Ms Lidia Meriem Mentri

Research project: Rethinking the Self: Metamodernism and Contemporary Literature

Abstract

My PhD project explores the ways in which contemporary literature revisits the notion of selfhood in a metamodern light. I am particularly interested in foregrounding a metamodern model of self; one which deconstructs postmodern trends informing literature's depiction of a largely materialistic self, as well as reiterates questions of the human within the contemporary cultural paradigm. 

  • Research degree: PhD
  • Title of project: Rethinking the Self: Metamodernism and Contemporary Literature
  • Research supervisor: Professor Sara Upstone
  • Other research supervisor: Dr Helen Palmer

Biography

I started my undergraduate in 2012 at Badji Mokhtar University Annaba in Algeria, where I have completed my BA in English as a Foreign Language. Shortly after I did my Masters in 2015 at the same university, where I focused on the literature and civilization of the English-speaking world.

I was granted a scholarship by the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education to start my Ph.D. studies in the United Kingdom. In 2017, I was enrolled in a Ph.D. presessional programme where I completed a 6 months course on academic English and Ph.D. research skills.  

Areas of research interest

  • Contemporary Literary Fiction
  • Metamodernism
  • Modernism
  • Postmodernism
  • Selfhood
  • Philosophy of Mind

Qualifications

  • MA in Language, Literature and Civilization of English Speaking World, University of Badji Mokhtar Annaba.
  • BA in English as a Foreign Language, University of Badji Mokhtar Annaba.

Funding or awards received

  • PhD Scholarship Funded by the Algerian Government