Jelena Marelj

PhD Candidate, Queen’s

Contact Information

Office: Watson 403
Office Hours: Mondays 1:30–2:30 pm, Thursdays 12:00–1:00 pm, or by appointment
Extension: 74404
E-mail: 7jm52@queensu.ca

Research Interests

Shakespearean character, early modern drama, theories of subjectivity, epistemology, linguistic approaches to literature, Montaigne, and Chaucer.

Publications

• “The Philosophical ‘Entente’ of Particulars: Criseyde as Nominalist in Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde,” The Chaucer Review 47.2 (2012).
• “The Classroom Debate as a Critical Thinking Strategy,” Queen’s Pedagogy Commons 1.2 (2011): 11–16. <Read online (PDF)>

Remarks

My dissertation on Shakespearean dramatic character explores how subjectivity effects are produced through discourse pragmatics. In addition to Shakespeare, I simply love Victorian literature (Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens in particular), Cervantes’ Don Quixote, the prose of J. L. Borges, and the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. I am multi-lingual and have always been fascinated by language both from a literary and linguistic perspective. Continental Europe has been a long-time obsession of mine: its languages, histories, and cultural politics. I enjoy travelling through Europe, volleyball, soccer, oil painting, Greek beaches, and hazelnut gelato.