Dr. Ella Ophir

Associate Professor

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Biography

Ella Ophir is an Associate Professor in the College of Arts and Science at the University of Saskatchewan. She holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from Simon Fraser University, as well as a Master's degree and a Ph.D. from Queen's University. Her research interests center on British and American modernist literature, encompassing modernist fiction, poetry, documentary, life writing, and women's writing. Ophir has published essays in reputable journals such as Modern Language Review, Twentieth-Century Literature, and Modern Fiction Studies. Her recent scholarly work on life writing has appeared in Woolf Studies Annual and Biography. She is involved in a critical edition of the diary 'Notes from a Woman Alone', which documents the life of a London employment agency clerk during 1914-1934 and has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada as part of the Modernist Networks digital projects consortium. Ophir is currently engaged in exploring the contemporary writing of Rachel Cusk, notably her innovative approaches to memoir and the novel, and has co-edited a special issue of Feminist Modernist Studies entitled 'Modernist Legacies / Contemporary Women', scheduled for publication in July 2025.

Research Interests

Courses

ENG 113 - Reading Narrative ENG 330 - British Irish Literature 1900-1940 ENG 363 - Approaches to 20th-21st Century Fiction ENG 368 - Approaches to 20th-21st Century Poetry ENG 446 - Modernism ENG 843 - Literary Modernism

Requirements for University of Saskatchewan

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:19
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:19
Speaking
Required:19
Total
Required:86
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Four-year undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline
Application Checklist
  • Official transcripts
  • Letters of recommendation
  • Statement of intent
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Standard university-wide graduate requirements apply to most arts and science departments unless otherwise specified by the program.