Dolors Altaba-Artal
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
d.altaba@yahoo.com

EDUCATION:
Doctor in English Literature (Ph.D.) STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW     YORK, STONY BROOK, 1992.
Bachelor of Arts in Catalan Philology UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA, 1986.
Master of Arts in English and American Literature UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, 1985.                                          Bachelor of Arts in English and American Literature UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, 1983.                                          Diploma in English Studies CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, 1979.
Diploma in French Language UNIVERSITE DE TOULOUSE, 1977.
Certificate in German Language GOETHE INSTITUT, 1976.

PUBLICATIONS:
"Tita" in OFFERINGS FROM THE OASIS. Vol. 3. Collected writings of the Lake Havasu Writers' Group, 2007.
"Antiques" in OFFERINGS FROM THE OASIS, Vol. 2, Collected writings of the Lake Havasu Writers’ Group, 2006.
"Roots of Change" in EMBRYONIC LANDSCAPES Barcelona: ACTAR, 2001.
APHRA BEHN'S ENGLISH FEMINISM: WIT AND SATIRE. London: Susquehanna University Press, 1999.
Aphra Behn’s The Feign’d Curtezans; or, A Night’s Intrigue From Calderon’s Casa con dos puertas mala es de guardar. In ‘Restoration and 18th Century Theatre Research’ Second Series, Vol. X, No. 1 - Summer, 1995.
Aphra Behn's Progressive Dialogization of the Spanish Voice. Dissertation: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, STONY BROOK, 1992.
"Introduction to Poetry" Writing Program Newsletter, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK at STONY BROOK, 1989.
"Soothing Trouble" ECM Newsletters Inc., Texas, 1985.
"The Dialogue of the New Couple in George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman and Major Barbara,” Master Thesis: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, 1985.
"The Mystery of Gems," GEMOLOGIA, Barcelona, 1973.

ACTIVITIES:
Written two plays, two novels, short stories, essays, and children's stories.

Actors and members of the Lake Havasu Writers’ Group read her play IDLE FEARS at Hastings Bookstore in Lake Havasu City, AZ. March, 2006.

Read Paper: "Empire and Gender in Aphra Behn´s The Young King," moderated a panel session, and lead a group reading of her play STEPS AHEAD, at "The Aphra Behn Society Annual Meeting." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November, 1999.
Read Paper: “Aphra Behn’s Community of Women in The Curious Husband Alters Cervantes’ Story” in the Seminar ‘Women, Community & Reputation’ and moderated two sessions at “The Aphra Behn Society Annual Meeting.’ New Haven, Connecticut. October, 1997.

Read Paper: “Aphra Behn’s Love Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister and the Spanish Voice from ‘Siglo de Oro’” in the Seminar, ‘Correspondents and Correspondences.’ At “The Aphra Behn Society Conference.’ Athens, Georgia. October, 1996.

Read Paper: “The Restraints of Honor: Aphra Behn’s The Unfortunate Happy Lady and the Novelas amorosas y ejemplares of María de Zayas.” In the seminar: 'Law and License: Liberty and Restraint I', at the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies - 18th Annual Conference, New York, New York. October, 1994.

Read Paper: “The Feminist Spanish Voice in Aphra Behn’s Prose,” in the seminar, ‘Frames and Borders: The Novel Across Cultures,’ and moderated another seminar at ‘The Aphra Behn Society. Fourth Annual Meeting.’ Portland, Maine. September, 1993.

Read Paper: “Aphra Behn’s Progressive Dialogization of the Spanish Voice,” in the seminar ‘Bakhtin and the Eighteenth Century’ at ‘The XXIV Annual Meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.’ Providence, Rhode Island. April, 1993.

 

 A sample of my work:    “Acrobatic Jump”


Links: www.Amazon.com for APHRA BEHN'S ENGLISH FEMINISM: WIT AND SATIRE by Dolors Altaba-Artal