Georgia Konstantinidou

Department of English Literature
Doctoral researcher

Contact details

Email: gxk009@student.bham.ac.uk

PhD title: Demonic Transformations and Meaning in Nineteenth Century Male-Authored British Gothic Fiction: From the Wanderer to the Self
Supervisors: Dr Jimmy Packham, Dr Eleanor Charlotte Dobson
PhD English Literature

Qualifications

BA in English Language and Literature (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
MA in English Literature (Warwick University)

Teaching

English Teacher in secondary education since 2018, ESL teacher since 2011

Research

This project explores the way the demonic figure is portrayed in male-authored British Gothic novels of the nineteenth century, its significance and role in interaction with the male characters of these novels, while at the same time I would explore the meaning of the demonic figure, suggesting that every gothic villain is a different depiction of Satan.

Other activities

Research papers

Fin de Siecle Gothic: Evil in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and The Picture of Dorian Gray
Melmoth the Wanderer and the Pursuit of Freedom
Aspects of Feminism in Gothic Literature: The Maternal Figure in Melmoth the Wanderer
Gothicising Capitalism in Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying
Aspects of the Gothicised Modern City: Consciousness, Alienation and Identity in The Secret Agent
Homosexuality as Social Criticism in The Picture of Dorian Gray