Liesder Mayea Rodríguez Ph.D.
Education
- Ph.D., Spanish, University of California, Riverside
- Chancellor's Fellowship
- M.A., Spanish, San Diego State University
- B.A., Art History, Spanish, and Comparative Literature, San Diego State University
- A.A., Sociology, Anthropology, Philosophy, Southwestern College
Professional Background
Current Research
Current research in part focuses on the Quixote and the diverse cultural, literary, religious, and mythological sources or contexts for the classic work. Mayea Rodriguez is also writing a study of drama from a historiographical point of view, and using a comparative perspective going as far back as classical (greek) drama, shakesperean drama, and the Spanish comedia. This evidently implies reviewing authors such as Sophocles, Euripides, Shakespeare, Lope de Vega, and Calderón de la Barca.
Description of Research
Research has focused on the classics of Western Literature, with specific emphasis in the Spanish classics. Furthermore, Mayea Rodriguez's masters thesis focused on Erasmus of Rotterdam and Miguel de Cervantes, and a comparative approach to literature and painting during the transitory period between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in Spain.
Experience
- University of Redlands, Assistant Professor, Spanish
Areas of Expertise
- Medieval and Renaissance Spanish literature.
Publications
Contexts for Don Quixote and Quixotism: Beyond Hero or Fool. University of California. Dissertation. 2009
Erasmo, Cervantes: Literatura y arte español durante la vida de ambos personajes. San Diego State, 2006.
"The Future of the Latin American Nation State." Osa Mayor. Journal of the University of Pittsburgh 19 (2008): 101-107.
Awards and service
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Chancellor's Outstanding Fellowship UCR
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Phi Beta Kappa
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Omicron Delta Kappa
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Sigma Delta Pi