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Current ResearchI have completed my doctoral dissertation on Regionalism. My investigation, entitled "Región y nación en Guatemala: La obra de Virgilio Rodríguez Macal," examines how three Regionalist novels -Carazamba (1953), Jinayá (1956) and Guayacán (1962)- engage in the intellectual and literary debates about the nation at a crucial moment in mid-twentieth-century Guatemala. My main contention is that one of the country's most popular authors puts forward a democratic and liberal vision that both demarcates his works from that of his contemporaries, and helps explain the scant critical attention he has received. The ideological divides of the century, reflected in academia and the country's tragic history, have marginalized a fictional world grounded in a neglected region of the country, which allowed the author to critically engage both Guatemala's intellectuals and governments, irrespective of their political stripes. My investigation seeks to shed light on this original vision and reveal the nation imagined by the author.
Future Research
I am primarily interested in Spanish American narrative for which my current research has provided a basis for future investigations. I would like to explore the influence of 17th-century European literary traditions on contemporary Spanish American literature. In the Central American milieu, I have identified several Criollista writers whose novels necessitate scholarly research, especially from Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama.
Other Experiences
At the University of Ottawa I have conducted library searches, bibliographical compilations, translation and analysis of academic articles on textual criticism and the Spanish Golden Age theatre. At the University of Saskatchewan, I carried out literature reviews, participant interviews and data analysis as a research associate for a project studying rates and reasons for success in an adult learning program.
Professional Associations
Canadian Association of Hispanists
Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Modern Language Association of America
Publications
"Política y literatura criollista en Guatemala, 1924-1963." Revista Cultura de Guatemala (Under Review).
Aurora Afterwards and Other Stories. Translation of Con Aurora después y otros cuentos (book) by Julio Torres-Recinos. (Under Review).
"El criollismo en Hispanoamérica: Revisita y reflexiones sobre el patrimonio de una literatura centenaria." Literatura: Teoría, historia, crítica (Forthcoming Jan 2019).
Narrativas del miedo: Terror en obras literarias, cinemáticas y televisivas de Latinoamérica. Ramírez Rojas, Marco, Karem Langer, & David Rozotto, eds. New York: Peter Lang Publishing (2018).
Introduction. Narrativas del miedo: Terror en obras literarias, cinemáticas y televisivas de Latinoamérica. Ramírez Rojas, Marco, Karem Langer, & David Rozotto, eds. New York: Peter Lang Publishing (Forthcoming 2018).
Modernización y territorializacón en Guatemala: La novelística de Virgilio Rodríguez Macal. Buenos Aires: Editorial Biblos, 2018.
The Faces of Fear. Translation of Los rostros del miedo (book) by Julio Torres-Recinos. Ottawa: Editorial Lugar Común, 2017.
Virgilio Rodríguez Macal. El hombre, el escritor y el intelectual. Guatemala: Editorial Piedra Santa, 2016.
Afterword (by request) "Negrura y la fragmentación de la nación alemana." Negrura. By Virgilio Rodríguez Macal. 1959. 2nd ed. Guatemala: Editorial Piedra Santa, 2016. 315-327.
"Cuerpo y geografía en Carazamba de Virgilio Rodríguez Macal: Representaciones de la región." Centroamericana 24.1 (2014): 65-90.
"El escritor de la selva guatemalteca." Plus+ 05 (June 2014): 32-35.
Arteaga, Andrés y David Rozotto, eds. Notas viajeras: Escritura de viajes y testimonio de nuevos autores latino-canadienses. (2013)
"La selva guatemalteca y una propuesta literaria para la modernización del Petén." Proceedings of the XIX International Congress on Central American Literature. (2012).
"La segunda salida del Quijote en El general en su laberinto de García Márquez." Revista de literatura hispanoamericana 62 (2011): 23-39.
Thompson, G. and D. Rozotto. “Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: Differentiating Stop-outs from Drop-outs in an Independent Study Certificate Program.” Proceedings of the 2004 Canadian Association for University Continuing Education. 2004. 206-215.
Articles and Projects in Progress
Improntas testimoniales en la ficción femenina indígena: Anatomía de un terror infundido (Article)
From Utopian Territorialization to Literary Dystopia: Horacio Quiroga's Pessimistic Vision of Modernization (Article)
Arrested Miscegenation: The German-Q'eqchi' Alliances of Central Guatemala (Article)
Other Publications
"Samantha." Translation of "Samantha" by Maryluz López. Círculo del Ave Fénix: Memoria Histórica y Escritura en Colombia. Arteaga, Andrés, ed. (2016)
"The Family Farm." Translation of "La finca" by Luz Elena Cardona. Círculo del Ave Fénix: Memoria Histórica y Escritura en Colombia. Arteaga, Andrés, ed. (2016)
"Of Losses and Absences in a Time of Violence." Translation of "De mis despojos y ausencias en una era de violencia" by Consuelo Arbeláez. Círculo del Ave Fénix: Memoria Histórica y Escritura en Colombia. Arteaga, Andrés, ed. (2016)
Abanto, Luis y David Rozotto, eds. Memoria de la Conferencia Anual Ottawa 2013 del Capítulo de Ontario de la Asociación Americana de Profesores de Español y Portugués. Ottawa ON: Hispanic Studies Series, 2014.
Rozotto, David, ed. Memoria de la Conferencia Anual Glendon 2012 del Capítulo de Ontario de la Asociación Americana de Profesores de Español y Portugués. Ottawa ON: Editorial Lugar Común, 2013.
"Five Mintues." Translation of "Cinco minutos" by Julio Torres-Recinos. K1N Journal of Literary Translation. The Four Americas Rewritten 3 (2013).
Rozotto, David, ed. Memoria de la Conferencia Anual Ottawa 2011 del Capítulo de Ontario de la Asociación Americana de Profesores de Español y Portugués. Ottawa ON: Editorial Lugar Común, 2012.
"Algebra." The Apostles Review 6 (Summer 2010): 9-10.
"Los años no son nada" and "Amores ocultos." Las imposturas de Eros: Cuentos de amor en la postmodernidad. Eds. Luis Molina Lora and Julio Torres-Recinos. Ottawa: Editorial Lugar Común, 2009. 238-249.
"La partida" and "Héroe falsario." Retrato de una nube: Primera antología del cuento hispano canadiense. Eds. Luis Molina Lora and Julio Torres-Recinos. Ottawa: Editorial Lugar Común, 2008. 232-247.
"Carta geográfica." La Verdolaga Literatura, lengua y cultura 1 (2008): 91-96.
"I've Gone Down to the Netherworlds." Translation of "He bajado a los infiernos" by Julio Torres-Recinos. Creative Registry of the Canadian Association of Hispanists. Cuadernarios 9 (2007).
Conference Papers
Cultural Sensitivity and Social Healing in Canadian Universities: Contributions from Latin American Studies. 100th Annual Conference, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Salamanca, Spain. June 2018.
Entre colosos, un gigante nacional: Protagonistas hiperbólicos centroamericanos entre el medioambiente y el neocolonialismo. LIV Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanists. University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan. May-June 2018.
Historia, memoria y verdad subversivas: Evolución de la conciencia guerrillera en Guatemala. LIII Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanists. Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario. May-June 2017.
From Utopian Territorialization to Literary Dystopia: Horacio Quiroga's Pessimistic Vision of Modernization. South Atlantic Modern Language Association 88th Conference. Jacksonville, Florida. November 2016.
Atormentadores de mujeres indígenas: Historia de un terror infundido. 47th Annual Northeast Modern Language Association Convention. University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut. March 2016.
"Improntas en el testimonio indígena femenino: Anatomía de un terror infundido." LI Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanists. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (June 2015).
"Learning along the Way: Improving the Teaching of Introductory Literature Courses." Northeast Modern Language Association 46th Annual Convention, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario. (May 2015).
"Hispanic Canadian Literature in Translation and Its Relevance for Canadian Multiculturalism." Multiculturalism and Multilingualism in Canada Symposium, University of Ottawa and Canadian Commission for UNESCO, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (February 2015).
"From Popular Art to Subject Matter: The Case of Telenovelas" 96th Annual Conference, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Panama City, Panama. July 2014 (Accepted)
"El trazo autobiográfico en el criollismo guatemalteco: Las novelas de Rodríguez Macal." XLIX Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanists. University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. June 2013.
"Posibilidades fundacionales y modernizadoras en la jungla norte de Guatemala." Congress of the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May 2013.
"Narrating the Regional History through a Female Geography." Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. April 2013.
"Teaching Literature and Intercultural Competence." Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Ontario Chapter. Glendon College/York University, Toronto, Canada. November 2012.
"Literatura y nación: Las tradiciones pre criollismo y el criollismo como tradición." XLVIII Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanists. Wilfrid Laurier University/University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. May 2012.
"A Literary Dialogue on Miscegenation." Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Ontario Chapter. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. November 2011.
"Entre cuerpo y geografía: La caribeña como sinécdoque regional." XLVII Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanists. University of New Brunswick/St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. May 2011.
"La selva guatemalteca y una propuesta literaria para la modernización del Petén." XIX International Congress on Central American Literature. Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. April 2011.
"La parodia de un Bolívar quijotesco." Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Canadian Chapter. Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. November 2010.
"Crítica de la Revolución: Literatura y denuncia ante la historia en Guatemala." XLVI Congress of the Canadian Association of Hispanists. Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. May 2010.
"Obstáculos para el progreso: Adversidad en el avance de la frontera civilizadora." Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Canadian Chapter. Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Canada. November 2009.
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