Name: Gordan Matas
Position: Assistant professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split
Nationality: Croatian
Employment Record:
2003 – present: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split
Education:
PhD, MA and BA, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Other Trainings/Specializations:
American studies
African-American studies
Canadian literature
Membership in Professional Associations:
Croatian Association for American Studies
Croatian-Canadian Academic Society
Selected Bibliography (max 5 titles):
1.“Racial Communities in North American Fiction: New Approaches to Novels by Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison and Joy Kogawa“. Canadian History, Space and Political Institutions. Kostadinov, Biljana (ur.). Zagreb; Split: Filozofski fakultet i HKAD, 2012-2013. 87-127. ISBN 978-953-7395-49-0
2. “The Study of Emotions in American and Canadian Fiction.“ Canadian History, Space and Political Institutions. Kostadinov, Biljana (ur.). Zagreb; Split: Filozofski fakultet i HKAD, 2012-2013. 129-159. ISBN 978-953-7395-49-0
3. “Aspects of Romantic Love in North American Fiction: Toni Morrison, Michael Ondaatje and Zora Neale Hurston. “Canadian History, Space and Political Institutions. Kostadinov, Biljana (ur.). Zagreb; Split: Filozofski fakultet i HKAD, 2012-2013. 161-194. ISBN 978-953-7395-49-0
4. “The Politics of Urban Space as a ‘Discomfort Zone’: Images of Violence in Rawi Hage’s Novel Cockroach.“ Canadian History, Space and Political Institutions. Kostadinov, Biljana (ur.). Zagreb; Split: Filozofski fakultet i HKAD, 2012-2013. 87-127. ISBN 978-953-7395-49-0
5. “Chinese American Identity in Amy Tan’s Novel The Kitchen God’s Wife“. The First Ten Years of English Studies in Split: An Anthology. Ur. Sanja Čurković Kalebić i Brian Willems. Split: Filozofski fakultet, 2011. 147-159. ISBN: 978-953-7395-35-3.
Countries of Work Experience:
Germany, Canada, USA, Norway, Sweden
Languages Spoken : English, German, Swedish, Norwegian
Research Interests:
Multiculturalism
Identity
Hybridity
Ethnic studies
