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Speakers): Virginia Ramos

Virginia Ramos is a poet and fifth year doctoral student in Comparative Literature at ¿Û¿Û´«Ã½. She is the managing editor of the poetry journal Mantis. Her dissertation explores fusions of contemporary prose and poetry. Her interests center on poetry, lyrical novels, and multi-genre texts in Spanish, English, French and German Literatures.

Virginia's discussion of her work will be centered on several selections from her primary texts: "For the purpose of our discussion in the upcoming Poetics Workshop, I would like to share with you some ideas in progress (not yet in chapter form) from my dissertation 'The Contemporary Lyrical Novel.' I will be discussing 'cadence', 'epiphany,' and 'temporal progression' in regards to lyricism in the novel. I am interested in the linkage between musicality and poetic imagery in three contemporary lyrical novels by Yoko Tawada, W.G. Sebald, and Julio Llamazares of which I am providing short excerpts. If pressed for time, please focus on sections 1-3, and 19, from Tawada; and 1, 9, 19 for Llamazares. My project focuses on novels that join lyric and narrative and promote criticism of social realities. I am sharing with you a general research statement of my dissertation to situate you in my overall project. I look forward to our discussion and your contributions."

Marília Librandi-Rocha (Assistant Professor of Brazilian Literature and Culture) will be responding.