Approaches to teaching the works of Benito Pérez Galdós / edited by Liana Ewald, David R. George, Jr., and Wan Sonya Tang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ewald, Liana, editor.

George, David R., Jr., editor.

Tang, Wan Sonya, 1983- editor.

Series:

Approaches to teaching world literature ; 184.

Approaches to teaching world literature, 1059-1133 ; 184

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pérez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920--Study and teaching (Higher).

Pérez Galdós, Benito.

Pérez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920--Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Essays.

Physical Description:

vi, 188 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : The Modern Language Association of America, 2026.

Summary:

"This volume will help college-level instructors teach the works of Benito Pérez Galdós in Spanish and English translation. The approaches consider popular medicine, food studies, gender and masculinity, women's rights, pretty privilege, disability studies, adaptations, celebrity, journalism, the decline of Spanish imperialism, changing gender roles, and epidemic and contagion"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Liana Ewald, David R. George, Jr., and Wan Sonya Tang.

Part One: Materials. Editions

Translations

Instructor Resources

Multimedia Resources.

Part Two: Approaches. Galdós and His World

“¿Dónde vas con el mantón de Manila?”: A Material Culture Approach to Fortunata y Jacinta / David R. George, Jr.

A Food Studies Approach to Social Class in Galdós / Sara Muñoz-Muriana

Medical Knowledge and Debate in the Novels of Galdós / Erika M. Sutherland

Galdós and Gender

Teaching the Woman Question through Selections from Galdós’s Tristana / Gabrielle Miller

Galdós’s Portrayals of Masculinity in Tormento / Collin McKinney

The Rebranding of Don Juan Tenorio as Social Misfit in Tristana / Brian Cope

Marianela and Tristana: Lessons on Disability, Medicine, and Gender / Julia Haeyoon Chang

Galdós beyond the Novel

Teaching Contagion, Politics, and Epistemology through Galdós’s Fiction and Journalism / Erika Rodriguez

Gothic Galdós: Unsettling Spanish Imperialism in “Tropiquillos” / Wan Sonya Tang

Galdós as Celebrity Playwright / Margot Versteeg

The Author Is a Character: Fictional Embodiments of Galdós in the Twenty-First Century / Elena Cueto Asín

Galdós in Adaptation

Teaching Marianela: From Galdós’s Novel to Pulido’s Graphic Novel / Linda M. Willem

Transatlantic Adaptations: Teaching Doña Perfecta through Alejandro Galindo’s Film / Luis Álvarez-Castro

Teaching Galdós through Film Adaptations and Filmmaking / Rhian Davies

Galdós in Practice

Reading Pretty Privilege in Marianela / Lennie Amores

Orienting Bodies in Electra: Teaching Galdós through History and Embodiment / Laurie Lomask

Meeting Galdós through Open Pedagogy / Juan Jesús Payán and Robin R. Miller

Tweeting Tristana: Bringing the Literature Classroom Online through Microblogging / Stacy L. Davis

Notes on Contributors

Survey Respondents

Works Cited.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version Approaches to teaching the works of Benito Pérez Galdós

Online version Approaches to teaching the works of Benito Pâerez Galdâos

ISBN:

9781603297240

1603297243

9781603297257

1603297251

OCLC:

1535744665