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Magdalena Altamirano

Spanish Department

Magdalena Altamirano
Assistant Professor
Spanish Department

East Faculty #105
(760) 768-5614
altamira@mail.sdsu.edu

Office hours (Fall 2009):

M: 3-4 (Calexico); TR: 12-12:55 (Brawley)

Furlough days (Fall 2009):

Aug 27, Sep 18 and 24, Oct 6 and 20, Nov 10 and 23, Dec 7 and 17.

"Con ninguna cosa se apoya tanto nuestra lengua como con lo que usaron nuestros pasados, y esto se conserva en los refranes, en los romances viejos y en los cantarcillos triviales, y así no se han de menospreciar sino venerarse por su antigüedad y sencillez; por eso yo no me desdeño de alegarlos, antes hago mucha fuerza en ellos para probar mi intención"

(Sebastián de Cobarruvias, Tesoro de la lengua castellana o española).

Dr. Altamirano’s area of expertise is literature from the Spanish Middle Ages and Golden Age, especially the manifestations of oral tradition, and the interaction between popular and cultivated culture in the literary works of the period. She has also studied the Mexican corrido and its relationship with other ballad forms. Dr. Altamirano is currently working on a research project entitled The Other Side of Early Hispanic Literature: Popular Lyrics and Ballads from the Spanish Middle Ages and Golden Age. She joined the faculty of San Diego State University, Imperial Valley campus, in 2006.

FALL 2009
Courses

Spanish 302: Advanced Conversation and Writing

Spanish 340: Spanish Civilization

Spanish 405A: Survey Course in Spanish Literature I

Other courses taught at SDSU: Spanish 501 (Genre Studies in Spanish Literature: Folklore and Literature in the Spanish Middle Ages and Golden Age), Spanish 504 (Don Quixote), Spanish 561 (Teaching of Spanish as a Second Language).

Education

Ph.D El Colegio de México

M.A. El Colegio de México

B.A. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

2002

1994

1990

Professional
Experience

Selected Publications

SDSU, Imperial Valley Campus
Assistant Professor

Central Connecticut State University
Visiting Assistant Professor

Eastern Connecticut State University
Lecturer

Hanover College
Assistant Professor

Harvard University
Teaching Assistant

Universidad Anáhuac
Lecturer

2006-present

2004-2006

2004

2000-2003

1996-1997

1993

Book
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Aurelio González (coord.), Magdalena Altamirano, Enriqueta Garza de Fierro, Jas Reuter and Mercedes Zavala. Bibliografía descriptiva de la poesía tradicional y popular de México. México: El Colegio de México, 1993; 580 pp.

Recent Articles

"El viaje a la romería en la antigua lírica popular hispánica: a propósito del romance-villancico 'Ventura sin alegría'." La corónica 37.2 (2009): 133-156.

“‘No me habléis, conde, / d’amor en la calle’: los espacios femeninos en las canciones populares antiguas.” Temas, motivos y contextos medievales. Ed. A. González, L. von der Walde and C. Company. México: El Colegio de México-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, 2008. 101-123.

"La otra rama de la canción popular antigua: las aportaciones de Margit Frenk al estudio del romancero." Homenaje a Margit Frenk. Ed. N. Rodríguez Valle, M. T. Ruiz and G. Nava. México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2008. 171-177.

"El paralelismo en el romancero. El caso de La hermana cautiva." Romancero. Visiones y revisiones. Ed. A. González and B. Mariscal. México: El Colegio de México, 2008. 75-85.

• Plus several book reviews in scholarly journals like Revista de Literaturas Populares and Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica.

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Televised Conference
“Romancero y tradición oral”, with Margit Frenk, Aurelio González and María Teresa Miaja (moderator), chapter 13 in the educational serie La Edad Media y sus repercusiones en el mundo moderno, produced for the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México extension service by Barra UNAM, broadcast on Edusat (channel 22), November 8, 2000.

•Plus many paper presentations at national and international conferences.

Last update: September 4, 2009.