Maria-Ana Tupan Explained

Maria-Ana Tupan
Birth Date:19 April 1949
Occupation:Literary critic, essayist, literary theorist
Language:Romanian, English
Alma Mater:University of Bucharest
Period:1990–present

Maria-Ana Tupan (born April 19, 1949)[1] is a Romanian university professor, literary critic, and translator. She is a member of the "Criticism and Literary History" section of the Writers' Union of Romania and several international scientific societies. Tupan is also a PhD Supervisor at the Doctoral School of 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia.[2]

Life

Maria-Ana Tupan was born in Sărulești, Buzău County, Romania, the daughter of Margareta (née Constantin) and Spiridon Iordache, a priest.[3] After graduating from Mihai Eminescu high school in Buzău in 1967,[4] she studied English and German at the Languages Department of the University of Bucharest, where she graduated in 1972 as a valedictorian. She was editor (1972–1975) of the English version of the magazine Cărți românești (Romanian Books).

Tupan made her publishing debut in 1980 with Regele visurilor (The King of Dreams), an anthology of translations from American prose of the 19th century. She obtained her PhD degree in 1992, under the supervision of Leon Levițchi and .

From 1991 until 2014, Tupan was a faculty member of the University of Bucharest.[5] In 1994–1995 she was affiliated with Pennsylvania State University as visiting professor under the Fulbright Scholars Program.[6] [7] In 2014 she completed her habilitation thesis[8] and became affiliated with the Doctoral School of Alba Iulia University, supervising PhD students.[9]

Tupan has been a member of the Writers' Union of Romania, the Section of Criticism and Literary History since 1996. She is also a member of the German (German: Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung)[10] and of The Charles Brockden Brown Society.

Works

She wrote works on literary history, literary theory, comparative literature, genre theory, and cultural studies. She is a specialist in Anglo-Saxon literature and German and French cultures, and is attracted by the methods of deconstruction. Her 17 books and a number of articles published in Europe, India, United States, and Australia are based on theoretical underpinnings falling within the fields of epistemology of literature, philosophy of culture, literary history and theory.[11] [12] Her literary chronicles and essays have been published in Convorbiri literare, Contemporanul, Luceafărul, România literară, Viața Românească magazines. She presented papers at conferences in Athens, University Park (Penn State University), Madrid, Manchester, Salzburg, Vienna, Dresden, Graz, Rome, Cologne, and Dortmund.

Selected publications

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SRSFF . February 17, 2015 . Cenaclul ProspectArt – februarie 2015 . May 29, 2024 . Fantastica . ro-RO.
  2. Web site: Conducători de doctorat  - Domeniul Filologie. ro. 1 Decembrie 1918 University of Alba Iulia. www.uab.ro. May 3, 2024.
  3. Web site: vasilios dimitrios . February 3, 2023 . 7. DGLR VOL 7 T Z Compressed . June 1, 2024.
  4. Book: General Dictionary of Romanian Literature . 2016 . 229–300 .
  5. http://inimag.uab.ro/upload/18_226_despre_autori.pdf content, "Incursiuni în Imaginar", annual magazine of the Speculum Imaginary Research Center (CCI Speculum) from the "1 Decembrie 1918" University in Alba Iulia, Romania, ISSN: 2501–2169
  6. Web site: Maria-Ana Tupan . May 29, 2024 . fulbrightscholars.org.
  7. Book: General Dictionary of Romanian Literature . 2016 . 229 .
  8. Web site: Lista persoanelor care au obținut abilitarea, perioada 2012 – 2015 .
  9. Web site: Maria Ana Tupan . May 30, 2024 . uab-ro.academia.edu.
  10. Web site: The full program of the 2nd GFF Annual Conference — Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung e. V . May 29, 2024 . en.
  11. Web site: Maria-Ana Tupan . May 29, 2024 . Contemporanul . ro-RO. Selected works
  12. Web site: January 3, 2024 . Arhive Maria-Ana Tupan . May 29, 2024 . Librăria online Ideea Europeană . ro-RO. Selected works
  13. http://www.bibliotecadeva.eu/periodice/luceafarul/1997/06/luceafarul_1997_06_23.pdf Luceafărul, nr.6/1997, page 2
  14. News: Anul Cărții. Gala Premiilor Contemporanul 2019 . Romanian. Adevărul. Ionela. Roșu. November 2, 2019. May 3, 2024.

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