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果酱视频

Degrees

  • B.A., Washington, St. Louis 1995
  • M.A., California, Irvine 1998
  • Ph.D., California, Irvine 2004
Areas of Interest

Professor Cope is completing a book on skeptical philosophy in the thought and creative writing of Miguel de Unamuno. Cope’s general interests include 19th, 20th, and 21st century Spanish literature, particularly the Generation of 98, dissident literature of the Franco dictatorship, contemporary literature, and auteurist cinema.

To give courses designed to take students on a journey of inquiry and discovery that along the way challenge them to build very high levels of proficiency in language and critical thinking. He believes that college is a time for students to acquire useful aptitudes and areas of knowledge as well as discover new potentials. His approach to teaching is to provide a structured path that leads to the desired outcomes and to help students get there by giving them the necessary tools, guidance, motivation, and encouragement. He believes that true learning entails trial and error and that with the right balance of hard work, discipline, and planning everything is attainable.

Courses Taught
  • Beginning and Intermediate Spanish Language
  • Readings in Spanish Culture
  • Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Spanish Peninsular Writers
  • Special Topics in Spanish Peninsular Literature and Culture
  • Hispanic Film
Independent Study Advising
  • 鈥淥axaca vive, 驴la lucha sigue?: Una cr贸nica de conflictividad social.鈥 Lauren Hines, 2009. (double major with English)
  • 鈥淓spa帽a vista desde afuera: la evoluci贸n del turismo en Espa帽a desde los finales del siglo XIX hasta el nuevo milenio.鈥 Rebecca Beyer, 2007.
  • 鈥淓l concepto de la salvaci贸n en las obras de Miguel de Unamuno.鈥 Emily Richardson, 2007.
  • 鈥淓l problema del libre albedr铆o en Niebla.鈥 Sean Hennessey, 2006.
Publications
  • 鈥淯苍补尘耻苍辞鈥檚 San Manuel Bueno, m谩rtir: Philosophical Skepticism in a Time of Political Upheaval.鈥 Revista de Estudios Hisp谩nicos 45.1 (Spring 2011)
  • 鈥淪ynchronicity in Julio Medem鈥檚 Los amantes del C铆rculo Polar: Poeticizing Coincidence in a Taoist Vernacular.鈥 Anales de la literatura espa帽ola contempor谩nea 36.1 (Winter 2011)
  • 鈥淭he Convergence of Mysticism and Psychosis in Almod贸var鈥檚 Hable con ella.鈥 翱箩谩苍肠补苍辞 37 (Spring 2010)
  • 鈥淭he Hellenic Origins of Unamuno鈥檚 Skepticism and 狈颈别产濒补鈥檚 Skeptical Parody of聽聽 Cartesianism.鈥 Hispanic Review 77.4 (Autumn 2009)
Professional Affiliations
  • Modern Language Association
  • American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese