Antonio Cardentey
Lecturer of Spanish
- School of Modern Languages
Overview
Dr. Cardentey completed his undergraduate studies in Humanities with a concentration in Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Havana. He also holds a master’s degree in Hispanic Philology from the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid, Spain. He worked as a research associate for the Institute of Literature and Linguistics in the Cuban Academy of Sciences, and as a copyeditor at Wifredo Lam Center for Contemporary Art. His articles and book reviews have been published in refereed journals such as Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, Alambique. Revista Académica de Ciencia Ficción y Fantasía, Anuario L/L. Estudios Literarios, and Cuban Studies. As an educator, Dr. Cardentey relies on a multiliteracies pedagogy to link language education and cultural studies so that students consistently develop an intercultural communication competence. By assigning creative projects with applicability to and relevance in the “real world,” he encourages students to associate classroom proficiency with professional success.
- Ph.D. Romance Languages-Spanish
- M.A. Hispanic Philology
- B.A. Humanities-Hispanic Linguistics
Interests
- Applied, Cognitive and Socio-Cultural Linguistics
- Digital Media
- Ethics and Philosophy of Science and Technology
- Literary and Cultural Studies
- Spanish
Focuses:
- Europe
- Latin America and Caribbean
- Race/Ethnicity
- Caribbean Studies
- Cross-Cultural Understanding
- Digital Humanities
- Higher Education: Teaching and Learning
- Intercultural Issues
- Latin-American, Latino/Latina, and Hispanic Studies
- World Literature
Courses
- PORT-1803: Special Topics: Elementary Portuguese I
- SPAN-1001: Elementary Spanish I
- SPAN-1002: Elementary Spanish II
- SPAN-2001: Intermediate Spanish I
- SPAN-2002: Intermediate Spanish II
- SPAN-3040: Pract. App. Span Grammar
- SPAN-3050: Intro-Read Hispanic Lit
- SPAN-3101: Conversation I
- SPAN-3500: Sci-Fi In Latin America
- SPAN-4061: Science & Technology I
- SPAN-8803: Special Topics: Soviet Tech in Latin American Culture
All Publications
Journal Articles
- "The Passion According to Zulé Revé. Bodily Mediations in Mayra Montero’s The Red of His Shadow"
In: Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2015
- "La Revolución zombificada. La alegoría del trauma cubano en Juan de los Muertos, de Alejandro Brugués"
In: Alambique. Revista académica de ciencia ficción y fantasía [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2014
- “Decadencia y espacio de clausura: topoanálisis de Casas del Vedado”
In: Anuario L/L. Estudios Literarios [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2012
Chapters
- “Jicotencal y la polémica en torno a su autoría”
In: Nuevos comentarios de textos hispánicos. Homenaje a Miguel Ángel Garrido
Date: 2019
- “Lisanka” (Daniel Díaz Torres); “La película de Ana/Ana’s Movie” (Daniel Díaz Torres); “Los sobrevivientes/The Survivors” (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea); “La vida es silbar/Life is to Whistle” (Fernando Pérez)
In: A Cuban Cinema Companion
Date: 2019
- Eleven Entries
In: Diccionario de obras cubanas de ensayo y crítica, vol. 2 [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2018
Internet Publications
- “José Ángel Acosta León”; “Belkis Ayón”; “José Bedia”; “Raúl Corrales”; “Arístides Fernández”; “Antonio Gattorno”; “Alberto Korda”; “Armando Menocal”; “Liborio Noval”; “Domingo Ramos”; “Tomás Sánchez”; “Orlando Yanes.”
In: EnCaribe. Enciclopedia de historia y cultura del Caribe
Date: 2010
Translations
- “El derecho de la mujer a la tierra, los movimientos sociales rurales y el Estado en las reformas agrarias latinoamericanas del siglo XXI” by Carmen D. Deere
In: La cuestión agraria y los gobiernos de izquierda en América Latina: campesinos, agronegocio y neodesarrollismo
Date: 2018
Other Publications
- Review of Bastardos de la modernidad: El Bildungsroman roquero en América Latina, by Alexander Torres
In: Ciberletras
Date: June 2021
- Review of La Revolución congelada. Dialécticas del castrismo, by Duanel Díaz
In: Cuban Studies
Date: 2017
- Review of Causas naturales, by Claudia Hernández
In: El roommate: colectivo de autores
Date: August 2016
- “Adiós a la cárcel de Alcatraz.” Review of 98 segundos sin sombra, by Giovanna Rivero
In: Letralia. Tierra de Letras
Date: September 2015
- Review of Métrica, verso libre y poesía experimental de la lengua española, by Virgilio López Lemus
In: Anuario L/L. Estudios Literarios
Date: 2012
- “La fantasía como logos.” Review of El vendedor de cabezas, by Esther Díaz Llanillo
In: La Letra del Escriba
Date: 2010
- “Una burbuja literaria: el nuevo compromiso histórico.” Review of La burbuja, by Gleyvis Coro Montanet
In: Temas. Cultura, Ideología, Sociedad
Date: 2009
- "Ocultas pulsiones del día de cada día.” Review of El día de cada día, by Anna Lidia Vega Serova
In: La Gaceta de Cuba
Date: 2007