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Dr. Ildiko Olasz
Assistant Professor
Education
- Ph.D., English Literature, Michigan State University
- M.A., History, Central European University
- M.A., American Studies, Babes-Bolyai University
- B.A., English Literature and Linguistics -- Hungarian Literature and Linguistics, Babes-Bolyai University
Courses Taught
- English 640 First Person Narratives
- English 530 Literature and Arts
- English 405 Senior Seminar
- English 325 Sensation Novels and Detective Fiction
- English 325 Literature and Film Adaptations
- English 305 Literary Critic’s Craft
- English 246 British Literature: Romantics to Present
- English 220 Intro to Literature
- English 112 Writing with Engagement
- English 111 Academic Literacies
- English 110 Intro to College Writing
Academic Interests
- Victorian literature
- Reception studies and book history
- Visual studies and interdisciplinary research with literature
Scholarly Activity
Recent Publications
- “‘Written in Crude Defiance of the Illustrator’: Proto-Modernist Authorship and Verbal-Visual Reception of Henry James’s Washington Square.” Reception: Texts, Readers, Audiences, History. Sept. 2008: 94-127.
- Rev. of Reading Women: Literacy, Authorship, and Culture in the Atlantic World, 1500-1800, by Heidi B. Hackel and Catherine E. Kelly. Atlantikos: A Journal of Transatlantic Scholarship. May 2008: 84-87.
Recent Presentations
- "Visualization or Illustration? Thackeray's Illustrations and Literary Reception," Midwest Modern Language Association Conference, St. Louis, MO, November 2011
- “Genre Conventions across Centuries: The Changing Reception of Mysteries and Detectives,” Reception Studies Society Conference, Maryville, MO, September, 2011
- “Lost in Syntax: English Translations of Hungarian Poetry,” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Convention, San Antonio, TX, April, 2011
- “Travel as Reflection: Narrative Voice and Self-Identification in Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko,” Pennsylvania College English Association Conference, Erie, PA, March, 2011
- “Pick Up a Book or Go to the Movies? Film Adaptations and Student Audience,” Reception Studies Society Conference, West Lafayette, IN, September, 2009
Other Professional Experiences
- Chair, MLA Hungarian Discussion Group
- President, Reception Study Society
- Conference Coordinator, 2011 Reception Studies Conference
