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Renata Wasserman Professor Editor: Criticism Director: American Studies Office: 9201.1, 5057 Woodward Hours: By Appointment Phone: (313) 577-8627 E-mail: renata_wasserman@wayne.edu

Area of Specialization:
18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century novel, especially 19th- and early 20th-century realism/naturalism; comparative literature: European, North and South American fiction; 16th- 17th- century travel and exploration writing; Gothic novels; Brazilian literature, especially compared to U.S. literature

Education

B.A., English, Ohio University
B.A. Portugese and Anglo Germanic Languages, University of Sao Paulo, Brasil
M.A., English and American Literature, Brandeis University
Ph.D., English and American Literature, Brandeis University

Representative Publications

Exotic Nations: Literature and National Consciousness in the United States and Brazil, 1830-1930, Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1994.

‘Vargas Llosa And Euclides Da Cunha: Context And Intertext,' PMLA 108: 3 (1993): 460-73.

'The Guerrilla In The Bathtub: Telles As Menimas And The Irruption Of Politics,' Modern Language Studies 19, 1, Winter 1989.

‘A Literature for Export'. Candian Review of Comparative Literature, special issue; Post-colonial Literature: Theory and Practice 22; 3-4 (Sept. - Dec. 1995): 774-86.

What About Magic? The Representation of Social Reality in Jorge Amado and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Revista Iberoamericana, vol. 64, 182-183 (Jan. - July 1998): 171-92.

Publications Available Through Amazon.com

Exotic Nations : Literature and Cultural Identity in the United States and Brazil, 1830-1930

Reading With a Difference : Gender, Race, and Cultural Identity

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