CUA Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

McMahon 208
(202) 319-5240
 fax (202) 319-6077
alvarezl@cua.edu
 

Research interests:

• Cultural and literary relations between Muslims, Christians and Jews in Medieval Spain
• Hispano-Arabic Poetry
• Andalusian Sufis and Sufism

Recent publications:

“Beastly Colloquies: On Plagiarism and Pluralism in Two Medieval Disputations Between Animals and Men.” Comparative Literature Studies 39.3 (2002): 179-200. [available online through Project Muse with subscription]

“Anselm Turmeda: The Visionary Humanism of a Muslim Convert and a Catalan Prophet.” The Foreigner in the Middle Ages. Ed. A. Classen. New York: Routledge, 2002 (172-191).

“Petrus Alfonsi” Cambridge History of Arabic Literature: Al-Andalus. Ed. M.R. Menocal, M. Sells and R. Scheindlin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000 (282-291).

Spring 2003 Courses:

Sp 462 Spanish for International Service Senior Seminar

Sp 321 Translation II

Other courses:

Shahrazad’s Legacy: Storytelling Traditions from Damascus to Toledo
(in English) to be taught Spring 2004

Sp 514 El libro de buen amor y los discursos medievales sobre el amor

Sp 320 Translation I