Francisco López- Martín Affiliation: Faculty Title: Assistant Professor of Spanish Office: Fellows Hall 301S Email: lopezf@denison.edu Phone: 740-587-6463 Fax: 740-587-6772 B.A. from Universidad de Huelva M.A. from University of Western Ontario Ph.D. in Spanish Philology from Universidad de Huelva Ph.D. in Spanish from Duke University

Office Hours: M, W, F 12:30-1:30

Francisco Javier López-Martín teaches Spanish literature and language, critical theory and writing at Denison University. His specialty area is 16th and 17th Hispanic Transatlantic Literature and History with emphasis in the representation of time, space and the dynamics of power between America and Spain. He is also interested in European Humanism during the 16th century and in Spanish Golden Age Theatre.

He teaches middle and upper level classes of Hispanic literature, with a Transatlantic approach, focusing on representation, aesthetics and critical thinking. He also teaches upper level courses on Transatlantic Studies, exposing the struggles of power during American Conquest and analyzing the complexity of the encounter between Europeans and Americans in the 16th century. In addition to these courses, Francisco teaches language courses and a writing workshop in Spanish.

Francisco has recently published “Violencia, neoplatonismo y aristotelismo en La Aurora en Copacabana” and “Complejidad e hipertextualidad en el teatro barroco: Calderón y sor Juana”. His book entitled Representaciones del tiempo y construcción de la identidad entre España y América (1580-1700) will be published by Universidad de Huelva in September, 2011.