Assistant Professor of Brazilian Literature & Culture
Affiliated Faculty: Comparative and World Literature, Latina/o Studies
Education
- Ph.D. (2006) Brown University (Comparative Literature)
- M.A. (2003) Brown University (Portuguese & Brazilian Studies)
- M.A. (1999) SUNY at Buffalo (Comparative Literature)
- B.A. (1992) Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil (English)
Contact information
4129 FLB, MC-176
244-6071
lutosta@uiuc.edu
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Areas of Specialization
- 19th and 20th century Brazilian literature
- Contemporary Portuguese Literature
- Brazilian cinema
- Comparative literary studies, especially among the literatures of the Americas
- The ethnic literatures of the United States
- Critical and interpretive theory, especially ethnic, (post)colonial, subaltern, transnational studies, and narratology
- The city in literature, fiction and history, the sublime