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Biography
Degrees:
- B.A., M.A., Ph.D. University of Cádiz (Spain)
- Ph.D., UCLA
Editor
Academic journal Ciberletras.
Juan Jesús Payán is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages and Literatures at Lehman College. He has two Ph.D.'s, one in Hispanic Philology from the University of Cádiz (Spain), and the other in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from the University of California, Los Angeles. His current research focuses on the interplay between the modern fantastic and national identity from the 19th-century onwards. His most recent publications explore the cross-fertilization of literature and painting in the development of fantastic aesthetics, and shed light on neglected authors of the period, such as Luis García de Luna, Martín Zapata, and Jorge Montgomery.
Current Academic Interests
19th-century Literature; Fantastic Aesthetics in Literature, Painting, and Graphic Novels; Goya; Nationalism and Imagination; Translation and creative mistranslations; 18th- and 19th-century Female Writers.