
Pilar Llada Cienfuegos
Pilarlladacienfuegos@ucm.es
Research areas
The relationship between Spanish and Latin American Literature, the Spanish Golden Ages, Hispanic-Jewish and Sephardic heritage, with a focus on the study of cultural identity, mysticism, race, and ethnicity.
Biography
Pilar Llada Cienfuegos holds a Bachelor's degree in Hispanic Philology from the Complutense University of Madrid, a Master's degree in Humanities with a specialization in Hispanic Studies from the University of La Rioja, and a Master's degree in Teacher Training from Complutense University of Madrid. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Latin American Literature at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Certifications & Further academic training: Style Correction Course from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; Geographies of Spanish: linguistic variation and cultural in the Hispanic world from the Instituto Cervantes; University Course: 'Spain of the Three Alphabets: Arabic, Hebrew, Latin – Literatures Aljamiadas' from the Complutense University of Madrid; Accredited Examiner of DELE for the Instituto Cervantes.
Publications
Papers:
Llada Cienfuegos, P. (2023). Jews and Conversos in Spanish Literature: from Buscón`s Conversos to the Mordejai Jew of Misericordia. Cuadernos para la investigación de la literatura hispánica, (49), 207-232.
Llada Cienfuegos, P. (2022). The Hispanic-Jewish Influence on the Cultural Development of Spain. Cuadernos judaicos, (39), 139-157.
Llada Cienfuegos, P. (2022). The Statutes of Blood Purity in the Cervantine Entremés "El retablo de las maravillas". HISPANISTA, XXV(91).
Llada Cienfuegos, P. (2021). Bilingualism and Biculturality in the Hispanic Community in the United States. Comunicación y pedagogía: nuevas tecnologías y recursos didácticos, (325-326), 64-74.
Llada Cienfuegos, P. (2020). Voice, Breathing, Audience, Text: The Challenge of Improving Reading Aloud Skills in Adult Students. Comunicación y pedagogía: nuevas tecnologías y recursos didácticos, (321-322), 65-74.
Books:
Llada Cienfuegos, P. (2024). About Spanish Literature: short essays on literary criticism. Our Knowledge Publishing.
Llada Cienfuegos, P. (2023). Practical Guide to Academic Writing for Students of Spanish as a Foreign Language. Generish Publishing.
Llada Cienfuegos, P. (2023). Oral and Silent Reading: Methodological Strategies to Improve Reading Comprehension and Reading Aloud. Alma Mater.
Courses
Undergraduate courses: Oral Spanish (2-3-4); Reading comprehension (1-2-3); History and Culture of Spain; History and Culture of Latin America; Spanish Literature; Latin American Literature; Basic Writing in Spanish; Press of the Spanish-speaking World; Audiovisual.
Postgraduate courses:
Academic Writing in Spanish; Literature of the Spanish Golden Ages; Latin American Literature.