I examine the relationship between content and perception in a variety of literary narratives across the world. I am interested in narratives, drawing upon theoretical foundations in comparative literary studies and models of motivation in HE, reading content primarily by focusing on narratology and reception. Because my literary research spans the long nineteenth century British narratives to contemporary fiction in the field of World Literature, it is difficult for me draw a brief outline of my research profile and activities in this space. However, there are several particular areas that I am always fascinated by reading and writing about them, including:
- Literary Theory: I can teach and research a wide range of literary theories, particularly trauma theories, Orientalism, Russian Formalism, Feminism, aesthetics, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, psychoanalysis, phenomenological and theological aesthetics, among others.
- The Long Nineteenth Century: verse narratives, form and comparison, slave narratives, German narratives, Russian narratives, and women’s writings during the Romantic age, the novel, diaries and epistolary writings.
- World Literature: Middle Eastern narratives, Anglo-Mediterranean and Anglo-Caribbean narratives, contemporary fiction across the globe, and travel writings.
- Literature and Religion: I am particularly interested in Abrahamic faiths and the idea of consciousness in literary texts.
- Literature and Emotions: I am continuously working on the dialogue between positive and negative emotions in literature, historical understanding of literary emotions, medical perceptions, and literary history and reception of emotions in literature.