Professors

Professor

Research Interest   

 Marcia Regina Becker

marciabecker@utfpr.edu.br 

Transmedialities, in which global anglophone and related literatures – English and Shakespearean drama as possible flagships – will take part.

Marcos Hidemi de Lima

mhlima@utfpr.edu.br

Brazilian novels, from the 19th and 20th centuries, in which the marks of the patriarchal order are present, especially in those works whose clash between male and female figures is one of the main guiding threads of the plot.

Mirian Ruffini

mirianr@utfpr.edu.br

Literary translation with focus on the Portuguese/English language pair, under the perspective of descriptive, polysystematic and cultural studies. English-language literature. English language literature in comparatist studies.

Wellington Ricardo Fioruci

fioruci@utfpr.edu.br

Brazilian and Hispanic-American literatures, by addressing the narrative genre. Studies concerning contemporaneity, comparative literature, and relationships between literature and other arts.

Professor

Research Interest   

Ana Paula Petriu Ferreira Engelbert

anapetriu@utfpr.edu.br

Teaching and learning of English as a foreign language. English Phonetics and Phonology and pronunciation teaching. Foreign language teaching methodologies. English as a foreign language teacher education.

Anselmo Pereira de Lima

anselmo@utfpr.edu.br

Studies aimed at language issues in the Clinic of Teaching Activity (Clínica da Atividade Docente). Applicants should be acquainted with the Clinic at https://formacaoesaudedoprofessor.com.

Cláudia Marchese Winfield

claudiam@utfpr.edu.br

Cognitive aspects of reading comprehension. Cognitive processes of L2 writing and translation in the Portuguese-English language pair. Cognitive aspects of L2 learning and acquisition. Bilingualism studies.

Letícia Lemos Gritti

leticiagritti@utfpr.edu.br

I am interested in research from the perspective of theory and Linguistic Analysis, with studies more specifically on the interfaces of grammar, by analyzing language through a more structural bias, without disregarding the discursive. Focus on analysis of oral and written textual productions, which involve semantics, pragmatics, and mechanisms of argumentation.

Márcia Andréa dos Santos

marsan@utfpr.edu.br

Text and Discourse Studies – Discourse Analysis and Semiotics. She has a special interest in working with issues related to representations, imaginary and multiculturalism intertwined in the teaching process and in teacher education.

Siderlene Muniz-Oliveira

smoliveira@utfpr.edu.br

Relations between language and educational activity, including the studies of textual/discursive genres (e.g. digital, journalistic, literary, etc.). Teaching work. Teacher’s education.

Susiele Machry da Silva

susielem@utfpr.edu.br

Phonological Acquisition in Mother Tongue (L1) and foreign language. Variation in Mother Tongue. Language Teaching.

Taísa Pinetti Passoni

taisapassoni@utfpr.edu.br

Applied linguistics and language studies. Teachers’ education. Additional language teaching. Language policy and planning. English language and contemporaneity. English language and internationalization of higher education.

Professor

Research Interest   

Ana Beatriz Matte Braun

anabraun@utfpr.edu.br

African literature; Literature and history; Comparatist studies. 

Camila Paula Camilotti

camilacamilotti@utfpr.edu.br

Relationships between Anglophone Literatures and Intersemiotic Translation. Shakespearean Studies and dramatic text.

Égide Guareschi

Works of Brazilian and Italian literatures, especially of a poetic genre, written between the 19th and 21st centuries. Studies related to comparative literature and its developments.

Mariese Ribas Stankiewicz

marieser@utfpr.edu.br

TRepresentations of gender and women’s studies in literature, cinema and/or theater, within the scope of English-speaking cultures. Research that addresses the subject’s representations in Irish literature, cinema and/or theater can also be accepted.

Regina Helena Urias Cabreira   urias@utfpr.edu.br

English Language Literature; Women’s studies; Women’s history; Fantastic Literature; Children Literature; Mythology. 

Professor

Research Interest 

Maria Ieda Almeida Muniz  muniz@utfpr.edu.br

Research focused on Discourse Analysis of French orientation with the objective of investigating human work in diverse contexts. In this regard, she uses the method of self-confrontation. She works with the notions of interdiscourse, ethos, formulas, and dialogism, among others.

Professor

Research Interest 

Didiê Ana Ceni Denardi           didie@utfpr.edu.br

Language and education in the perspective of the socio-discursive interactionism. Teaching and learning process of English as an additional language. Teacher education and identity.