Marlene De La Cruz
Ph.D Candidate
Fellow, Foreign Language Area Studies in Sudanese Arabic
Literary Criticism, African Literature in English
Office: Ellis 360
Office Phone: 593-2838
Email: md391406@ohio.edu
Degrees
B.A., Theology, English and American Literature, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL, 1993
M.A., English and American Literature, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1996.
Publications
Publications
“Opening Spaces for Narratives of Post-Independence Disillusionment: Double Traumatization and the Betrayal of Women by the Nationalist Rhetoric of Zimbabwe in Vera’s Novels” in Perspectives on African Decolonization: Languages, Arts, & Cultures. Eds. Marlene De La Cruz-Guzmán & T. Spreelin MacDonald. Athens: Ohio University Press. (Forthcoming 2010)
“Writing the Biafran War as Detraumatization: Privileging Indigenous Knowldeges in Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun” in Returning to the Sources: New Critical Perspectives on African Indigenous Knowledges. Ed. Nicholas Creary. New Castle: Cambridge Scholars Publishers. (Forthcoming 2010)
“The Narrative of a Fragile and Private American: Betrayal and Double Traumatization in Charles Brockden Brown’s Wieland.” The Icfai University Journal of American Literature.
“Forging a New Image of Women in Africa: Indigenous Re-Imaging of Women in the Novels of Yvonne Vera and Chimamanda Adichie” in Re-Imaging Gender Eds. Mala Pandurang and Anke Bartels. New Delhi: Pencraft International. (Forthcoming 2010).
“Vers un systeme de savoir indigene au Nigeria: la detraumatisation par l’ecriture dans Le meilleur reste a venir de Sefi Atta.” Africultures 2009. No. 74-75.
“The Literary Weaving of Mghribiyya Consciousness and Indigenous Knowledge: Lalami’s Retelling of Jenara’s Tale in Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits.” Journal of the African Literature Association Summer/Fall 2008. Vol. 2 No.2.
“The Narratives of a Twice-Betrayed People: Double Traumatization and the Decline of Nationalism in Yvonne Vera’s novel The Stone Virgins.” Journal of African Literature and Culture. 2008 No. 5: 177-206.
“A Multifaceted Harvest of Tears: Tsunami Blues’ Elegant and Vibrant Verse.” Book Review with Kate Nuernberger. The African Journal of New Poetry. 2008. No. 5.
“The Two Faces of an Imperialist Scrooge: Nineteenth Century Representations of Exploitative and Utopian English Culture and Management.” Indian Review of World Literature in English. July 2008 Vol. 4 No.2.
“Signifying Women’s Oppression in Zimbabwe: Feminist Theory in Yvonne Vera’s Butterfly Burning” in A History of Africana Women’s Literature. Ed. Rose Ure Mezu. Baltimore: Black Academy Press, 2004.
“Latina and Proud: Hear Me Speak! A Short Essay” and “Daughter Songs. A Poem.” The Awakening: Women’s Studies Student Journal. Winter 2008. Vol. 25, No. 2.
“AIDS Thrives on Desperation.” ChildrenFIRST: A Journal on Issues Affecting Children and their Carers. April/May 2000 Vol. 4, No. 30.
Milagros de Guatemala. Hispanic Culture Review. Fall 2001/Spring 2002, Vol. VIII, No. 1-2.
Recuerdos de la madurez. Hispanic Culture Review. Fall 2001/Spring 2002, Vol. VIII, No. 1-2.
Retratos. Hispanic Culture Review. Fall 2001/Spring 2002, Vol. VIII, No. 1-2.
Es cierto. Latino Stuff Review. Summer 1993, No. 13.
Curriculum Vitae
2008-2010 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship--Sudanese Arabic
2009-2010 Chair, Graduate Student Caucus of the African Literature Association
2007-2008 Ohio University English Department Research Fellowship