Dr Niall Sreenan
Lecturer in Comparative Literature
- Phone
- +44 (0)1334 46 4394
- ns259@st-andrews.ac.uk
- Office
- Room 308
- Location
- Buchanan
- Office hours
- Friday 10-12
Biography
Dr Sreenan came to St Andrews in August 2023 as Lecturer in Comparative Literature. He received his PhD and MA in Comparative Literature from University College London and King's College London, respectively, and has a joint honours degree in Music and English from University College Cork. Dr Sreenan is a member of the British Comparative Literature Association and the British Society for Literature and Science.
PhD supervision
- Alisha Aggrey
Selected publications
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Open access
In the name of the father: Darwin, scientific authority and literary assimilation
Sreenan, N., 23 Apr 2024, From Shakespeare to autofiction: approaches to authorship after Barthes and Foucault. Procházka, M. (ed.). London: UCL Press, p. 91-108 18 p. (Comparative literature and culture).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Utopian island realism in J. M. Synge’s travel narrative of The Aran Islands and Tomás O’Crohan’s autobiography The Islander
Sreenan, N., 21 Apr 2021, Landscapes of realism: rethinking literary realism in comparative perspectives - Volume I: Mapping realism. Göttsche , D., Mucignat, R. & Weninger, R. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, p. 373–386 14 p. (Comparative history of literatures in European languages; vol. 32).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Universal, acid: Houellebecq’s clones and the evolution of humanity
Sreenan, N., 2 Jan 2019, In: Modern and Contemporary France. 27, 1, p. 77-93 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Dreaming of islands: Individuality and utopian desire in post-darwinian literature
Sreenan, N., Nov 2017, In: Island Studies Journal. 12, 2, p. 267-280 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
