Dr. Stephanie Merrim

Professor

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Biography

Professor Emerita Stephanie Merrim has been a part of Brown University since 1981, contributing her expertise to the departments of Comparative Literature and Hispanic Studies. Her teaching encompasses a wide array of courses focusing on early modern and twentieth-century literature, with specializations in 16th-century New World historiography, Baroque literature, and 17th-century women's writing in Spanish, English, and French. Merrim has extensively researched contemporary North and South American literatures and Latin American existentialism. Among her notable works is 'Spectacular City, Mexico: Colonial Hispanic Literary Culture,' which was awarded the Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize by the Modern Language Association for its outstanding contribution to Hispanic Studies. Merrim's major publications examine themes of colonial Latin American historiography and the evolution of women's writing during the early modern period.

Research Interests

Awards

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John Rowe Workman Award

Courses

Crisis Identity Mexico, 1519-1968 New Worlds: Reading Spaces Places Colonial Latin America Fantastic Existentialist Literatures Argentina, Uruguay Brazil Colonial Postcolonial Marvelous Early Modern Women's Writing History Wonder Colonial Spanish American Lettres Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Literary Context Latin American Existential Literature

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics