Dr. Ben Grant

Biography

Ben Grant is the Director of the Weekly Class Programme and Academic Partnerships Co-ordinator at the University of Oxford's Department of English Literature. He teaches Certificate courses in English Literature. He holds a BA from the Open University and an MA and PhD in Postcolonial Studies from the University of Kent. His academic work includes research into postcolonial world literature, travel literature, and translation studies. Ben has published significant works such as "Postcolonialism, Psychoanalysis and Burton: Power Play and Empire" with Routledge in 2009 and "Aphorism and Short Forms" in 2016 as part of the Routledge New Critical Idiom series. His articles have examined the contributions of historical figures like the explorer Paul du Chaillu and explored the concept of 'ex-patriotism' as related to the works of Rudyard Kipling. Ben's research is noted for its interdisciplinary approach, incorporating psychoanalysis and literary criticism to shed light on marginalized genres and figures in literature.

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