Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Ricardo Martins received his B.A. in English Literature in 2013 (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) and his M.A. in Lusophone Literatures in 2017 (Indiana University Bloomington). Now pursuing his Ph.D., his areas of interest include the literature of the XIX, XX and XXI centuries, and especially womens / feminist writing through the centuries. In Latin America, he draws parallels between Machado de Assis, Jorge Luís Borges and Gabriel García Márquez, seeking connections between Latin American culture in general.