University of Glasgow

Self, Mirrors & Others: Voices in the Poetry & Plays of Liz Lochhead

Academic History:

2016 - present PhD Scottish Literature, University of Glasgow

2015 - 2016 MPhil Scottish Literature, University of Glasgow

2011 - 2015 MA Scottish Literature & Language (with Honours of the First Class), University of Glasgow

Supervisors:

Dr Rhona Brown

Dr Pauline Mackay

Research Interests:

My doctoral research focuses on Liz Lochhead’s poetry & plays from her earliest collection Memo For Spring (1972) to her most recent work, with a particular interest in voice, relationships & belonging. I will be considering the development of the first-person singular voice to a plurality of voices in her work, in addition to challenging issues of gender in literary criticism. Other research interests include contemporary Scottish literature more widely, with a particular interest in poetry.

Previous Research Projects:

My undergraduate dissertation, ‘Disembodied Selves, Marginalised Voices: The Search for Authentic Wholeness. Reclaiming Voices in Contemporary Scottish Literature’ provided an analysis of fragmented selves, marginalised voices & the search for a whole self. (Supervised by Dr Theo van Heijnsbergen). My masters thesis, ‘‘Getting By’: Enduring Selves in the Work of Three Contemporary Scottish Writers: Ron Butlin, Janice Galloway & James Robertson’ built on the study of the self with a focus on themes of home & belonging & the endurance of the self in these writers’ work. (Supervisors were Dr Rhona Brown & Dr Theo van Heijnsbergen). In summer 2015, I undertook a School of Critical Studies Research placement, ‘Tracing the Historical through the Digital: John Leyden, the Borders of Scotland & Global Networks’ where I conducted research on eighteenth century Scottish manuscript materials in the National Library of Scotland. (Supervised by Professor Mary Ellis Gibson).

Scholarships:

Edward Caird Bursary to support outstanding students in continued study at the University of Glasgow (2015). An additional sum was awarded by the Scottish Literature Postgraduate funds (2015).

Awards:

William G Graham prize for the highest achieving student in Scottish Literature (2012), Neil Munro Medal for the highest achieving Single Honours student in Scottish Literature (2015).

Contact Details:

Address: University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Work Tel No: 07813 553112

Email: n.clark.2@research.gla.ac.uk

First published: 10 November 2016