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==About me== | ==About me== | ||
− | Anna Auguscik studied English, Slavic and Comparative Literature in Munich and Padova, and graduated with a master thesis on "Oscar Wilde as Subject of Contemporary Literature and Film: Representations of an Eccentric Identity". | + | Anna Auguscik is a lecturer in English Literature at the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Oldenburg. She studied English, Slavic and Comparative Literature in Munich and Padova, and graduated with a master thesis on "Oscar Wilde as Subject of Contemporary Literature and Film: Representations of an Eccentric Identity". She has taught seminars on the contemporary novel in English, multiculturalism, literary representations of Muslisms, and the role of the critic. Her main research interests are the mapping of postmodernism, postcolonialism and postsecularism; the literary market and its participants; and most recently, the relationship between Literature and Science. She is completing her dissertation on the role of literary prizes for literary communication, specifically the Booker Prize, and the waves of public reactions: "Prizing Debate: Literary Awards and Contemporary Literary Communication in the UK" (working title). |
==Current== | ==Current== | ||
− | *I am currently working on a chapter on | + | *I am currently working on a chapter on the History of the Booker Prize for my dissertation project. |
*I am doing research for my next project on the role of fiction in multi-disciplinary science journals. | *I am doing research for my next project on the role of fiction in multi-disciplinary science journals. | ||
*I am writing an article on "Literature as Communication" with Olaf Simons, based on our paper as presented in Turku in September 2011. | *I am writing an article on "Literature as Communication" with Olaf Simons, based on our paper as presented in Turku in September 2011. | ||
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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
− | *"Lost in Translation: Literaturpreise im nationalen Literaturbetrieb". In: Literaturbetrieb. Zur Poetik einer Produktionsgemeinschaft. Eds. Philipp Theisohn | + | *"Lost in Translation: Literaturpreise im nationalen Literaturbetrieb". In: Literaturbetrieb. Zur Poetik einer Produktionsgemeinschaft. Eds. Philipp Theisohn and Christine Weder. Paderborn: Fink, 2012. (forthcoming) |
*"Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger (2008): Zwischen Repräsentanz und Kontroverse". Medienobservationen. 07.07.2011. [http://www.medienobservationen.lmu.de/artikel/kontrovers/auguscik_tiger.pdf Web] | *"Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger (2008): Zwischen Repräsentanz und Kontroverse". Medienobservationen. 07.07.2011. [http://www.medienobservationen.lmu.de/artikel/kontrovers/auguscik_tiger.pdf Web] | ||
*"Booker Prize: Jacobson ist ein Meister der Tragikomik". Die Zeit. 13.10.2010. [http://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2010-10/booker-prize-jacobson Web] | *"Booker Prize: Jacobson ist ein Meister der Tragikomik". Die Zeit. 13.10.2010. [http://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2010-10/booker-prize-jacobson Web] | ||
===Talks=== | ===Talks=== | ||
+ | *"Performing Authorship between Empowerment and Containment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Literary Win-Win Situations". Reconfiguring Authorship. Ghent University, Belgium, 15-18 Nov 2012. (with Olaf Simons) | ||
*"Literature and Fiction in Contemporary Multi-Disciplinary Science Journals". 11th ESSE Conference 2012: Seminar 31. Interconnections Between Literature and Science. Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 4-8 Sept 2012. (in preparation) | *"Literature and Fiction in Contemporary Multi-Disciplinary Science Journals". 11th ESSE Conference 2012: Seminar 31. Interconnections Between Literature and Science. Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 4-8 Sept 2012. (in preparation) | ||
*"The Institution of Literary Prizes". The Institution of Literature. Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, 30 Aug - 1 Sept. (in preparation) | *"The Institution of Literary Prizes". The Institution of Literature. Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, 30 Aug - 1 Sept. (in preparation) |
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About meAnna Auguscik is a lecturer in English Literature at the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Oldenburg. She studied English, Slavic and Comparative Literature in Munich and Padova, and graduated with a master thesis on "Oscar Wilde as Subject of Contemporary Literature and Film: Representations of an Eccentric Identity". She has taught seminars on the contemporary novel in English, multiculturalism, literary representations of Muslisms, and the role of the critic. Her main research interests are the mapping of postmodernism, postcolonialism and postsecularism; the literary market and its participants; and most recently, the relationship between Literature and Science. She is completing her dissertation on the role of literary prizes for literary communication, specifically the Booker Prize, and the waves of public reactions: "Prizing Debate: Literary Awards and Contemporary Literary Communication in the UK" (working title). Current
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