Contact Information:
313 Major  Williams Hall
Dept. of Foreign Lang. and Lit.
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA  24061-0225
Tel: (540) 231-9076 
Fax:  (540) 231-4812 
Email: jfolkart@vt.edu

MW 9:15-10:05, 12:10-12:50, and by appt

Past Classes:

Courses taught on campus:
Phantasms in Spanish Film & Fiction (4334/5224)
Contemporary Spanish Women Writers (4334)
Contemporary Spanish Film and Fiction: The Power of the Eye/I (4334)
Sex and Power in Post-Franco Spain (4324)
Survey of Peninsular Literature (3314)
Introduction to Hispanic Literature (3304)
Advanced Grammar and Composition (3105)
Advanced Grammar and Composition (3106)
Spanish for Oral Proficiency (3125)
Spanish for Oral Proficiency (3126)

ONLINE: Intro to Spanish Civ & Culture (2744)

 EDUCATION:

• B.A., College of William and Mary, 1991
• M.A., University of Kansas, 1993
• Ph. D., University of Kansas, 1998

  TEACHING INTERESTS:

• Peninsular Literature and Culture
• Twentieth-Century Narrative
• Spanish Grammar, Composition and Conversation

  RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• C.V.
• My research interests center on literary theory and twentieth- and twenty-first-century Peninsular literature, specifically the postwar and post-Franco periods.
• I have a book from Bucknell University Press, Angles on Otherness in Post-Franco Spain: The Fiction of Cristina Fernández Cubas, on the works of Cristina Fernández Cubas.
• My other research projects deal with Paloma Díaz-Mas, Manuel Rivas, and other writers of the post-Franco period.

• Tienda.com - Buy imported Spanish plates, tiles,  food, and more!  A wonderful site for gifts and nostalgic indulgences...
• El país
• Spain and Spanish on the Net
• The epitome of beauty:  The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, in rain and in shine
• Visit Turgalicia to learn about Galicia, my favorite part of Spain
• For more, check out my class website.  It has tons of links!
• Need a number in Spain? Go to http://www.paginasamarillas.es or http://www.paginasblancas.es
• Dilbert in Spanish! http://espanol.dilbert.com/