Pilar Caballero-Alías
Address: School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, University of Manchester, Samuel Alexander Building, Oxford Road M13 9PL, Manchester,UK
email: Pilar.Caballero-Alias@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
PhD title: The influence of Spanish Surrealists on Mexican Art and Spanish Writers in Mexico
Supervisors: Professor Chris Perriam and Professor Lúcia Sá
Main Discipline area: Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies.
Research Summary: My PhD work investigates the influence that Spanish surrealists had on Mexican artists, focusing on Mexican photographers such as Agustín Jimenez, Emilio Amero, Manuel Álvarez Bravo and Spanish writers in Mexico such as Luis Cernuda. It examines the development of the surrealism movement from a trans-cultural discourse to seek for a new meaning of influence by studying the translation of cultural specifics from Spain to Mexico after the abrupt break-up of artistic movements in Spain with the Civil War.
Professional biography:
MA in Applied Translation (University of Exeter)
PCGE in Spanish Literature (Universidad de Deusto)
Licenciada en Filología Hispánica (Universidad de Deusto)