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Angus McFadzean is a Program Director at Oxford Lifelong Learning and serves as a Departmental Tutor in English Literature at the University of Oxford. He specializes in British and American Literature and Film, and is currently completing a doctorate at Wadham College, Oxford. His academic focus includes the literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, particularly modernist works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, and W.B. Yeats. McFadzean has tutored at various Oxford colleges including Pembroke, University College, and Mansfield. He leads the Oxford University Summer School for Adults, overseeing a six-week program that engages four hundred students and sixty tutors. Besides his administrative roles, he continues to teach the Diploma in Creative Writing as well as day schools and summer schools. His research interests concentrate on the long twentieth century, exploring the intersection of aesthetics, narrative, genre history, and cultural production. His doctorate investigates James Joyce's concept of epiphany, leading to his publication titled 'James Joyce: Aesthetics of Transgression'. He is also working on a collection of essays focused on suburban representations in cinema, titled 'Amblin Legacy: Coming of Age in the 1980s', and is investigating the cultural role of petroleum production in literature and film.
Oxford Lifelong Learning • Oxford, England
Overseeing the Oxford University Summer School for Adults, managing a six-week program for four hundred students and sixty tutors.
University of Oxford • Oxford, England
Tutoring English Literature with a focus on modernist works.
Department of Politics and International Relations - Higher Level English requirement.