Mariangela Ugarelli
Visiting Instructor of Hispanic Studies
Mariangela Ugarelli is a writer and literary critic. She received her B.A. in Hispanic Literature from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and is finishing her Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University. Ugarelli’s work encompasses Spanish American gothic, horror, minor literatures, the female Gothic, and eco-Gothic. She is currently working on her dissertation on twentieth century Spanish American Gothic titled “In Cobwebs, in Storms, in Chains:” The Gothic in Spanish American Short Fiction. As a writer she has published two short story collections that explore her interest in the intersection between the Gothic and representations of nature.
Research Interests
Gothic literature, Ecogothic, Latin American literature, genre studies and gender studies.
Selected Publications
- Ugarelli Risi, M. “«El brevísimo camino entre el abismo y las rocas»: Indigenismo, gótico y La venganza del cóndor de Ventura García Calderón”. La Literatura Gótica desde la Literatura Comparada, editado por José Manuel Correoso Rodenas, Estudios Humanísticos, 2023, pp. 103-122, http://dx.doi.org/10.18002/ehf.
- Ugarelli Risi, M. “Into the Sightless Vortex of the Unimaginable: Nyarlathotep or the Trajectory of the Lovecraftian Signifier”. Brumal: Revista de investigación sobre lo Fantástico, 2023, pp. 211-230, https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/brumal.912.
Non-Academic Writing
- Fieras. Lima, Hipatia Ediciones, 2022
- Artilugios. Lima, Hipatia Ediciones, 2022
Appointed to the Faculty
2024Educational Background
Ph.D. Candidate, Johns Hopkins University
B.A., Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
