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Angela Pierce

Ph.D. Student
Spanish

Advised by Professor Irene Gomez-Castellano
Dey Hall 317

Education

M.A., Spanish, Texas State University

B.A., Spanish and Latin American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin

About Angela

Angela’s research interests include nineteenth through twenty-first century Spanish and Latin American literature. She is particularly interested in the concept of motherhood as a strategy employed in the work of Spanish essayists from the late nineteenth century through the early twentieth century.

Publications

“La estructura de la familia y el matrimonio en Doña Perfecta (1876): una representación de la formación de España.” El Cid. Edition XXVIII, Summer 2018, pp. 68-82.

"La regeneración de la nación: la apropiación de la eugenesia por las protagonistas femeninas en El doctor Wolski: páginas de Polonia y (1894) y “La torre verde” (1936, 1937) de Concha Espina.” Diablotexto Digital, vol. 14, December 2023, pp. 283-309.

“La resiliencia en la creación de una identidad femenina en Diario de amor (1928) y Obras literarias, dramáticas y poéticas (1869-1871) de Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda.” Siglo diecinueve. vol. 28, 2022, pp. 53-78.

Conferences

"La resiliencia y la memoria en Los besos en el pan (2015) de Almudena Grandes” Southern Central Modern Language Association 75th Annual Conference, Menger Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, October 11-14, 2018

“Family Structures and Matrimony in Doña Perfecta (1876): Representation of the Creation of Nation” 9th Annual International Research Conference for Graduate Students, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, November 7-8, 2017

“El papel de Isabel Moncada en Los recuerdos del porvenir” Céfiro 2017: 18th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, March 30-April 1, 2017

“La aproximación psicológica a la violación en Un valle en el mar (1950) de Concha Espina.” 26th Carolina Conference for Romance Studies, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 25-26, 2022.

Typical Courses Taught

SPAN 105

SPAN 203

SPAN 204

SPAN 261

SPAN 321

PORT 101

PORT 102