Maria Ayete Gil

Maria Ayete Gil is a researcher at Universidad de Alcalá, Department of Philology, Communication and Documentation, specializing in Spanish Literature with a focus on Marxism, Postmodernism, and Rural Studies. Holding a PhD from Universidad de Salamanca (2021) with thesis Ideología, poder y cuerpo, she is supervised by Dr. Javier Sánchez Zapatero and Dr. David Becerra Mayor.

Her research explores:

• Social Class in contemporary Spanish fiction
• 15M Movement influence on narrative forms
• Gender Violence representation
• Rural-Urban Dynamics in post-crisis fiction

Maria's publications (2025-2019) analyze:

• Class analysis in Spanish novels
• Alternative temporalities in rural contexts
• Political reappropriation in literature
• Gender ideology in contemporary Spanish fiction
• Crisis representation in post-2008 narratives

Her work connects with Althusserian ideology, Rancière's political theory, and Badiou's event philosophy, examining how literary forms challenge dominant discourses.