Maria Isabel Gonzalez Arenas

Maria Isabel Gonzalez Arenas is a researcher at the University of Murcia specializing in classical literary studies, affiliated with the research group focused on Latin Literature and Classical Mythology, Intertextuality and Tradition.

Her educational background includes:

• PhD from the University of Murcia (2016) with thesis titled "La poética de Virgilio Piñera tradición y transtextualidad" (The Poetics of Virgilio Piñera: Tradition and Transtextuality), supervised by Dr. María Consuelo Álvarez Morán.

Her research centers on Latin literary traditions, classical mythological narratives, and intertextual analysis, with particular expertise in Virgilio Piñera's poetic works. She investigates transtextual relationships between classical sources and modern interpretations, examining how mythological frameworks evolve across historical periods. This work contributes to broader scholarship in classical reception studies and Hispanic literary criticism.

As an active member of her research group, Dr. Gonzalez Arenas collaborates on projects analyzing the transmission of literary motifs and mythological structures within Mediterranean cultural contexts, emphasizing continuity and transformation in textual traditions.