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Iris Kleiman

Doctoral Student in Literature - Iris’s thesis is entitled 'Construction of Identity and Its Hybridity in the Brut Tradition of the Long 12th Century: A Comparative Analysis of Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wace, and Layamon'.

Research project title

Construction of Identity and Its Hybridity in the Brut Tradition of the Long 12th Century: A Comparative Analysis of Geoffrey of Monmouth, Wace, and Layamon

 

Supervisors

Dr Adam Mearns + Dr Caoimhe Whelan

 

Contact details

Email: i.kleiman2@newcastle.ac.uk 

 

Research interests

  • History of English
  • Historical Sociolinguistics
  • Medieval Literature
  • Language Variation

A brief outline of my research project

An exploration of the ways in which 12th-century’s ideas about God influenced the development of three aspects of identity: national identity, religious identity and gender identity.

Research activities

My academic background

  • BA in Philology, T. Shevchenko National University of Kiev
  • MA in Applied Linguistics, Cross-Cultural Communication and Education, Newcastle University
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