Associate ProfessorJan Shaw
Associate Dean, Education
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Associate Dean, EducationFaculty of Arts and Social Sciences
LEARNING & TEACHING SUMMARy
Medieval literature and culture
- ENGL1002 Narratives of Romance and Adventure
- ENGL2657 Myths, Legends and Heroes
- ENGL2661 Camelot: Text, Stage, Screen
- ENGL3642 Dreams and Visions
- ENGL3695 Medieval Tales of Wonder
- ENGL6112 Wooing Women in Middle English Romance
I welcome enquires from potential postgraduate students who are interested in pursuing thesis work in any aspect of Middle English literature, including my special interest areas of women and identity formation in different medieval contexts, and connections between leadership theory and literature. I am also broadly interested in feminist theory. Some of the research areas explored by my current and recent students include: feminist readings of Arthurian literature; gender performativity in Middle English romance; Robin Hood Ballads; medieval themes in contemporary texts; female agency in young adult literature; eco-feminist approaches to monstrous women in Victorian literature; Australian memoirs of mothers and daughters; Tolkien and Morris in the utopian tradition.