Department of Romance and Latin American Studies
Subject: Spain's Golden Age Literary Genres in Historical Context: Control and Freedom under eyes of the Inquisition
Supervisor: Prof. Ruth Fine
Abstract: In my Ph.D. dissertation I plan to explore the literary mechanisms of two important Golden Age genres, the Pastoral Novel and the Picaresque Novel, in relation to the historical climate of Spain under the Inquisition. I hope that my research will bring about a new comprehension of the genres in question as well as better understanding of the fascinating complexity of the history of that period.
Bio: I am a student of Latin languages and Spanish literature. I have studied in Spain (in Salamanca, in 2008, before I started my university studies, and in Granada, in 2016) and in Germany (in Göttingen, in 2012), but I did most of my studies in the Department of Romance and Latin American Studies at the Hebrew University. In my MA studies, I focused on Spanish literature of the golden age, and investigated, under the supervision of Prof. Ruth Fine, two literary genres: the Picaresque novel and the Pastoral novel. In my doctoral dissertation, I intend to expand the literary scope and the historical and social perspective. In addition to my academic activity, my main hobby is chess. I participate in competitions since 2002. I look forward with hope and curiosity to the next four years at Mandel School.
President stipend 2017/18