Dr. Monika Kaup

Biography

Monika Kaup is a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Washington. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. from Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, in 1988 and 1991 respectively, and completed her Habilitation in American Studies at Osnabrueck University in 1998. Her research interests are centered around 20th and 21st-century literature, including novel studies and narrative theory. Kaup is currently working on a monograph that explores the intersection of cognitive science and hermeneutic phenomenology in narrative theory. Her notable works include 'New Ecological Realisms: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Contemporary Theory' (Edinburgh 2021) and 'Neobaroque Americas: Alternative Modernities Literature, Visual Art, Film' (Virginia 2012). She co-edited 'Baroque New Worlds: Representation, Transculturation, Counterconquest' (Duke 2010), and has published articles in journals such as Environmental Philosophy Online, Modernism/Modernity, Contemporary Literature, and PMLA. Kaup's scholarly contributions focus on the connections between literature and critical theory, particularly in the context of modern and contemporary fiction, and the implications of realism in post-critique eras. Her recent work emphasizes the narratives of post-apocalyptic fiction as a source for new realist ontologies.

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