Beatriz Calvo PenaBarry University · English and Foreign Languages
Beatriz Calvo Pena
PhD
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Introduction
Associate Professor of Spanish at Barry University, with an interest in Cuban and Caribbean literature, Spanish language and literature, translation studies.
Additional affiliations
September 2012 - June 2015
September 2009 - June 2011
Publications
Publications (11)
En verano del 2012, el distrito de Tetuán, al noroeste de
la llamada “almendra central” de Madrid, fue elegido
por el Ayuntamiento de Madrid como centro de desarrollo de un proyecto creativo para la mejora del paisaje
urbano de la capital. El proyecto, que formaba parte del
Plan estratégico de cultura del Ayuntamiento 2012-2015
(PECAM), contaba con...
A caballo entre un ensayo filológico y un manual de estilo, El español académico: Guía práctica para la elaboración de textos académicos recoge, analiza y da pistas y ejemplos acerca de los distintos géneros académicos así como del estilo y el registro propio del lenguaje académico. Se inscribe dentro de la tradición de ensayos en torno a las técni...
From the field of cultural studies, this dissertation explores the representation of four women figures in nineteenth century Cuba (the criolla, the siboney, the mulata and the prostitute) and shows that the construction of these artistic categories became a rhetorical strategy used by men to defend their own political agenda and ideas on national...
Este trabajo analiza e interpreta los diferentes textos que polemizaron en torno a la
prostitución hacia finales del siglo xix y los relaciona con el conflicto cubano-español y
con la formación del discurso nacionalista cubano. Centra su atención en el periódico La
Cebolla, publicado a lo largo del mes de septiembre de 1888 en la ciudad de La Haban...
Description of a new approach to the so called "participatory education" applied to the new subjects taught following the standards marked by Plan Bolonia. Specifically, this communications is based on the experience of applying social networks and social media to teaching the subject "Civil Society Participation in the Web", which is experimental...
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Question (1)
Hello all,
I am trying to find some articles on plain language applied to public health and legal communication and its effects on English vocabulary and syntax. I am interested in this research from the point of view of a translator and how these changes ultimately affect English-Spanish translation since plain English tends to "cut" words and sentence structures with a Latin origin.
Thank you!
