Dr Ginette Carpenter
Senior Lecturer
My profile
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in English. I currently teach undergraduate courses on reading and writng skills for transition to university, post-war British Literature and representations of trauma. I also teach on an MA unit on ‘Time’ where I focus on the conflicts between private and public trauma/s.
Academic and professional qualifications
I have a PhD in English Literature, an MA in Women’s Studies, a PGCE in secondary (11-18) education (English and Drama) and a BA (Hons) in English Literature with Sociology minor.
Other academic service (administration and management)
Level 4 (Year 1) Stage Tutor: I oversee the organisation of our level 4 (first year) units and have responsibility for the implementation and delivery of pastoral support systems at level 4.
Teaching
Postgraduate teaching
MA Contemporary Literature, Film and Theory
Time
Research outputs
My passions are women’s writing, feminist literary theory, theories of reading and the reader, the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century novel and contemporary book cultures.
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Pollard, E., Carpenter, G. (2018) Hilary Mantel: Contemporary Critical Perspectives.
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Chapters in books
Carpenter, G. (2020) '‘The Pair of Opposites Paradox’: ambivalence, destabilisation and resistance in Five Miles From Outer Hope.' In Schoene, B. (ed.) Nicola Barker: Critical Essays. Gylphi,
Carpenter, G.S. (2016) '3. Mothers and Others.' Women and the Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion. Edinburgh University Press,
Carpenter, G.S. (2007) 'Reading and the Reader.' Jeanette Winterson. London: Continuum, pp. 69-81.
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Journal articles
Carpenter, G. (2015) 'Textual Fumbles: Reading and Seduction in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s Falling.' Contemporary Women's Writing, 9(2) pp. 182-199.
Carpenter, G. (2009) 'Review of Justine Picardie's Daphne.' Women: A Cultural Review, 20(1) pp. 89-96.