Fyfe Small, Daniel Joseph

Daniel Joseph Fyfe Small is a Professor at the Department of Modern Philology, Translation and Interpretation within the College of Arts and Humanities at Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. His academic work spans philological, linguistic, and cultural analysis, with a focus on American and medieval literature.

• Branch of Knowledge: Arts and Humanities
• Area of Knowledge: English Philology

Research interests include:

• American Literature (slavery narratives, civil rights era, 20th-century social movements)
• Medieval Literary Traditions (courtly love, chivalric romance)
• Gender and Class Critique (The Great Gatsby, The Awakening analyses)
• Psychedelic and Cold War Cultural Studies

Publications reflect his expertise in Anglo-American literary traditions and cultural impacts:

• 2011 edited book on 9/11 and U.S. dissent traditions
• 1995 article on Christian influences in Old English poetry

He has supervised over 18 undergraduate theses since 2011, covering topics from Frederick Douglass's narrative to Trump-era conservatism, reflecting his broad interest in literary and cultural analysis.