Vicente
Lecuna
Professor and Chair
Phone number
6465574413
Room number
7.65.03
Education

PhD Latin American Literature, University of Pittsburgh, 1996

MA Latin American Literature, University of Pittsburgh, 1993

BA Literature, Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1991

Bio

 Vicente Lecuna joined the Literature Department of the Universidad Central de Venezuela in 1997, just after completing a PhD in Latin American Literature at the University of Pittsburgh. His work focuses on a wide range of topics from populism and violence to urban design and contemporary narrative in Latin America.  He has been visiting professor at the Universidad de Los Andes and Rice University, Visiting Scholar at the David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies at Harvard University, Cogut Visiting Professor at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Brown University and Visiting Research Scholar at Princeton University.

Courses Taught

Carrent courses

Previous courses

Latin American Cultural Theory

Latin American Short Stories

Latin American Testimonio

Literatura, cultura y sociedad

Multiculturalismo, interculturalidad y literatura

Parque Central: The Architecture of the Venezuelan Violent State

Cuento latinoamericano contemporáneo

Novela Latinoamericana contemporánea

Poder y Escritura: la invención del pasado

La ciudad posletrada

Del nacionalismo al internacionalismo

La cultura popular tiene amigos a montón: Hegemonía, literatura y medios de masas

El indiscreto encanto del subalterno: discurso académico, teoría literaria y estudios culturales

Estudios culturales y Culturas híbridas

Alegoría y literatura en Venezuela

Violencia y narrativa en Venezuela