Studies:
- 2004 – 2007 – Doctoral School, English and North-American Literary Studies PhD Program, University of Debrecen, Hungary. Supervisor: Dr. Tamás Bényei.
- 1999 – 2004 – Institute of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Debrecen, Hungary (specialization: English Studies)
- 09.2002 – 01.2003 – University of Hull, England; Socrates/Erasmus scholarship
Employments:
- 2005– teaching assistant, Department of English, Partium Christian University, Oradea, Romania
- 2004 – 2005 – teacher paid by the hour, Department of English, Partium Christian University, Oradea, Romania
Area of speciality: English literature
Research, fields of interest: contemporary English novel, intersubjectivity, myth criticism
Seminars given:
- British Literary Seminar 1. English Literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance – 1st year, 2nd semester, English department
- British Literary Seminar 2. English Literature in the Eighteenth Century – 2nd year, 1st semester, English department
- British Literary Seminar 3. English Literature in the Nineteenth Century – 2nd year, 2nd semester, English department
- British Literary Seminar 4. English Literature in the Twentieth Century – 3rd year, 1st semester, English department
- Translation Practice
- Introduction to Scientific Research – 1st year, 1st semester, English department
Scientific activity, conferences:
2016.09.
Mens Sana: Rethinking the Role of Emotions. Argumentor Conference, Partium Christian University, Oradea. Paper presented: ““Description of the Contrarious Emotions in a Lover:” The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice in Ovid, Rilke, “Sir Orfeo,” and Duffy.”
2016.04.
Discourse, Culture and Representation II International Conference, Sapientia University, Miercurea Ciuc. Paper presented: “The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice in Coetzee and Rilke”
2016.04.
English Language & Literatures in English International Conference, Partium Christian University, Oradea. Paper presented: “The Myth of Herakles in J. M. Coetzee’s Dusklands”
2015.09.
Argumentor Conference, Partium Christian University, Oradea. Paper presented: „Interszubjektivitás Samuel Beckett Molloy című regényében”
2015.09.
Cultural Texts and Contexts International Conference, University of Oradea. Paper presented: “Stories of Intersubjectivity in Beckett's Molloyˮ
2015.01.
HUSSE International Conference, University of Debrecen. Paper presented: “Homo solitarius: Intersubjectivity in Coetzee’s Life & Times of Michael K and Beckett’s Molloy”
2014.09.
ESSE International Conference, Kosice, Slovakia. Paper presented: “The Story of Sinbad and the Old Man of the Sea in J. M. Coetzee’s Dusklands and Foe”
2014.09.
ELLE. English Language and Literatures in English International Conference, Partium Christian University, Oradea. Paper presented: “The Story of Sinbad and the Old Man of the Sea in One Thousand and One Nights.”
2014.03.
Tavaszi Szél Conference, University of Debrecen. Paper presented: “Journeys to the Mother: Coetzee’s Life and Times of Michael K and Beckett’s Molloy”
2014.03.
“Travelling Texts: Encounters of Literaturesˮ International Conference, Institute of English Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow. Paper presented: “Remembering Beckett: J. M. Coetzee’s Life and Times of Michael K”
2013.09.
II Argumentor Conference, Partium Christian University, Oradea. Paper presented: “Úr-szolga retorika a Kacor királyban”
2013.09.
III. ELLE International Conference, Partium Christian University, Oradea. Paper presented: “J. M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians as a Colonial Oedipus”
2010.06.
„Mesél(het)ő női történetek?! Női narratívák irodalomban, tudományokban és művészetekben” International Conference, Partium Christian University, Oradea. Paper presented: „A kérdező nő J. M. Coetzee Foe című regényében”
2009.05.
“The Third International Conference on Central Europe and the English-Speaking World”, Partium Christian University, Oradea. Paper presented: “Stories of Embraces in J. M. Coetzee’s Foe”
2009.03.
“Cultural Texts and Contexts in the English-Speaking World” International Conference, University of Oradea. Paper presented: “The Motif of Carrying One on One’s Back in J. M. Coetzee’s Dusklands”
2007.04.
“The First International Conference on Central Europe and the English-Speaking World,” Partium Christian University, Oradea. Paper presented: “The Trope of Looking Backwards in J. M. Coetzee’s The Master of Petersburg”
2007.01.8.
Hungarian Society for the Study of English (HUSSE) International Conference, University of Veszprém. Paper presented: “The Rhetoric of Mourning in J. M. Coetzee’s The Master of Petersburg”
2006.11.
“English literatures in the context of postcolonialism, postmodernism and the present,” University of Prešov, Slovakia; paper presented: “The Rhetoric of Mourning in J. M. Coetzee’s The Master of Petersburg”
2006.05.
16th British and American Studies International Conference, University of Timişoara; paper presented: “On Looking and the Gaze in J. M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians”
2005.05.
15th British and American Studies International Conference, University of Timişoara; paper presented: t: “Unsaying Origins in J. M. Coetzee’s In the Heart of the Country”
2005.01.
7th Hungarian Society for the Study of English (HUSSE) Conference, University of Veszprém, Hungary; paper presented: “Origins and Origination in J. M. Coetzee’s In the Heart of the Country”
2003.05
1st Conference of the Talent Scouting Programme of the University of the Debrecen, Hungary; paper presented: “Written Invisibly: The Opening Passage of Jeanette Winterson’s Sexing the Cherry as the Novel’s Dream”
2003.04.
26th Students’ National Scientific Conference, University of Veszprém, Hungary; English and American Literature Section, 2nd Prize, paper presented: “Written Invisibly: The Opening Passage of Jeanette Winterson’s Sexing the Cherry as the Novel’s Dream”
2002 – 2003
demonstrator at the Institute of English and American Studies, University of Debrecen
2002 - 2004
selected into the Hatvani István Special College, University of Debrecen
2001 - 2004
selected into the Talent Scouting Programme of the University of the Debrecen
Scolarships:
2013.10-2014.10
Jedlik Ányos Doktorjelölti Ösztöndíj, Nemzeti Kiválóság Program, Budapest
2007.10.
Hungarian Scientific Academy, Scholarship for the Support of Hungarian Scientific Research over the Borders
2007 – 2008
Sapientia Doctoral Scholarship
2006-2007
Sapientia Doctoral Scholarship
2005-2006
Sapientia Doctoral Scholarship
2004.03.
the scholarship of the Universitas Foundation, Hungary; category: acknowledgement of students’ scientific activity
2003 - 2004
the scholarship of the Tempus Foundation, Teacher-training programme “Világ-Nyelv/Mesterfokon”íja
2003 – 2004
the scholarship of the Soros Foundation, Soros Supplementary Grants Program 2003/2004 – OSI-ZUG Foundation
2002.09 - 2003.01
Socrates/Erasmus scholarship; University of Hull, England
Publications:
Scholarly papers, articles:
“Homo Solitarius: Intersubjectivity in Coetzee’s Life and Times of Michael K and Beckett’s Molloy.” Intertextuality, Intersubjectivity, and Narrative Identity. Ed. Péter Gaál-Szabó. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.135-148.
“The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice in Coetzee and Rilke.” Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica 8.1 (2016): 41−48.
“Interszubjektivitás Samuel Beckett Molloy című regényében.” Argumentor Műhely. Közbeszéd-aktusok. Szerk. Horváth Gizella, Bakó Rozália Klára. Partium Kiadó, Nagyvárad, Debreceni Egyetemi Kiadó, Debrecen, 2016. 197-210.
““Description of the Contrarious Emotions in a Lover:” The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice in Ovid, Rilke, “Sir Orfeo,” and Duffy.” Mens Sana: Rethinking the Role of Emotions. Proceedings of the Fourth Argumentor Conference. Partium Press, Oradea, Debrecen University Press, 2016. 245-260.
“The Story of Sinbad and the Old Man of the Sea in One Thousand and One Nights.” English Language & Literatures in English 2014. Ed. Julianna Borbély, Katalin G. Kállay, Judit Nagy, and Dan H. Popescu. Budapaest: Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem, L’Harmattan Kiadó, 2015. 183-195.
„Gyarmati találkozások az Alkonyvidékben.ˮ Filológiai Közlöny (A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Irodalomtudományi Bizottságának folyóirata). Szerk. Józan Ildikó. Balassi Kiadó, Budapest. 2014/2 (LX. évfolyam).
“Remembering Beckett: J. M. Coetzee’s Life and Times of Michael Kˮ. Travelling Texts: J. M. Coetzee and Other Writers. (Series: Text – Menaing – Context: Krakow Studies in English Language, Literature and Culture.) Ed. Bozena Kucala and Robert Kusek. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Mein, 2014.
“J. M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians as a Colonial Oedipus”. International Conference on English Language and Literatures in English. Proceedings. Ed. Titus Pop. Casa Cărții de Știință, Cluj-Napoca, 2014.
„Úr-szolga retorika a Kacor királyban”. Argumentor Műhely. Érvelés és retorika konferenciakiadvány. Szerk. Bakó Rozália Klára, Bíró-Kaszás Éva, Horváth Gizella. Partiumi Kiadó, Nagyvárad, Debreceni Egyetemi Kiadó, Debrecen, 2014.
“A kérdező nő J. M. Coetzee Foe című regényében.” Mesél(het)ő női történetek?! Női narratívák irodalomban, tudományokban és művészetekben. Szerk. Czibula Katalin, Kordics Noémi. Nagyvárad – Budapest: Partiumi Kiadó – Protea Kulturális Egyesület, ISBN 978-606-8156-10-1; ISBN 978-963-88638-2-9. 2011.163-176.
“On Mourning: The Trope of Looking Backwards in J. M. Coetzee’s The Master of Petersburg.” Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies. Ed. Donald E. Morse. Institute of English and American Studies. University of Debrecen. ISSN 1218-7364. 2008. Vol. 14, Nr. 2. 233-244.
“The Rhetoric of Mourning in J. M. Coetzee’s The Master of Petersburg”. Literatures in English in the Context of Post-Colonialism, Postmodernism and the Present. Ed. Jaroslav Kušnir. Prešov, ISBN 978-80-8068-680-2. 2007. 88-94.
“On Looking and the Gaze in J. M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians”. BAS Revista de Studii Britanice şi Americane. Ed. Luminiţa Frenţiu. Timişoara: Editura Universităţii de Vest. ISSN 1584-3734. Nr. 4. 2007. 240-252.
“Unsaying Origins in J. M. Coetzee’s In the Heart of the Country”. BAS Revista de Studii Britanice şi Americane. Ed. Stephen Tapscott, Hortensia Pârlog. Timişoara: Editura Universităţii de Vest. ISSN 1224-3086. Vol. XII. 2006. 131-137.
“Written Invisibly: The Opening Passage of Jeanette Winterson’s Sexing the Cherry as the Novel’s Dream” – XXVI. OTDK, Humántudományi Szekció,Veszprém, 2003. 342.
Book Reviews:
Khanna, Ranjana. Dark Continents: Psychoanalysis and Colonialism. Duke University Press, Durham and London, 2003. In Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies. Ed. Zoltán Abádi-Nagy. Institute of English and American Studies. University of Debrecen. ISSN 1218-7364. 2005. Vol. 11, Nr. 2. 246-248.
“A New Addition to Coetzee Criticism.” (On Hania A. M. Nashef The Politics of Humiliation in the Novels of J. M. Coetzee. New York & London: Routledge, 2009.) In Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies. Ed. Donald E. Morse. Institute of English and American Studies. University of Debrecen. ISSN 1218-7364. 2010. Vol. 16.1-2.273-276.
Translation:
Mamber, Stephen. “Clockwork Orange” (magyarul: „Mechanikus Narancs”). Ford. Márton Zsuzsa és Veres Ottilia). Stanley Kubrick, Metropolis 2002/2. ISSN 1416-8154. 2002/2. 70-81.