Maria Błaszkiewiczowa Ph.D.

MA in English Studies at Warsaw University, 1992, Master's degree in theology at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Uniwersity, Warsaw, 2000, PhD in English Studies at Warsaw University, 2000 ("Behold the King! Kingship and Heroism in J.R.R. Tolken's Literary works").

Duty hours in the winter winter 2008/2009:

• Thursday 11.30 - 13.00

Materials for students:

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Academic interests:

• the epic and related genres ( including fantasy); 18th and 19th century novel

Publications (a selection):

• "Milton's Satan and Frankenstein. A Re-evaluation of Paradise Lost." w: Anglica , (8), red. A. Weseliński i J.Wełna, Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 1998, 29-34
• "The Strategies of Temptation in Paradise Lost" w: Approaches to Literature red. G. Bystydzieńska, Warszawa: Zaklad Literatury Angielskiej, 2001, 61-68
• "The Theme of Heroic Intrusion in J.R.R.Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings" w: Approaches to Literature 2 red. Gm Bystydzieńska, Warszawa: Zaklad Literatury Angielskiej, 2002, 71-80
• "Tolkien's Evil Kings." w: Anglica (13), red. A.Weselinski i J.Wełna, Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2003, 63-76
• "The Theme of Heroic Intrusion in J.R.R.Tolkien's The Hobbit" w: Acta Philologica((29) 2003, 95-106
• "Kingship and the solar myth in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings" proceedings of PASE Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2005
• "The Apologist's Playground- C.S.Lewis, Evil and Perelandra" w: Approaches to Literature 3 red. G. Bystydzieńska, Warszawa: Zaklad Literatury Angielskiej, 2004, 69-82
• "Literatura i Biblia - Chrystus Stwórca w Raju Utraconym Johna Miltona" , kwartalnik Bli?ej Biblii Warszawa 2004
• "Done is a batell on the dragon blak. The significance of the theme of the fight with the monster in the literary works of J.R.R.Tolkien". Anglica (14) ), red. A.Weselinski i J.Wełna, Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2005
• "Enter the hobbit. The hobbits and the theme of heroic intrusion in The lord of the Rings. w: Acta Philologica (30) 2005

Courses offered:

• Close Reading of a Major English Text ( J. Milton's Paradise Lost) (1008)
• English Epic and its background (2026)
• J.R.R.Tolkien (1009)
• 18th &19th century English Novel: A Survey (101)
• Dickens and Crime (115)
• 19th century Sensational Novel (114)
• Gothic Novel (1003)
• Romantic Poets (102)