Adam Dias
| Degrees: | M.A. (University of Toronto), B.Sc. (University of Toronto) |
| Email: | adamdias@cmail.carleton.ca |
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Genre theory; Literary theory; Popular genres; Science fiction and fantasy; The history and form of graphic novels; Literary ethics.
CURRENT RESEARCH:
My research explores how the generic assumptions and expectations of science fiction and fantasy, as well as the needs of fictional world-building more generally, embed a series of ideological and ethical positions that readers engage with. Additionally, I am interested in the ways the popular fiction explores the limits and boundaries of ‘the human’ through encounters with radical, non-human others.
AWARDS:
– Northrup/Lawson Memorial Scholarship (2013)
CONFERENCES:
– “Illustrating Experiences: The use of graphic textual form to construct a narrative filter in Joe Sacco’s Palestine” English Graduate Studies Society Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. 30 Apr. 2021.