Background
Marcel Cornis-Pope was born on the 14th of February, 1946 in Arad, Romania; the son of Gheorghe and Sidonia Bogdan Cornis-Pope.
1968
Strada Universității 7-9, Cluj-Napoca 400084, Romania
Marcel Cornis-Pope studied at the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, where he received a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in English in 1968.
1979
Bulevardul Vasile Pârvan 4, Timișoara 300223, Romania
Marcel Cornis-Pope studied at the University of Timisoara, he earned Doctor of Philosophy in American and comparative literature in 1979.
(Starting from a comprehensive examination of current post...)
Starting from a comprehensive examination of current poststructuralist and sociosemiotic theories of narrative, this book formulates an interactive model of literary interpretation and pedagogy emphasising process, critical self-awareness and strategies of rereading/rewriting. A literary pedagogy premised on the concept of 'rewriting', the author argues, will enable readers to experience the process of narrative and critical construction creatively.
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1992
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This collection of essays addresses two major issues of contemporary culture: the problem of violence in relation to notions of "difference" and power; and the role of mediation in making possible non-conflictive play of cultural differences.
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1996
(History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe, ...)
History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe, which covers the last two hundred years, reconceptualizes these literary traditions by de-emphasizing the national myths and by highlighting analogies and points of contact, as well as hybrid and marginal phenomena that traditional national histories have ignored or deliberately suppressed.
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2004
(The essays included in this volume are examples of the ki...)
The essays included in this volume are examples of the kinds of projects and inquiries that have become possible at the interface between literature and other media, new and old. They emphasize the extent to which hypertextual, multimedia, and virtual reality technologies have enhanced the sociality of reading and writing, enabling more people to interact than ever before.
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2014
Marcel Cornis-Pope was born on the 14th of February, 1946 in Arad, Romania; the son of Gheorghe and Sidonia Bogdan Cornis-Pope.
Marcel Cornis-Pope studied at the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, where he received a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English in 1968. When he studied at the University of Timisoara, he earned a Doctor of Philosophy in American and comparative literature in 1979.
Marcel received a British Council fellowship in 1966, 1971 and Andrew Mellon Faculty Fellowship from Harvard University in 1987-88.
Marcel Cornis-Pope started his career as an assistant professor from 1968 to 1977 and as an associate professor of English in 1977-83 at the University of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania. During that time he served in the Romanian army as an infantry lieutenant in 1975 and 1978. In 1983 he immigrated to the United States and served as a senior Fulbright lecturer in English for two years from 1983 and from 1985 to 1987 as an adjunct associate professor of English at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls. In 1988 Marcel became an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. Since 1991 he has been a Professor of English and Media Studies at the same university. At that university, he also held a position of Director of the interdisciplinary PhD in Media, Art, and Text from 2006 to 2010.
While Marcel attended college in Romania he began publishing literary reviews and translations from contemporary American literature in the local press and published several book-length translations from American literature into Romanian, including works by J. D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas Wolfe, and Ken Kesey.
Cornis-Pope’s publications include “Anatomy of the White Whale: A Poetics of the American Symbolic Romance” that was written in 1982, “Hermeneutic Desire and Critical Rewriting: Narrative Interpretation in the Wake of Poststructuralism” in 1992, “The Unfinished Battles: Romanian Postmodernism before and after 1989” in 1996, and “Narrative Innovation and Cultural Rewriting in the Cold War Era and After” in 2001. He has also published numerous articles on contemporary fiction, narrative studies, and critical theory in journals and collective volumes.
Marcel completed with John Neubauer the editing of a four-volume "History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe: Junctures and Disjunctures in the 19th and 20th Century" in 2010 which explores East-Central European literatures from a comparative-intercultural perspective. His book-length publication entitled "New Literary Hybrids in the Age of Multimedia Expression: Crossing Borders, Crossing Genres" was published at the end of 2014 by John Benjamins Publishing Company.
(History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe, ...)
2004(Starting from a comprehensive examination of current post...)
1992(This collection of essays addresses two major issues of c...)
1996(The essays included in this volume are examples of the ki...)
2014Quotations: "If being 'postmodern' means being between worlds, I can certainly claim that label but only to the extent that it defines an active engagement and redefinition of boundaries rather than a mere celebration of liminality. I continue to see myself as a builder of intellectual bridges: between criticism and pedagogy, between theory and practice, between literature and other forms of cultural discourse".
Marcel Cornis-Pope is a member of numerous organizations such as International Comparative Literature Association, International Association of Literature and Philosophy, Modern Language Association (member of South-Atlantic affiliate), National Council of Teachers of English, Association of Department of English, American Comparative Literature Association, Society for the Study of Narrative Literature, Southern Comparative Literature Association, Romanian Studies Association of America, MLA International Bibliography Association.
Marcel Cornis-Pope was married to Nicoleta Damian, but they divorced in 1975. His second wife is Micaela Lungu. They have three children, Laura Alina, Anca Lucia, and Oana Ruxandra.