ACADEMIC PROFILE
Héctor received his PhD in Creative Writing from Dublin City University in 2024. Proposed and developed as a PhD by artifact, the two-part thesis explored the question of how characters based on historical figures are created in fiction from both creative and theoretical perspectives. The creative component was a historical novel, My Name is John Tyndall, based on the life of the eponymous Irish scientist while incorporating significant fictional innovations. The critical component was a dissertation examining the relationship between historical figures and their fictional representations in Hilary Mantel's widely acclaimed Cromwell trilogy.
Héctor has lectured in creative writing at Dublin City University and Boston University, and his research is forthcoming in academic journal Poetics Today. He has received funding from Dublin City University's School of English and from the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg - Institute for Advanced Study, where he is currently the Fellow Writer in Residence.
His research interests include creative writing, literary characters, historical fiction, and the phenomenon of immersion/narrative absorption, all analysed within the frame of cognitive narratology.
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