Theorist linda hutcheon biography
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Theorist linda hutcheon biography
Linda Hutcheon
Canadian academic
Linda Hutcheon | |
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| Born | (1947-08-24) August 24, 1947 (age 77) |
| Education | PhD., 1975, University of Toronto |
| Thesis | Narcissistic narrative: the paradoxical status of self-conscious fiction (1975) |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
| Notable students | Susan Bennett |
Linda Hutcheon, FRSC, OC (born August 24, 1947) is a Canadian academic working in the fields of literary theory and criticism, opera, and Canadian studies.
She is a University Professor Emeritus in the Department of English and of the Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto, where she has taught since 1988. In 2000 she was elected the 117th President of the Modern Language Association, the third Canadian to hold this position, and the first Canadian woman.
She is particularly known for her influential theories of postmodernism.
Works
Postmodernism
Hutcheon's publications reflect an interest in aesthetic micro-practices