Francisco Vivar
Professor of Spanish
About Dr. Vivar
Francisco Vivar received his Ph. D in The Univ. of California, L.A. (UCLA) in 1996. He has published ive books, the most recents Don Quijote frente a los caballeros de los tiempos modernos (Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2009), Cervantes y los limites del ser (Iberoamericana, 2014) y Elias Canetti y Espana" (2016). He has also written numerous articles about different authors and topics of the Spanish Golden Age. He teaches Advance Conversation, IMBA, Middle Ages, Golden Age, Spanish for Commerce among other subjects. Currently he is working on the book "Comparative Literature".
Education
B.A. (1979), Universidad Complutense de Madrid
M.A. (1990), California State U., Los Angeles
Ph.D. (1993), University of California, Los Angeles
Areas of Interest:
Golden Age, Cervantes, Quevedo, Spanish Cinema