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Dr. Natalia Matta-Jara

Assistant Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., Brown University, 2011

Email

natalia.matta@ttu.edu

Courses Commonly Taught

  • Introduction to Latin American literature and culture
  • Contemporary Spanish American narrative
  • Latin American historical fiction
  • Mestizaje and Indigenismo in the Andes

Areas of Research

  • Nineteenth to twenty-first Century Latin American literature and culture
  • Andean studies
  • Memory and history
  • Travel narratives

Selected Publications

  • “El lugar de la memoria en Yo me perdono (1998) de Fietta Jarque.” Crónicas urbanas [Cuzco, Peru] 14 (2009): 151-158.
  • “‘El río de la ciudad’: Caramelo verde de Fernando Ampuero.” Inti 65-66 (2007): 271-278.

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