Jean Knight

Jean Knight is a Lecturer in Foreign Languages at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts and Sciences, specializing in Spanish literature and language. Since 1999, she has taught diverse topics in Latin American literature, including the Boom, narratives of la selva, coming-of-age stories, and urban representations. She also coordinates the medical Spanish sequence and Advanced Spanish II (1200), which focuses on writers and writing.

Education:

• Doctorate from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1993)

Research Interests:

• Contemporary Latin American narrative
• Andean authors, particularly Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa
• Her book The Story of the Storyteller (1995) analyzes Vargas Llosa's work
• Interdisciplinary approaches combining language studies with healthcare (medical Spanish)

Additional Activities:

• Promotes urban forestry initiatives
• Enjoys dancing tango