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Classical and Modern Languages

Portuguese Faculty

 

 

Thomas M. Capuano
Professor of Foreign Language
B.A. and Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany; Spanish
Teaching Interests: Medieval and Golden Age Spanish language and literature, Brazilian Portuguese

Professor Tom Capuano teaches elementary Portuguese and elementary and intermediate courses in Spanish, along with upper-level courses in Spanish grammar, composition, phonetics and literature, especially medieval Spanish literature and literature of the Siglo de Oro of Spain (1499-1680). His research interests include the 13th-century Riojan poet Gonzalo de Berceo and medieval Spanish lexicography. He has lived in Brazil and Puerto Rico and has traveled in Spain and Mexico, and heads up a branch of the international "Dictionary of the Old Spanish Language Project” at Truman.