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Cynthia
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| Education: Ph.D., University of Maryland M.A., University of Arkansas M.Ed., Northeast Oklahoma University B.A., Vanderbilt University Contact
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Recent publications: "Bahina Bai and Mystical Resistance" East-West Connections: Review of Asian Studies 4 (2004). “Tanizaki and Murasaki: A Bridge Linking Dream to Dream.” Journal of the Japan Studies Association. 7 (2004). “Izumi Shikibu”, “Murasaki Shikibu”, and “Sei Shonagon” in Women in the Middles Ages: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Katharina Wilson and Nadia Margolis. Greenwood Press, 2004. Asheville Reader: The Medieval and Renaissance World. Ed. Cynthia Ho, John McClain and W. M. Spellman. Acton: Copley, 2002. "St. Lawrence and the Pagans in The Marvels of Rome" in Issues in Travel Writing: Empire Spectacle, Displacement. Ed. Kristi Siegel. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2002. 151-165. “Vikram Seth.” Dictionary of Literary Biography. British Novelists Since 1960. Ed. Merritt Moseley. Washington, D. C.: Brucoli Clark Layman, 2002. 215-220. Crossing the Bridge: Comparative Essays on Heian Japanese and Medieval European Women Writers. Eds. Cynthia Ho and Barbara Stevenson. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000. Editor, Special Volume of Medieval Perspectives. At The Turn of The Millennium: Methodological Approaches To Medieval Scholarship in the Twentieth Century. XV. 2 (December, 2000.) "Rome as a Pilgrimage Site," "Marvels of Rome," and "Malacca Straits." Trade, Travel and Exploration. Eds. John Friedman and Kristen Figg. New York: Garland, 2000. "Words Alone Cannot Express." Crossing the Bridge: Comparative Essays on Heian Japanese and Medieval European Women Writers. Eds. Cynthia Ho and Barbara Stevenson. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000: 133-152. |
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Personal Statement: Although I trained as a traditional European medievalist with a special interest in didactic narratives, over the years I have expanded my interests to include the literatures of non-Western countries. After participating in travel and study programs which helped me learn about ancient and modern literatures of other nations, I have been fortunate to teach special topics courses surveying the development of literature in Latin America, Egypt, and Asia. At UNCA, I regularly teach Hum 214, Lang 102, Lit 321 (Beginnings of Western Lit), Lit 373 (Medieval Women) and Lit 483 (Chaucer). I also enjoy teaching Lit 356 (Art of the Novel) and Lit 491 (Senior Seminar). My current research projects involve a book of essays about medieval Japanese women, a book concerning early medieval religious narratives, and an article on medieval travel guidebooks to Rome. This last one shouldn't be a surprise, considering how much I love to travel. |
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