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Dr Carlos A Sanz Mingo – BLitt, MLitt, PhD (Valladolid)

Overview

Carlos Sanz Mingo Position: Lecturer Email: MingoCS@cardiff.ac.uk
 Telephone: +44(0)29 2087 4145
Fax: +44(0)29 2087 4946
Extension: 74145
Location: Room 1.01, 65-68 Park Place
Office hours: Monday & Tuesday, 15:30 - 16:30

After getting my degree in Literary Theory and Criticism in the University of Valladolid (Spain), I took my doctorate courses and wrote my Masters Dissertation about modern Arthurian Literature, focusing my study on a British author, Bernard Cornwell. I have written my PhD thesis on the trilogy The Warlord Chronicles by the aforementioned author.

I have been teaching Spanish for foreigners since 1998, when I first came to Wales to work as an assistant at a secondary school. I have been teaching for Cardiff University since 2001. Spanish Language (at various levels), Spanish Literature and History and Spanish Cinema are some of the courses I have offered throughout these years.

I started working for the School of European Studies in 2004.

Selected Publications

  • “Women, Politics, Religion: the Reshaping of Arthuriana”, in Alamichel, M-F. & R Braid (eds.) (2011) Texte et Contexte: Littérature et Histoire de l’Europe médiévale. Paris: Michel Houdiard, 570-586. ISBN: 978-2356-920-553
  • “Redefining Modernism and Postmodernism: The Case of Arthurian Literature”, in Toplu, ª. & H. Zapf (eds.) (2010) Redefining Modernism and Postmodernism. Cambridge Publishing Scholars, 278-291. ISBN: 978-144-3822-688.
  • "Forcing the Bull to Its Knees: the Mithraic Strife in Modern Arthuriana", in Martín Ferreira, A. (ed.) (2009) Minerva. Valladolid: Secretariado de Publicaciones e Intercambio Editorial, 205-215. ISSN: 0213-9634. Vol. XXII.
  • "Changing Motifs in Arthurian Literature: Towards a New Round Table", in Ćubrović, B. (ed.) (2009) Philologia. Belgrade: Univerzitet u Beogradu, 101-108. ISSN 1451-5342. Vol. VII.
  • "And Women Took Over Arthuriana", in Pârlog, H. (ed.) (2009) B.A.S. British and American Studies. Timisoara: Editura Universităţi de Vest, 155-166. ISSN 1224-3086.

Publications

"In this tale of Arthur women do shine", in Lates, G. & alii (eds.) (2012). Acta Universitatis Danubius. Communicato. Galati: Danubius Univeristy. ISSN: 2069 – 0398. vol., 6.2

"From the Otherworld to the Outer Space: Arthur Travels Across the Ages", in Erdem, M et alii (eds.) (2012). Change and Challenge. Izmir: Ege University Press, 135-144. ISBN: 978-975-483-947-0.

"Dark Ages, Religious Conflicts and their Literary Representations: The Winter King, by Bernard Cornwell", in Tiutiuca, D & alii (eds.) (2011). Acta Universitatis Danubius. Communicatio. Galati: Danubius Univeristy. ISSN: 1844-7562

“Morgan of the Thousand Faces”, in Spremić, M.& B. Ðorić-Francuski (eds.) (2011). English Language and Literature Studies: Image, identity, Reality. Belgrade: University of Belgrade, 75-86. ISBN: 978-86-6153-054-8.

“Not that good alter all? The Church and Arthuriana: a love/hate relation”, in C. Girbea, A. Popescu & M. Voicu (eds.) (2011) Temps et mémoire dans le littérature arthurienne. Bucharest: Editura Universitâţii din Bucureşti, 472-481. ISBN: 9-7897-3737-9771.

“Women, Politics, Religion: the Reshaping of Arthuriana”, in Alamichel, M-F. & R Braid (eds.) (2011) Texte et Contexte: Littérature et Histoire de l’Europe médiévale. Paris: Michel Houdiard, 570-586. ISBN: 978-2356-920-553

“Redefining Modernism and Postmodernism: The Case of Arthurian Literature”, in Toplu, S. & H. Zapf (eds.) (2010). Cambridge Publishing Scholars, 278-291. ISBN: 978-144-3822-688.

Forcing the Bull to Its Knees: the Mithraic Strife in Modern Arthuriana", in Martín Ferreira, A. (ed.) (2009) Minerva. Valladolid: Secretariado de Publicaciones e Intercambio Editorial, 205-215. ISSN: 0213-9634. Vol. XXII.

"Changing Motifs in Arthurian Literature: Towards a New Round Table", in Čubrović, B. (ed.) (2009) Philologia. Belgrade: Univerzitet u Beogradu, 101-108. ISSN 1451-5342. Vol. VII.

"The New Arthurian Wave: Changes in Modern Arthuarian Fiction", in Jarazo Álvarez, R. & L. Montero Ameneiro (eds.) (2009)Periphery and Centre, IV. A Coruña: AFI, University of Coruna, 87-96. ISBN 978-84-692-4002-1.

"And Women Took Over Arthuriana", in Pârlog, H. (ed.) (2009) B.A.S. British and American Studies. Timisoara: Editura Universităţi de Vest, 155-166. ISSN 1224-3086

“Arthuriana vs. Religion: the Other Enemies of God”, in Silkü, R., A. Atilla & I. A. Biçer (eds.) (2009) IDEA. Izmir: Ege University Press, 187-198. ISBN 978-975-483-808-4

“Historicism and Realism in Modern Arthurian Literature: The Lantern Bearers, by Rosemary Sutcliff”, in Abad, P. & J.M. Barrio (coords.) (2004) Estudios de Literatura inglesa de los siglos XX y XXI. Valladolid: Universidad de Valladolid. Vol. VII, 325-331. ISBN 84-8448-267-7.

Postgraduate Students

Current research supervision:

Almudena Gómez Seoane, PhD thesis “Caracterización y función de los personajes femeninos en diferentes manifestaciones de las leyendas artúricas: Estudio comparativo e interdisciplinar " (with Dr. Margarita Estevez Saá, University of Santiago de Compostela).

Cecilia Morgan , PhD thesis “Manipulation, Propaganda and Intertextuality: Reworking the Arthurian Legend in Original Spanish Literature" (with Dr. Montserrat Lunati, Cardiff University).

Biography

After getting my degree in Literary Theory and Criticism in the University of Valladolid (Spain), I took my doctorate courses and wrote my Masters Dissertation about modern Arthurian Literature, focusing my study on a British author, Bernard Cornwell. I have written my PhD thesis on the trilogy The Warlord Chronicles by the aforementioned author. I am interested in Medieval Literature and Culture, Neo-medievalism, Literature and Mythology, Literature and History, Comparative Literature and Literary Criticism, History of Language and the diachronic and synchronic study of Languages.

I am currently co-supervising two PhDs in Spain on the topic of reception of the Arthurian tradition in Europe.

Research Units

  • Medium Ævum (The Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature)
  • CLYTIAR (Arthurian Culture, Literature and Translation in the Iberian Peninsula)
  • International Arthurian Society

Memberships

Languages, Cultures and Ideologies

Teaching

Undergraduate 2012-2013

Year 2 EX-Advanced. . Translation into Spanish & Reading.
Year 4. Grammar, Conversation and Aural.
Year 4. Translation into Spanish.
Year 4. May 68.

  1. The Catholic Church.
  2. Cultural responses to to May 68 & Terrorism.

Year 4. The Shadow of the East. The influence of Eastern tradition in the making of European culture.

Postgraduate 2012-13

MA in Translation

Module: Translation Methods and Skills

Translation Technology

Module: Literary Translation

Literary Translation English into Spanish. The translations into Spanish of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Module: Scientific and Technical Translation

  • Characteristics of the Scientific and Technical Languages.
  • Scientific and Technical Languages: style, lexis, discourse analysis.
  • Problems in scientific and technical translation and how to deal with them.
  • Continuing Professional Development. Relevant Sources of information.

Module: Medical and Pharmaceutical Translation

  • Introduction to the medical and pharmaceutical translation. Linguistic aspects and problems. Case study: translating pharmaceutical texts.
  • Medical translation: Subgenres in the language of medicine.

Module: Translation and Adaptation in the Arts

Other Cultures, Other Manifestations: the Arthurian Myth in Europe.

Coordination duties. Academic Year 2012/ 2013

Language coordinator in Year 4.
Scientific and Technical Module of the MA Programme.
Medical and Pharmaceutical Module of the MA Programme.
Business and Administration Module of the MA Programme.
Politics and Law Module of the MA Programme
Extramural Activities Coordinator.
Admissions Tutor for Spanish.