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish, U. London, 1964.
Educated at Manchester and London, she has taught at London, Essex (where she was the university"s first professor of Latin American literature), and Stanford, and is currently professor emerita at Columbia University. Jean Franco"s research is wide-ranging and voluminous. She was among the very first English-speaking Latin Americanists to write seriously about Latin American literature.
She has particularly focused on women and women"s writing and is a pioneer of Latin American cultural studies.
( Where is the common ground for feminist theory and Lati...)
( The cultural Cold War in Latin America was waged as a w...)
( In Cruel Modernity, Jean Franco examines the conditions...)
(This is a revised, updated edition of Jean Franco's class...)
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(Latin American Studies)
Member Society for Latin American Studies (founding, past officer), Modern Language Association, Latin American Studies Association.
Married Juan A. Franco (divorced). 1 child, Alexis Parke.