Jorge Luis Torres Hernández, PhD
Título/Appointment: Assistant Professor
Departamento/Department: Humanities Department
Institución/Institution: UPR-Cayey
E-mail: jorge.torres23@upr.edu
Teléfono/Phone: (787) 414-6806
Reseña/Biosketch:
Dr. Jorge Luis Torres Hernández has a Ph.D. specialized in Puerto Rican and Caribbean Literature. Has 31 years of academic experience and currently is a Theater Teacher in the Department of Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey.
Preparación Académica/Education:
Doctorate in Philosophy and Letters with a Specialty in Puerto Rican and Caribbean Literature at the Center for Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2018.
Masters in Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2010
Bachelor of Performing Arts with Specialization in Theatrology and Dramaturgy at the Faculty of Performing Arts at the University of the Arts in Havana, Cuba, 1990
Áreas de investigación/Research Interests:
- Dirty Realism in the narrative of Pedro Juan Gutiérrez. Masculinities in urban space: body, violence, and the city. Cuban, Puerto Rican and Dominican literature. Narrative Hispanic American. Dramaturgy and theater research: hermeneutics, ethnodrama, ethnoscenology and theatrical anthropology.
Publicaciones/Publications:
- Malo. Editorial Plaza Mayor y Editorial Isla Negra. Colección Los pies de Edipo, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, 2023.
- Decapitado. MediaIsla. Desde las Tablas, Kingwood, Texas, 2019.
- El cuerpo abyecto como interlocutor del poder. Imago Mundi. Colección Letras del Caribe, Caguas, Puerto Rico, 2018.
- Marilyn Monroe, los baños de Estocolmo y los monjes budistas. Ediciones Gaviota, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2002.
- Como el cristal de tus lágrimas. Ediciones Gaviota, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2001.