Nagy, Gergely
Assistant Professor
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Office location: BTK 3133
Office phone: +36 62 …
- Degrees: MA in English (2000), MA in Ancient Greek (2002)
- Areas of competence: Medieval English literature (Old and Middle English); Medieval romances; J.R.R Tolkien; Popular music (song lyrics and literature, music in a multimedia environment)
- I have been teaching courses on medieval English literature and culture and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien in the Dept. of English since 2000, first as a PhD student, then as a Jr. Asst. Professor. I served as the PhD students’ representative in the Institute Council for a year, and since 2005 I have been coordinating the MA thesis-related administration of the Institute as a member of the MAT Committee. From the beginning I also took part in teaching Academic Writing, later also first-year courses Introduction to Literature and Writing.
- Research interests and work in progress:
- J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion: how medieval cultural history becomes postmodern
- Medieval Arthurian literature (Sir Thomas Malory): subjectivity and narrative in knighthood
- Popular music
- Publications: Download the list of publications
- Theses topics offered:
- BA:‘The legacy of Old English heroic poetry in 14th century romances’; ‘Appearance and change of chivalric values in Arthurian romances’; ‘How to Create a World? An Analysis of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Cosmogony in _The Silmarillion_’
- MA: ‘The Sacred in The Lord of the Rings and _Dune_’; ‘‘The meryste knight amonge felyship’: Sir Dinadan in Malory’s _Le Morte Darthur_’; ‘Woman as Hero in Old English Poetry—Mary and Eve, the Type and Anti-type of the Peace-weaver’
- Teaching this academic year:
- Fall
- Poetic Traditions in Anglo-Saxon England
- Interpreting The Lord of the Rings
- Introduction to Old English
- Writing Skills
- Spring
- Heroes and Villains in the Middle Ages: Readings in Old and Middle English Literature
- Medieval Romances
- Introduction to Middle English
- Introduction to the Study of Literature
- Academic Writing
- Academic Reading
