Enakshi Samarawickrama
Assistant Professor of Literature; Disability Liaison Officer, Faculty of Arts
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Biography
BA (Hons) English and English Language Teaching, The Open University of Sri Lanka; MA in English Language and Literature, University of Nottingham Malaysia; PhD in English, University of Nottingham Malaysia.
My research primarily centres around portrayals of gender in literature, with a focus on female victimhood, violence and agency. I have published and presented papers on how gender is portrayed in domestic noir, a newer subgenre of crime fiction.
Expertise Summary
Domestic noir; Gender studies; Men's studies; Gender in crime fiction, contemporary literature, fantasy fiction, world literature and horror novels with female monsters; Female victimhood, violence and agency; Power dynamics between femininities and masculinities