Roger Moore

 

Romance Languages Department,
St. Thomas University,
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Curriculum vitae

In preparation for 17 May 2003.
Updated: Sunday, January 4, 2004 15:45

Full Professor 1982 - date.
Associate Professor 1977 - 1982;
Assistant Professor 1975 - 1977;
Lecturer: 1972 - 1975.

Contact: (506) 452-0642 (RLD), (506) 452-0465 (W).

E-Mails: rgmoore@stthomasu.ca (W)
rgmoore@nbnet.nb.ca (H)
WebPage: http://www.stthomasu.ca/~rgmoore/index.html

Academic Qualifications:
1975 PhD (Toronto);
1967 MA (Toronto);
1966 BA (Bristol)

PhD Thesis
"A Stylistic Study of the Love-poetry of Quevedo."
Directors
G.L. Stagg and Diego Marín.

Certificate of Multi Media Studies
1999 (University of New Brunswick)


Selected Awards

3M / STLHE Teaching Excellence (2000).
Special Merit Award (Teaching) St. Thomas University ( 2000).
Distinguished Teacher Award, Association of Atlantic Universities (1997) .
Excellence in Teaching Award, St. Thomas University (1996).
Special Merit Award (Research), St. Thomas University (1996).
Alfred G. Bailey Prize, Writers Federation of New Brunswick Alban Angels (1995)
Alfred G. Bailey Prize, Writers Federation of New Brunswick Still Lives (1989)
Association of Canadian Hispanists’ National Article Award (1988).
Stroud International Festival of the Arts, First Prize, Poetry (1962).


Current Editorial Boards


Calíope (Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry – University of Texas at Houston, USA)
Ellipse (Translation and Translation Theory – Fredericton, NB)
Nashwaak Review (Literary Review – St. Thomas U., Fredericton, New Brunswick)


Professional Societies

American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
Association for Classical Hispanic Theatre (ACHT)
Association of Canadian Hispanists (ACH)
Bulletin of the Comediantes (BCom)
Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry (SRBHP)
Society for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education ( STLHE)


League of Canadian Poets (LCP)
Writers Federation of New Brunswick (WFNB)


Academic and Creative Work in Progress

Book Length Manuscripts

Villa Iluminativa. Manuscript in progress. Still under revision. No publishing date as yet. Multi media texts will follow.

The Empress of Ireland. Electronic text available at http://www.stthomasu.ca/~rgmoore/empress/empress.htm
Still under revision. No publishing date as yet.
Accompanying multi media texts -- Adobe / Flash / Premiere – under construction.

Decent People. 16 Short Stories. 240 pp. 10 published; no publishing date as yet.

An Ongoing Quevedo Bibliography. 2,400 specialized titles. Available online at
http://www.stthomasu.ca/~rgmoore/bibliog/bibframe.htm
Updated regularly.

Alternative Readings of Quevedo’s Buscón. Academic manuscript in progress. Book: 8 chapters; 160 pp.. Under revision. 5 articles published, 8 papers read. No final timetable on publication.

Iterative Thematic Imagery in Spanish Golden Age Literature. Academic manuscript in progress. Book: 10 chapters, 200 pp., based on published articles dealing with theory of imagery and conceit in Spanish Golden Age poetry, prose, and theatre. Under revision. No timetable on publication.

Quevedo’s Poetic Creativity. Academic manuscript. In progress. Book. 6/10 Chapters. 300 pages. Based on published articles and unpublished studies dealing with poetic creativity in the autograph and manuscript tradition of selected works by Francisco de Quevedo. Under revision. No final timetable on publication.

 

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE WORK

1. ACADEMIC:

A. Specialist Publications on Francisco de Quevedo
(Peer Reviewed):

An Ongoing Quevedo Bibliography. Over 2,400 specialized items. Published online (since 2000) at http://www.stthomasu.ca/~rgmoore/bibliog/bibframe.htm

Towards A Chronology of Quevedo’s Poetry. Fredericton: York Press. 1976.

“Texts and (Con)Texts: Various Ways of Teaching Quevedo’s Miré los muros de la patria mía.” Published online by the Advanced Placement College Board (New York, 2002) at
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/members/article/1,1282,151-165-0-9657,00.html

“Quevedo: The search for a Place to Stand.” Ingeniosa invención: Essays on Golden Age Spanish Literature for Geoffrey L. Stagg in Honour of his Eighty-Fifth Birthday. Ed. A. Anderson and A. Williamson. Newark: Juan de la Cuesta, 1999. 101-21.

"Quevedo's Erase un hombre..., the Enigma of the Second Tercet." Romance Quarterly 42.1 (1995): 39-46.

"Post-Influence, Proto-Intertextuality: Pablos's Rewrite of Lazarillo's House of Death." Romance Languages Annual 7 (1995): 555-61.

"Why bother reading Quevedo's Buscón? The rationale behind the establishing of Romance Languages 491: Bibliography and Methods of Research." Liberal Studies in the Canadian Context: The Nature, the Need, the Prospects. St. Catharines: Brock University Liberal Studies, 1994. 74-81.

"No Death, No Closure: The Open Ending of Quevedo's Buscón." Romance Languages Annual 6 (1994): 539-545.

"Autobiography, Pseudo-Autobiography, Life-Writing, and Creative Fiction in Quevedo's Buscón." International Fiction Review. 21.1 (1994): 7-21.

“Different Kinds of Failure: Some Comments on Quevedo's Revisions to Miré los muros de la patria mía." Modern Language Review 84.1 (1989): 66-76.

Walters, Gareth. Francisco de Quevedo: Love Poet. Review article. Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos 12.3 (1988): 520-24.

"Quevedo's Poetic Creativity: Some Comments on a Newly Discovered Manuscript Version of 'Contaba una labradora.'" Modern Language Notes 101.2 (1987): 378-86.

"Two (2) New Poems from Quevedo to Lisi?." Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 64 (1987): 215-24.

"Some Comments on Iterative Thematic Imagery in Quevedo's Heráclito cristiano." Renaissance & Reformation 23.3 (1987): 243-51.

"Obras humanas de el divino Quevedo: A Reappraisal of Ms. 4117 of the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid." Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos 11.1 (1986): 49-86.

"Quevedo, González de Salas, and the Evidence of a Newly Discovered Manuscript Version of 'No os espantéis, Señora Notomía.'" Revista de Estudios Hispánicos 20.2 (1986): 3-14.

"Quevedo, Lisi, the Religion of Love and the Evidence of the Manuscript Variants." Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos 7.3 (1983): 363-73.

"Lisa, Lisi, and the Caballero de la Tenaza." Boletín de la Biblioteca de Menéndez Pelayo 56 (1981): 215-24.

"Conceptual Unity and Associative Fields in Two of Quevedo's Sonnets." Renaissance and Reformation 14.1 (1978): 55-63.



B. Publications on Other Aspects of Spanish Literature
(Peer Reviewed)

----- and Elizabeth McKim. “Through a Distorting Mirror: Elizabeth Bishop’s Translations of Octavio Paz’s Poetry, ” in Divisions of the heart. Elizabeth Bishop and the Art of Place and Memory. Eds. Barry, Davies, and Sanger. Wolfville, NS: Gaspereau Press. 2001. 267-77.

“Liberation Theology and Translation Theory in Galdós’s Nazarín.” International Fiction Review 27 (2000): 68-72.

“The Scrutiny of the Library: Cervantes, Don Quixote, and the Formation of the Literary Canon." 3L. Languages, Linguistics, and Literature. (1998)...

“’A Dog is a Dog is a Dog!’ A Neo-Post-Modernist Reading (Cum Grano Salis) of Burton Raffel's New Translation of Don Quijote.” International Fiction Review 25.1-2 (1998): 12-20.

"The Medium is the Message: Alternative Approaches to the Teaching of Spanish Golden Age Theatre." Canadian Modern Language Review 44.1 (1987): 88-94.

"Iterative Thematic Imagery in Calderón's El mágico prodigioso." Calderón and the Baroque Tradition. Ed. Levy, Ara, & Hughes. Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier UP, 1985. 127-136.

"Metatheatre and Magic in El mágico prodigioso." Bulletin of the Comediantes 33.2 (1981): 129-37.

"Introducing Translation: The Comparative Approach." Canadian Modern Language Review 38.1 (1981): 10-18.

"The Symbol of the nétigua in La niña de Luzmela." International Fiction Review 7.1 (1980): 24-28.

Translation -- Kurt Levy, "Doña Bárbara: the Human Dimension." International Fiction Review 7.2 (1980).

"Leonor's Role in El esclavo del demonio." Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos 3.3 (1979): 275-86.

"Ornamental and Organic Conceits in Moreto's El lego del Carmen." Bulletin of the Comediantes 31.2 (1979): 135-43.

"Reality (Good) and Appearance (Evil) as Elements of Thematic Unity in Mira de Amescua's El esclavo del demonio." Perspectivas de la comedia, II. Valencia: Albatros Hispanófila, 1979. 79-91.

"Lazarillo de Tormes and the Motif-Index." International Fiction Review 5.2 (1978): 275-86.

"Translation and Re-Creation: Kerrigan's Version of Unamuno's Niebla." International Fiction Review 4.2 (1977): 158-61.

Translation -- E. Anderson Imbert, "Magical Realism in Spanish American Fiction." International Fiction Review 2.1 (1975): 1-8.


C. Publications on Language and Teaching:

Proceedings: 4th Atlantic Universities’ Teaching Showcase, 1999 held at Saint Thomas University Fredericton, New Brunswick. (Editor, with Denise Nevo). Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent UP. 2000.

Institutional Award Winners Retreat Facilitated by Dr. Roger Moore. (Report circulated to AAU Presidents AAU LTD Committee Members, and Retreat Participants). 7th Atlantic Association of Universities Teaching Showcase. University of Prince Edward Island. October, 2002.


Institutional Award Winners Retreat Facilitated by Dr. Roger Moore. Proceedings: 6th Atlantic Universities’ Teaching Showcase, 2001 held at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick. Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent UP, 2002.

Institutional Award Winners Retreat Facilitated by Dr. Roger Moore. (Report circulated to AAU Presidents and Academic Vice-Presidents, AAU LTD Committee Members, and Retreat Participants). 6th Atlantic Association of Universities Teaching Showcase. Mount Allison University. October, 2001.

“Student Self-Assessment.” Teaching Voices: UNB Bulletin on University Teaching. September 2001. 4-8.

“Student Self-Assessment.” Proceedings: 5th Atlantic Universities’ Teaching Showcase, 2000 held at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent UP, 2001. 167-75. [Peer Reviewed]

“Comedy and the Construction of Community.” St. Thomas University Teaching Perspectives, 3 (2001),

The Institutional Award Winners Retreat Facilitated by Dr. Roger Moore. (Report circulated to AAU Presidents and Academic Vice-Presidents, AAU LTD Committee Members, and Retreat Participants). 5th Atlantic Association of Universities Teaching Showcase. St. Mary’s University. October, 2000.

“Metaphor and Logic: Some Comments on the Right Brain Left Brain Discussion Regarding Creativity in Translation.” (Roger Moore and Patrick Malcomson). St. Thomas University Teaching Perspectives, 2 (2000), 9-12.

“Mexico Online: The Creation of a Language Learning Community.” Proceedings: 4th Atlantic Universities’ Teaching Showcase, 1999 held at Saint Thomas University Fredericton, New Brunswick. Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent UP. 2000. 101-07. [Peer Reviewed]

“An Interactive Approach to the Teaching of Creativity.” Proceedings: 3rd. Atlantic Universities’ Teaching Showcase, 1998 held at Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent UP, 1999. 121-26. [Peer Reviewed]

Foreword / Avant-Propos. Proceedings / Actes: 4th Atlantic Association of Universities’ Teaching Showcase, 1999 held at Fredericton: Saint Thomas University. Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent University Press. 2000. 1-13.

“Translation and the Web: Collaborative Class Design in the Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language.” Expo-enseignement des Universités de l’Atlantique / Atlantic Universities’ Teaching Showcase. Revue de L’Université Sainte-Anne (1997), 69-79. [Peer Reviewed]

"September Rebirth." Excellence in Teaching Award Speech to Incoming Freshmen Students at St. Thomas University, 8 September 1996. Published in Transitions, 17 October 1996, 2-3.


D. Book Reviews

50 plus book reviews in a selection of academic journals including

  • Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
  • Calíope
  • Canadian Modern Language Review
  • Hispania
  • International Fiction Review
  • Modern Language Review
  • Renaissance and Reformation
  • Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos
  • Romance Quarterly

2. CREATIVE:

A. Poetry Books

Villa Iluminativa. (Prose poems -- to be published 2003-04).

The Empress of Ireland. (Poetry collction --to be published 2003-04).

Fundy Lines (Poetry Book). Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent University Press. 2002. 62.

Though Lovers Be Lost (Poetry Book). Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent University Press. 2000. 67.

Sun and Moon. Poems from Oaxaca, Mexico. (Poetry Book). Halifax: Mount Saint Vincent University Press. 2000. 72.

Broken Ghosts (Poetry Book). Goose Lane Editions. Fredericton, N.B. 1986.

Last Year in Paradise (Poetry Book). Fiddlehead Poetry Books. Fredericton, New Brunswick. 1978.

B. Poetry Chapbooks

On Being Welsh in a Land Ruled by the English. Fredericton, NB. 1993.

Daffodils. Fredericton, NB. 1992.

Iberian Interludes. Fredericton, NB, 1992.

In the Art Gallery. Fredericton, NB, 1991.

Secret Gardens. Fredericton, NB, 1991.

Idlewood. Fredericton, NB., 1990.

C. Short Stories (and other recent pieces)

A Day in the Life of a Film-maker's Dog. Focal Point. July, 2003: 10.

The Fundy is the Fundy is the Fundy. N. B. Naturalist / Le naturaliste du N.-B. 28, 4 (Winter) 2001-2002: 86-88.

Poses. The Nashwaak Review 11, 1 (Fall), 2002, 93-103.

My First Shoot. Focal Point. May, 2002: 5, 8.

A Way With Women. The Nashwaak Review, 7 (2000):

Various Kinds of Bull. The Nashwaak Review, 5 (1997): 178-88.

An Evil Genius: Dewi Sant / St. David’s Day. The Cormorant, 13, 2 (1997), 9-24.

The Waiting Game. The Nashwaak Review, 4 (1996): 122-31.

The Field of Peppers. The Nashwaak Review, 3 (1996):112-23.

Father. The Nashwaak Review, 2 (1995): 45-56.

Decent People. The Nashwaak Review, 1 (1994), 203-10.

Birthday Suit. The Antigonish Review, 81-82 (1990), 45-51.

Piggy. The Wild East, Spring (1990), 7-10.

D. Poems Published

Over 120 poems have been published, or accepted, by: Arc, The Aquinian, Revelations, Nonesuch Magazine, Waves, Quarry, The Antigonish Review, The Canadian Literary Review, The North York Arts Council Newsletter, the North York Mirror, Poetry Toronto, Ariel, Cross Canada Writers Quarterly, Poetry Canada Review, Pottersfield Portfolio, Fiddlehead, the Cormorant, The Wild East, Poetry Halifax Dartmouth, Germination, the Nashwaak Review, and others.

E. Film and Video

La cousine. (16mm film). NB Film Coop. Director: Pierre Huard. Script editor. Acting role. July-August, 2003.

Birthday Suit. (16mm film). NB Film Coop. Director: Roger Moore. Writer, Director, Editor. January-August, 2003.

Hobson's Choice. (Video). NB Film Coop. Director: Sean Speake. Script Supervisor. June, 2003.

Moore on Teaching. 3M video on Excellence in Teaching. 3M Think Tank. Toronto, 4-7 May, 2003.

Street Music (16mm film). NB Film Co-op. Director: Nik Mills. 2nd. Assistant Director. Pre-production. Production. Fredericton, May - July, 2002.

Full Circle. (16mm film). NB Film Co-op / English Department. University of New Brunswick. Director: Christian Milligan. Acting role. Pre-production (locations), production (continuity) and post-production (continuity). March, 2002.

Full Circle: for the Record. (Documentary Video). NB Film Co-op / English Department. University of New Brunswick. Acting roles plus participation. March / April, 2002.

Elevation. (Video). NB Film Co-op / English Department. University of New Brunswick. Acting role. February, 2002.

The Gentlemen’s Room. (Video). NB Film Co-op / English Department, University of New Brunswick. Acting role plus pre-production, production, and post-production of video. February, 2002.

F. Short Film Scripts

Birthday Suit.

Voices in the Wind.

Art for Art's Sake.

The Table.

The French Lesson.


Brief Outline of Teaching Experience


Curriculum and Course Design


General Curriculum

Aquinas Program, French Program, Spanish Minors, Majors, Honours Program, Interdisciplinary Studies, Writing, Humanities / Introduction to University Studies, Bibliography and Methods of Research, Independent Studies; Honours Reading List [Spanish];

Spanish Golden Age Theatre

Close textual readings, audio tapes, video tapes, in-class performance, active theatre course, multi-media, intertextuality, written text, audio cassettes, videos, and live performance. Authors presented include Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Moreto, Mira de Amescua, Calderón de la Barca, Tirso de Molina, and Ruiz de Alarcón.

Don Quixote de la Mancha

Independent Studies Reading Course and multi-media course concentrating on discourse analysis and intertextuality.

The Spanish Picaresque Novel

Close textual analysis, exegesis, discourse analysis. Texts used include Lazarillo de Tormes and Quevedo's Buscón.

Golden Age Spanish Poetry -- textual and discourse analysis, exegesis, poetic creativity, printed and manuscript variants.

Independent Studies Courses

  • The Generation of 1898: Juan Ramón Jímenez, Antonio Machado
  • The Generation of 1927: Federico García Lorca, The Spanish Civil War
  • Golden Age Spanish Poetry: Garcilaso de la Vega, St. John of the Cross, Fray Luis de León, Fernando de Herrera, Luis de Góngora, Francisco de Quevedo

Spanish Peninsular Literature / General Survey Course

Medieval Literature, Romanticism, 19th Century Literature, Introduction to Literary Analysis, Modern Theatre, Modern Poetry, Honours Reading List, Honours Thesis, and Honours Papers for Spanish, Interdisciplinary Studies and Romance Languages;

Spanish Language / Basic Courses

Beginning, Intensive, Intermediate, and Advanced Spanish Grammar; Conversation and Composition; Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Translation.

Web Based Courses

  • Spanish Translation: courses have become web based with daily readings and translation / interpretation from the Mexican and Spanish Electronic Presses;
  • Mexico Online 1 & 2: students build their own web pages while conducting on line research into selected topics.

Other Courses

Interdisciplinary Studies , Beginning French, Writing, the Aquinas Program (Developing Society -- delivered 1995-96 and Living on the Edge -- planned 1996-97), Humanities 101, Bibliography and Methods of Research.


Public Engagements
2002 - 2003

La cousine. (16mm film). NB Film Coop. Director: Pierre Huard. Script editor. Acting role. July-August, 2003.

Birthday Suit. (16mm film). NB Film Coop. Director: Roger Moore. Writer, Director, Editor. January-August, 2003.

Hobson's Choice. (Video). NB Film Coop. Director: Sean Speake. Script Supervisor. June, 2003.

3M Think Tank. Toronto. 4-7 May, 2003.

Moore on Teaching. 3M video on Teaching. 3M Think Tank. Toronto, 4-7 May, 2003.

Words slip and slide. Poetry readings and panel discussion for Poetry Month in Canada, sponsored by the Canada Council, the League of Canadian Poets, and the Writers Federation of New Brunswick. St. Thomas University. 02 April 2003.

Introducing Ginola D'Artali. Opening Ceremony of Arte Claro / Facing Faces. St. Thomas University. 24 March 2003.

3M Excellence in Teaching Award Winners Closing Panel. Atlantic Association of Universities.7th Teaching Showcase. University of Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown. PEI. 26 October 2002.

"Socialization and Individuation in Contemporary Education: A View from New Brunswick." Atlantic Association of Universities. 7th Teaching Showcase. University of Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown. PEI. 26 October 2002.

Facilitator: Institutional Award Winners Retreat. Atlantic Association of Universities.7th Teaching Showcase. University of Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown. PEI. 25 October 2002.

Street Music (16mm film).NB Film Co-op. 2nd. Assistant Director. Pre-production. Production. Fredericton, May - July, 2002.

Fundy Lines. Book launch and poetry reading sponsored by the Attic Owl. The Attic Owl, Moncton. May, 2002.

“Translating Poetry.” Writers’ workshop for the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick. Sheraton Hotel, Fredericton. 20 April, 2002.

Fundy Lines, Though Lovers Be Lost, Sun and Moon. Poetry reading sponsored by the Writers Federation of New Brunswick. Westminster Books, Fredericton. 18 April, 2002.

Fundy Lines, Though Lovers Be Lost, Sun and Moon. Poetry reading sponsored by the Writers Federation of New Brunswick. The Attic Owl, Moncton. 05 April, 2002.

Full Circle. (16mm film). NB Film Co-op / English Department. University of New Brunswick. Acting role. Pre-production (locations), production (continuity) and post-production (continuity). March, 2002.

Full Circle: for the Record. (Documentary Video). English Department. University of New Brunswick. Acting roles plus participation. March / April, 2002.

On Being Welsh in a Land Ruled by the English. Poetry reading. Central New Brunswick Welsh Society. Lord Beaverbrook Hotel, Fredericton. Saint David’s Day. March 1, 2002.

Elevation. (Video). NB Film Co-op / English Department. University of New Brunswick. Acting role. February, 2002.

The Gentlemen’s Room. (Video). NB Film Co-op / English Department, University of New Brunswick. Acting role plus pre-production, production, and post-production of video. February, 2002.


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