Irving, Roslyn Dr.

 

Who am I?

My name is Roslyn, and I am a lecturer in English Literature and Culture. My research focuses on eighteenth-century poetry and prose, Romanticism, poetic forms, postcolonial literatures, and the Gothic. I am a member of various interdisciplinary networks including BARS, HistoryLab+, and Haunted Shores. I completed my PhD at the University of Liverpool and Xian-Jiaotong Liverpool University.

My recent publications can be found in the Routledge Introduction to Poetic Forms, Litteraria Pragensia, and the Nordic Journal of English Studies.

 

What do I teach?

I teach a range of classes in the ELC department, ongoing and past classes include:

  • PS115 (Introduction to English Literary Studies)
  • PS122 (Introduction to Poetry, Introduction to Drama)
  • PS123 (Summits Across Genres)
  • Seminar 313 (Gothic Foundations in the Eighteenth Century, Travel and Adventure in the Eighteenth Century, Eighteenth-Century Literature)
  • Seminar 410 (Gothic Continuations in the Nineteenth Century, Postcolonial Forms)
  • Cultural Studies IV (Cornwall, from the Tin Mines to the Tourism Industry)
  • Cultural Studies I (Survey of the History of Britain)
  • Seminar 512 (Commentaries, Critiques and Treatises of the Long-Eighteenth Century)
  • Seminar 522 (Postcolonial Theories and Literatures in the 21st Century)

 

What theses do I supervise?

I supervise B.A./M.A. and B.Ed./M.Ed. theses on topics related to any of my classes, especially Romanticism, the Gothic, and Postcolonial approaches to literary studies.