Muhlenberg College: Languages, Literatures and Cultures - Faculty - Spanish

Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Dr. Eduardo Olid Guerrero Eduardo Olid Guerrero

Assistant Professor of Spanish
Ettinger 106A
Office: 484-664-3346
Fax: 484-664-3722

Background
B.A. Philosophy and Humanities, Spanish Philology, University of Málaga, Spain, 1997.
M.A. Spanish Literature, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois, 2000.
Ph. D. Spanish Literature, University of California, Davis with major field in Golden Age Spanish Literature. 2009.

I have been teaching at Muhlenberg since 2009. I regularly teach courses in Spanish language, literature, and culture. My research focuses primarily on Golden Age Spanish literature, with an emphasis in Miguel de Cervantes, drama and performance.

I have recently published an article on Cervantes’s Don Quijote and I am presently working on analyzing how English characters are depicted in early modern Spanish Drama. At the same time my immediate priority is to expand my dissertation entitled, "The Ritual of Disguise in Cervantes’s Novelas ejemplares” and publish it as a book.

I currently teach courses in Spanish language and literature, which include: Conversation and Composition, Medieval & Renaissance Spanish Literature, Beauty & the Beast: Spanish Monsters, Cervantes, Golden Age Spanish Drama and Golden Age Spanish Drama in translation. My teaching philosophy is centered on the concept of interaction. I strive to communicate my knowledge to students in such a way that they can feel free to discuss it, question it, and generate new approaches to it. This interaction involves not only the lessons I can teach my students, but also what they can teach me. The challenge of teaching resides, not in merely presenting literary material to students, but in offering it in such a way that they are intellectually stimulated and interested to the point of wanting to become a part of these works. Some of the strategies I employ in my classes include discussions, debates, active and creative group work, theatrical performances, interdisciplinary approaches linked to the visual arts, and the incorporation of technology.

Individualized attention to each student is something that I strive to offer from the very first day of my courses. The human side of teaching, which I consider just as crucial as the intellectual aspect, involves getting to know each student as an individual, understanding their personalities, and working with their particular potential. My purpose in teaching is to create a work environment with a sense of community, in which we all feel part of a group that is working toward a common goal: to learn from each other in order to become not only scholars but also better human beings.

Courses taught in Spanish or English by Dr. Olid

SPN-412 - Early Modern Spanish Drama Spring 2013