Linda Hutcheon
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1947 –
Who is Linda Hutcheon?
Linda Hutcheon, O.C. is a Canadian academic working in the fields of literary theory and criticism, opera, and Canadian Studies. Hutcheon describes her herself as "intellectually promiscuous", as she brings a cross-disciplinary approach to her work She is University Professor 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.
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- Born
- Aug 24, 1947
Toronto - Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- PhD, University of Toronto
Comparative literature
( - 1975)
- PhD, University of Toronto
- Lived in
- Toronto
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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