Dr Martina Deny
German DAAD Lektorin

Location: Arts One 2.04
email: m.deny@qmul.ac.uk
Phone: (+44) 020-7882-8301
Fax: (+44) 020-8980-5400
Website: http://www.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/german

Office hours:

Mondays: 2 - 3pm
Thursdays: 3 - 4pm

Dr Martina Deny was educated at Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio (USA) and at the Universität zu Köln. She studied German, English and American Literature  and graduated with both an M.A. and the state examination for teaching at secondary schools (“Staatsexamen”). She completed her PhD in English Literature in 2008. Her PhD thesis was on “Lost in the postmodern metropolis – Studien zu (Des-)Orientierung und Identitätskonstruktion im zeitgenössischen Londonroman”, which mainly focused on orientation and identity construction in a contemporary urban context.

Research Interests

  • Contemporary German and English literature
  • Representations of space and place in literature
  • Identity theory
  • Anglo-German Studies
  • Comparative Literature
  • Shakespeare
  • Victorian Studies
  • Film Studies

Teaching

I am teaching and/or organising the following courses:

  • GER402 Germany Today (1. Semester)
  • SML015 Presentations of London
  • GER051 German I Oral/Aural
  • GER212 German II Oral/Aural und Guided Composition II (2. Semester)
  • GER103/203 German I and II Intensive Oral/Aural
  • GER061 German III Oral/Aural und Guided Composition
  • GER081 German for Business (2. Semester)

Administration