Staff profile

Dr Isabel Moutinho

Lecturer, LecturerSpanish Honours Coordinator

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Historical and European Studies

HU3 201, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

LicLetras (Lisbon), MA (Melbourne), PhD (La Trobe).

Membership of professional Associations

ICLA (International Comparative Literature Association), APLC (Portuguese Comparative Literature Association), AILASA (Association of Iberian and Latin American Studies of Australasia).

Area of study

Latin American Studies
Spanish Studies

Brief Profile

Dr Isabel Moutinho did her Licenciatura in Romance languages and literatures at Lisbon University, Portugal, before taking up a lecturer’s position at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Following her early interest in Latin Literature, she obtained an MA degree in Classics from the University of Melbourne. This remains a latent research interest, which has informed her more active interest in globalisation and literature. Since the completion of her PhD, her principal research is on the colonial/postcolonial intersection in various literatures and cultures. Her teaching is equally divided between language and cultural studies. Isabel is also a member of EACLALS (European Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies).

Research interests

Literary Studies

- African literatures in Portuguese

- Contemporary Portuguese literature and culture

- Cultural memory and identity

- East Timorese literature in Portuguese

- South American literature

Post Colonial Studies

- Postcolonial literatures

Teaching Units

  • SPA1ADA - Spanish Advanced 1A.
  • SPA2/3LAT - Latin America Today.
  • SPA2/3PCI - Post Colonial Identities.
  • SPA3BEA/B - Spanish Beginners 3A/B.
  • SPA3ADA/B - Spanish Advanced 3A/B.
  • SPA3RCA - Reading Course A.
  • SPA3RCB - Reading Course 3.
  • PTG2/3BEA/B - Portuguese Beginners 2A/B.
  • PTG2/3ADA/B - Portuguese Advanced 2A/B.

Recent Publications

Book

  • Moutinho, I 2008, The Colonial Wars in Contemporary Portuguese Fiction, Tamesis, Woodbridge, UK, Rochester, NY.

Co-edited book

  • Seixo, MA, J Noyes, G Abreu, and I Moutinho (eds) 2000, The Paths of Multiculturalism, Edições Cosmos, Lisbon.

Book chapters

  • Moutinho, I 2011 ‘Fighting Oblivion: Persistence of Colonial War Memory in Contemporary Portuguese Fiction.’ In Legacies of War and Dictatorship in Contemporary Spain and Portugal , ed. Alison Ribeiro de Menezes and Catherine O´Leary, Peter Lang Verlag, Oxford and Bern, Chapter 4, pp. 94-106.
  • Moutinho, I 2010 ‘Timor Leste et la réaffirmation d’une identité multiculturelle’  Cultural Crossings/À la croisée des cultures, ed. Raylene Ramsay, Bruxelles & New York, Peter Lang, pp. 167-179.  
  • Moutinho, I 2009, ‘The Sea and the Changing Nature of Cultural Identity,’ in Shared Waters: Soundings in Postcolonial Literatures, ed. S Borg Barthet, Rodopi, Amsterdam and New York, pp. 245-260.
  • Moutinho, I 2007, ‘La poétique du langage chez Ondjaki,’ in Littératures africaines au XXIe siècle : Sortir du postcolonial?, ed. A Bekkat, A Bererhi, B Lebdai, Editions du Tell, Blida, Algérie, pp. 159-166.
  • Moutinho, I 2005, ‘Nós e os outros: O Vento Assobiando nas Gruas da pós-colonialidade portuguesa,’ in O Romance Português pós-25 de Abril (1982-2002), ed. P Petrov. Roma Editora, Lisbon, pp. 311-333.
  • Moutinho, I 2004, ‘Exile at the edges of empire, in Creativity in Exile, ed. Michael Hanne, Rodopi, New York, pp. 71-85.
  • Moutinho, I 2004, ‘De l’autobiographie à la fiction: les «romans» de John Saunana (Îles Salomon) et Luís Cardoso (Timor),’ in Littératures d’émergence et mondialisation, ed. S Faessel & M Pérez, In Press Éditions, Paris, pp. 309-318.

Articles in refereed journals

  • Moutinho, I 2011 ‘Writing the War and the Man in the First Novels of António Lobo Antunes.’ Facts and Fictions about António Lobo Antunes (Special Issue of Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies 19/20: 71-87.
  • Moutinho, I 2010, ‘The Literary Memory of the Colonial War in Angola,’ in Remembering Angola, Special Issue of Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies 15/16: 127-150.
  • Moutinho, I 2010 ‘The Fractured Affair of East Timorese Ident/ities’ in Parts of Asia, Special Issue of Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies 17/18: 357-371. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.   
  • Moutinho, I 2008, ‘Writing the War and the Man in the First Novels of António Lobo Antunes,’ in Facts and Fictions about António Lobo Antunes, Special Issue of Portuguese Literary & Cultural Studies.
  • Moutinho, I 2005, ‘Globalisation uncovered: what are the hallmarks in literature,’ International Journal of the Humanities, 1, pp. 1513-1523.
  • Moutinho, I 2005, ‘O escrivão e o poeta no país das marvilhas,’ in Cartographies, Special Issue of Ariane, revue d’études littéraires françaises,18-20: 337-347.

Research projects

  • East Timorese literature in Portuguese.
  • Tracing the presence of black characters in the contemporary Portuguese (and European) novel. Globalisation and literature.