
Dr Carlos F. Grigsby
BSc, MSc, PhD
Expertise
I am a Nicaraguan poet and scholar. In my academic work, I focus on world literatures (with an emphasis on Latin American literature), literary translation, and Central America.
Current positions
Lecturer in Latin American Studies (Spanish)
Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
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Biography
Research interests
My first monograph Rediscovering Rubén Darío through Translation (Bloomsbury, 2024) addresses the peculiar obscurity of Darío in the English-speaking world by looking at the role that translation played both in his work and in its reception. In doing so, it uncovers the multilingualism of Darío's poetry.
My current research project aims to locate Central American literatures within a network of world literature(s) from a transnational and multilingual perspective. It focuses on the dialogue Central American authors have historically held with their anglo- and Francophone counterparts. Like my previous project, it seeks to challenge the field of World Literature by revealing some of the biases present in its representation of Spanish American literature.
Publications
Recent publications
01/06/2024Colapso y convivencia en las literaturas centroamericanas
Escrituras de lo posglobal en América Latina
Rediscovering Rubén Darío through Translation
Rediscovering Rubén Darío through Translation
Cosmopolitanism and Disillusion in Rubén Darío
Central American Literaturas as World Literature
Thinking in French and Writing in Spanish: Rubén Darío’s Multilingualism
Multilingual Literature as World Literature
El fracaso de París: Rubén Darío's Modernista Campaign in France
Modern Language Review
Teaching
-City Futures: Migration, Citizenship, and Planetary Change (Year 1)
-Spanish–English translation (Year 4)
-Latin American Digital and Visual Cultures: Identity and Resistance (Year 4)