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Alfonso J. García Osuna is the Chairperson
of the Department of Foreign Languages. He received his Ph.D. (1989)
from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University
of New York; his doctoral dissertation, El crótalon en la
tradición lucianesca, explores the classic sources of El
crótalon and other dialogues of the Spanish Renaissance,
specifically tracing the contributions of II Century Syrio-Greek
philosopher Lucian of Samosata and establishing the concept of a
Lucianesque “tradition” in the Spanish Golden Age. He
also holds a Master’s degree and a Bachelor’s degree
from Queens College, (CUNY), both with a major in Spanish Literature.
Dr.
García Osuna completed his primary and secondary education
in Las Palmas, in Spain’s Canary Islands, the place where
his family originated and where he grew up.
He
has published several articles in scholarly journals, and among
his most recent books are Incidents of Travel on the Road
to Santiago (N.Y: McGraw-Hill, 1998), The Cuban Filmography,
1897-2001 (London: McFarland, 2002), and La filmografía
cubana, 1897-2003 (London: McFarland, 2003). He also regularly
participates in learned conferences in the United States and around
the world.
Dr.
García Osuna is an avid cyclist, among other things having
five times completed the pilgrimage Road to Santiago de Compostela,
traversing all of northern Spain from the French border to the
Atlantic. His teaching assignments at Kingsborough include The
History and Civilization of Spain (Spa. 55); Survey of Spanish
Peninsular Literature (Spa. 30); and Spanish Syntax and Composition
(Spa. 36). He has also taught graduate level courses in
Medieval
and Renaissance Literature in Brooklyn College and at Hofstra
University, as well as the History of the Spanish Language. For
many years he was director of the KCC-CUNY Overseas Academic Program
in Spain. Because of his chosen field –the Classic sources
of Spanish Renaissance Literature- he has attained a solid working
knowledge of Koine Greek, Latin and Italian, and is also fluent
in Spanish regional languages.
Contact: Dr.
Alfonso J. García Osuna
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