Dr Judith Popova
Research Fellow/Seminar Tutor
Academic and research departments
Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences, Literature and Languages.About
My research project
Versions of the Female Stranger: Muriel Spark’s Preoccupation with ExileMy PhD thesis explores the figure of the female stranger in Muriel Spark's fiction, with a particular focus on what I classify as her period of exilic preoccupation. This project reframes Muriel Spark from traditional religious and postmodernist readings and refocuses attention on her representation of exile and women's experience of mobility. I argue Spark's own self-exile translates and influences the fiction that came after her permanent relocation to Italy.
Supervisors
My PhD thesis explores the figure of the female stranger in Muriel Spark's fiction, with a particular focus on what I classify as her period of exilic preoccupation. This project reframes Muriel Spark from traditional religious and postmodernist readings and refocuses attention on her representation of exile and women's experience of mobility. I argue Spark's own self-exile translates and influences the fiction that came after her permanent relocation to Italy.
University roles and responsibilities
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Teaching Associate
My qualifications
2022
PhD in English Literature
University of Surrey
2022
Fellowship (FHEA)
AdvanceHE
2018
MA in English Literature
University of Surrey
2016
BA in Liberal Arts
King's College London
Teaching
2022/2023 Academic Year
Early Modern Literature (ELI2039)
Modernism (ELI2032)
Screenwriting (MFC3034)
Advanced Screenwriting (ELMI037)
Writing Gaming (ELMI051)