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Professor Emeritus of Spanish American Literature and Criticism

Ph.D. Filologia Romantica University of Madrid, Spain

Spanish and Chilean literature, study of the origins of fiction narrative strategies in the early chronicles of Indies. Spanish language pedagogy.

Area studies courses: Spanish-American Chronicles; Spanish-American Epic Poetry; Spanish-American Fiction ; Spanish-American Essay; Spanish-American Romanticism Research and Teaching Focus:  Spanish-American Chronicles; Spanish-American Epic Poetry; Spanish-American Fiction; Spanish-American Essay; Spanish-American Romanticism

Selected Publications

Promis, J.1996.  La literatura del reino de Chile. Valparaíso: Universidad de Playa Ancha Editores,

Promis, J.,ed. 1996. 1973. El relato chileno visto desde el exterior. Valparaiso: Puntangeles. Univ. de Playa Ancha Ediciones.

Promis, J. 1995. Testimonios y documentos de la literature chilena. 2nd edition. Santiago de Chile: Ed. Andrés Bello.

Promis, J. 1993. La novella chilena del último siglo. Santiago de Chile: Editorial la Noria.

Promis, J. 1991. The Identity of Hispanoamerica: An Interpretation of Colonial Literature. UA Press.