Germán Asensio Peral
Master's Programme in English Studies: Professional Applications & Intercultural Communication
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Lecturer
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(+34) 950 215 436
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Humanities Building II,
Qualifications
Ph.D. in English Philology (University of Almeria)
Master's Degree in English Studies (University of Almeria)
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Profile
German Asensio obtained both his Bachelor's degree and his Master's degree in English Studies at the University of Almería (Spain), both with honorary distinctions. He completed his Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Almeria (2020) on Irish writer Brian O'Nolan (1911-1966), also known as Flann O'Brien and Myles na gCopaleen, and mid-twentieth century Irish politics in his Cruiskeen Lawn column (1940-1966). He is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Almería (Department of Philology/ English Division) and has published articles and delivered papers on O'Nolan's novels, short stories and columns. His research focuses on the field of Irish literature with a particular interest.
Research Topics
Irish Literature
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Courses taught in the Master's Programme
Computer Applications in English Translations (Module 1)
Latest academic publications
Asensio Peral, Germán. "Myles na gCopaleen and the Fate of 'Devocracy': Cruiskeen Lawn and Irish Electoral Politics in the Late 1950s." Irish Studies Review, 30.1 (February 2022). [Forthcoming]
Asensio Peral, Germán. "'This bugger thinks is a saint now.' Flann O'Brien and Samuel Beckett." Proceedings of the 43rd AEDEAN International Conference Alicante (2019): 59-68.
Asensio Peral, Germán. “Margaret Drabble and British Drama of the Late 1950s and the 1960s”. The Plays of Margaret Drabble. A Critical Edition. Ed. José Francisco Fernández. New York: Syracuse UP, 2018. 133-147.
Asensio Peral, Germán. "'The eminent English writer:' Aldous Huxley's Point Counter Point and Flann O'Brien's At Swim-Two-Birds." Complutense Journal of English Studies, vol. 26 (2018): 95-109.
Asensio Peral, Germán. "'One does not take sides in these neutral latitudes:' Myles na gCopaleen and The Emergency." International Journal of English Studies,18.1 (2018): 1-16.
Asensio Peral, Germán. “Myles na gCopaleen’s Cruiskeen Lawn and the Politics of Revival.” Nordic Irish Studies, vol. 15 (2016): 133-148.
Asensio Peral, Germán. "Flann O’Brien’s Creative Loophole." Estudios Irlandeses, 10 (2015): 1-13.
Germán Asensio Peral
