Alejandra Gutierrez is an instructor of Spanish. She earned her PhD at the University of Virginia in 2011. She specializes in Contemporary Hispanic literature from twentieth and twenty first centuries. She also studied theater in Venezuela and is interested in translation. She is the founder and director of Tallahassee Hispanic Theater.

Research Interests

Contemporary Hispanic Literature and Media

Contemporary Hispanic Theater

The representation of the author in Post-modern Hispanic literature

Autofiction

Courses Taught

Advanced Grammar and Composition

Spanish Reading and Conversation

Hispanic Theater and Performance

Approach to Hispanic Literature

Readings from Early Spanish America

Readings in Modern Spanish Literature

Intermediate Spanish

Selected Publications

• "Muerte y resurrección del autor en la narrativa de Enrique Vila Matas". La nueva literatura hispánica. 18. 2014
• "La escritura progresiva de Leonardo Valencia, o el autor somos todos". Bulletin of Spanish Studies. 91:4. 2014.
• "Entrevista. Leonardo Valencia". Hispamérica. 115. 2010.
• "La relación casa-poder en dos novelas de José Donoso". Divergencias. Revista de Estudios Lingüísticos y Literarios. 8:1. 2010.