Julia Fiedorczuk - Glinecka Ph.D.

Lecturer in American Literature. PhD received in November 2003.

Duty hours in the winter semester 2008/2009:

• Thursday, 13.30 - 15.00

Materials for students:

• Wstep do Literaturoznawstwa I rok
• Syllabus - #223 Modernism in American Poetry Part One
• Syllabus - #231 Environmental Issues in American Literature
• American Literature
• Lista lektur - kurs #1211
• Lista lektur - kurs #2205

Private website:

• http://www.biuroliterackie.pl/autorzy/autorzy.php?site=700&kto=fiedorczuk

Grants:

• August 2000 - research grant at JFK Institute, Free University, Berlin, Germany
• August 2002 - June 2003: Fulbright junior research grant, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

Awards:

• "Listopad nad Narwią" [book of poems, Legnica, 2000] selected as the best first book by Polskie Towarzystwo Wydawców Książek (The Polish Association of Book Publishers), Poznań
• Hubert Burda Preis (Austria) awarded to poets from Eastern and Central Europe, for poems from the book Bio (Wrocław, 2004)

Professional interests:

• American poetry, especially of the 20th century. Literary theory, especially psychoanalysis, feminism and poststructuralism. American innovative fiction of the second half of the 20th century

Selected publications:

Scholarly publications:

• "Time as a Source of Irony in Selected Poems by John Ashbery." American Studies [Poland] Vol. XVIII. 1999. 67 - 72
• "The Problem with Self: Laura Riding's Collected Poems." w: American Portraits and Self-Portraits. red. Jerzy Durczak, Paweł Frelik, Lublin: Curie-Skłodowska University Press, 2002.127- 136
• "Milczenie wyroczni: o wierszach Laury Riding." w: W Pałacu Możliwości, o amerykańskiej poezji kobiecej red. Lucyna Aleksandrowicz-Pędzich, Białystok: Trans Humana, 2003. 12 - 28
• "'Natural truth:' Laura Riding, L-A-N-G-U-A-G-E and the Romantic connection". w: The Poetics of America. Red. Agata Preis-Smith i Marek Paryż. Warszawa: The English Institute, 2004. 101-116.

Popular publications:

• "Jak to znaczy - czas i ironia w wierszach Ashbery'ego". Studium 2-3 (22 - 23) 2000
• "'Być więc i nie być' - o Sezonie na Helu [Andrzeja Sosnowskiego]" w: Lekcja Żywego Języka. red. Grzegorz Jankowicz. Kraków: Zielona Sowa, 2003
• "Prawo anarchii: o religiach Laury Riding i Laury (Riding) Jackson." Litertura na Świecie no. 7-8. 2003. 178-201

Poetry books:

• Listopad nad Narwią Legnica: Port Legnica, 2000
• Bio Wrocław: Biuro Literackie, 2004

Courses:

2205	Psychoanalysis, Feminism, Literature
	The aim of the course is to study the basic concepts of Freudian psychoanalysis as well as the writings of selected authors (such as Jacques Lacan, Julia Kristeva, Luce Irigaray) who used those concepts in their work, often redefining them and enriching psychoanalysis with new discoveries. Among the most important questions discussed in the course is the problem of sexual difference as defined by psychoanalysis, the place of language in human psyche, and the uses of psychoanalysis in literary studies.Requirements: attendance, active participation in class discussions (presentations, discussion questions), term paper.
129	Introduction to American Postmodernism: Theory and Practice
	The aim of the course is to study the theoretical assumptions, the practice and the critical reception of American postmodernism. Required readings include novels, short stories, poetry, and criticism. Some of the central terms: literature of exhaustion, metafiction, intertextuality, autotelism, pastiche, irony.Requirements: attendance, active participation in class discussions (presentations, discussion questions), term paper.
130	American Poetry after World War II
	A survey course of the works of authors representing the beat generation, contemporary language poetry, projective verse, the so-called confessional and New York schools, as well as selected poets representing ethnic minorities. Required readings include poems and several brief critical essays.Requirements: attendance, active participation in class discussions (presentations, discussion questions), term paper.
139	American Feminist Criticism
	The aim of the course is to present the most important questions of feminist criticism and to study the classics of American feminist criticism of the 20th century, as well as some of the newest works of American feminists.Requirements: attendance, active participation in class discussions (presentations, discussion questions), term paper.