- Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2005
- M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003
- B.A., magna cum laude, University of North Carolina at Asheville, 1999
Ryan Giles
Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
My main area of research is medieval and Renaissance Iberian literature and culture, and more specifically parody and satire, intersections with sanctity and popular devotion, material culture, ritual and theology. As an Hispanomedievalist, I primarily analyze the works of premodern Iberian authors such as Gonzalo de Berceo, Alfonso X, and Juan Ruiz. Because much of my work examines cultural phenomena in changing contexts from the Middle Ages into the early modern period, I also research the works of later Spanish writers from the late fifteenth to the early seventeenth century, including Fernando de Rojas, Francisco Delicado, Quevedo, and others.
Graduate Courses
S618: Topics in Medieval Spanish Literature: Love in Medieval Spanish Literature, before and after the Plague.
S628: Topics Early Modern Spanish Literature: La novela picaresca: trayectoria y debates críticos
S618: Topics in Medieval Spanish Literature: El mester de clerecía y el Libro de buen amor
S618: Topics in Medieval Spanish Literature: Tradiciones épicas de la Edad Media
S528: Spanish Literature of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
S518: Spanish Medieval Literature
Undergraduate Courses
S474: Hispanic Literature and Society
S407: Cultural Icons of Spain
S334: Panoramas of Hispanic Literature
S328: Introduction to Hispanic Literature
S324: Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures