Angela Pierce
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