Dr Marianne Wells

As Programme Leader for English Literature, Marianne represents the academic interests of the course, coordinates the day-to-day management of the programme and has overall responsibility for the students on the programme.  Her research interests centre on twentieth and twenty-first century US drama, literature and film -- particularly related to the intersections between gender and national identity, narrative theory and feminist literary and cultural theory.  

BA, MA -- English, University of Missouri

MA -- Contemporary Cultural Processes, Goldsmiths

PhD -- Multidisciplinary Studies

Currently researching staging gender in the plays of Lanford Wilson and John Guare.

Current teaching:
CC4301 Introduction to Literature: Ways of Reading
CC5307 American Literature
CC6000 Dissertation Workshop
CC6302 Literature and the Self

Previous teaching:
CC4305 Approaches to Shakespeare
CC2303 Fiction/Film/Drama

English Literature