Kalen Oswald

Kalen received his B.A. from Utah State University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in Tucson. He has been teaching at Albion College since 2002. A specialist in 19th- to 21st-century Spanish literature and culture, Kalen currently focuses his research on Post Franco narrative fiction. Kalen teaches all levels of Spanish language in addition to advanced literature and culture courses focusing on several aspects of the Spanish-speaking world. Some of these classes include: the history and cultures of Spain; an introduction to the analysis of literature, film and painting from the Spanish-speaking world; cultural artifacts representing the Spanish Civil War; the genre of the short story written in Spanish; the classic novel Don Quixote de la Mancha; detective fiction; and Spanish cities