CHRISTINA ELVIDGE Instructor of English A.B.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania M.A.University of Scranton B.A. University of Scranton National Writing Fellowship, Wilkes University Christina Marie Elvidge attended the University of Scranton, where as an undergraduate she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English, with minors in philosophy and theology. She continued her studies there, completing a Master of Arts in English with a focus on 19th century British literature. In 1996, Ms. Elvidge was accepted to the National Writing Project Fellowship program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Wilkes University. The topic for the fellowship was Writing Across the Curriculum, and her particular research project centered on the incorporation and evaluation of writing portfolios in the classroom. Currently, Ms. Elvidge is enrolled in the Literature and Criticism doctoral program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her areas of specialization and interest include contemporary British literature, post-colonial literature and literary theory. Her soon-to-be-titled dissertation focuses on the patterns in the process of cultural assimilation during colonization and after independence in post-colonial and commonwealth literature. These patterns focus mainly on the characters of British colonists as they adapted to their new colonial surroundings, and natives and colonials who traveled or immigrated to the seat of the empire. Ms. Elvidge's studies of post-colonial literature have led to conference presentations on the topic. Titles include: "Going Native: Cultural Assimilation in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko and Richard Cumberland's The West Indian;" "Eastern Magic: Orientalism in Harriet Prescott Spofford's 'Amber Gods' and 'Desert Sands'"; "Public Enemy #1: Americans vs. Arabs At Home and Abroad in American Film;" and "Public Enemy #1: Images of Arabs in American Film Revisited." A conference paper entitled "Celluloid Heroes: The Role of the Pop Idol in Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine," is based on her Contemporary British Writers course. Courses Writing Skills (Engl. 160) (Syllabus) The Classics in World Literature (Engl. 300) The Modern Age in World Literature (Engl. 301) Major British Writers (Engl. 364) Post-Colonial Literature in English (Engl. 368) Shakespeare (Engl. 370) Advanced Writing (Engl. 480) Interests Post Colonial Literature Literary Theory Contemporary British Literature   BACK TO FACULTY LIST Contact us at: 570-348-6219. E-mail: English@marywood.edu.

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