1. FELICITY NANDA JAROSZ
Researcher - University of Sydney
04 13 19 11 09 – nanda.jarosz@gmail.com
Trilingual Research Student – Specialising in the philosophy of literature and the sublime
EDUCATION
PhD in International and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Sydney 2016 -
2019
Thesis Title: The Kantian Sublime in European Romantic Literature
Supervisors: Dr. Dalia Nassar and Dr. Cat Moir
Brief Synopsis of Research:
The sublime is a concept that bridges the divide between philosophical aesthetics and literary practice.
Whether in reference to an experience of rhetorical transcendence (Dennis, 1704) or as an example of the
magnificence of the deity (Ballie, 1747), the evocation of the sublime has incessantly begged the question
of its own significance. I am interested in the contradistinction between Immanuel Kant’s theory of
subjectivity as realised through his works on the sublime and the realisation of the subject under the sign of
the sublime (de Bolla, 1989). Philosophers (Crowther, 1991) have shown how Kant’s theory of the sublime
is key to understanding his universalist aesthetics. Meanwhile, critical theorists have documented the mass
production of British aesthetic theories surrounding the sublime during the 18th century (Ashfield &
de Bolla, 1996). However, there has not not been a comparative study of the Kantian subject which
experiences the sublime and the subject of sublime theory.
Research Interests:
My current research centres around the application of aesthetic theories to the philosophy of literature,
specifically the theory of the sublime.
2011-2013 Master Comparative Literature, Université de la Sorbonne Paris IV
Master 2 Research Thesis (50,000 Words)
“La Folie de l’emprisonnement : la question du sublime. Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe & Adam Mickiewicz.
(The madness of imprisonment: questioning the sublime. Victor Hugo, Edgar Allen Poe, Adam Mickiewicz)
Dealing with the cross cultural implications of a sublime representation of madness in French, English &
Polish Literature.
Marking: 75%
Course Modules: ​History and Study of translation, Russian Level 2, Research studies, Representations of the
novel, The 19th Century Novel
Master 1 Research Thesis (30,000 Words)
“Le Libertinage religieux comme une manifestation du sublime littéraire dans La Religieuse de Denis
Diderot et The Monk de Matthew Lewis.” ​(Religious debauchery as a manifestation of the sublime in The
Nun by Denis Diderot and The Monk by Matthew Lewis)
A sublime reading of libertine expression in late 18​th​
Century French and English Literature.
Marking: 70%
Course Modules: ​Introduction to research, Studying Comparative Literature, History of Literary Politics,
Travelling Literature, History and Study of translation, Russian Level 1, Literary & Genre Studies
Language of Thesis: ​French
Language of Texts Studied: ​French, English & Polish
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2. 2008-2011 Bachelor of Arts (English/French), University of New South Wales
Course Modules: ​Concepts of European Literature, French Language and Culture, 19th Century European
Literature, European Philosophy, The Novel, Contemporary Cultural and Critical Theory, The French
Speaking World, Ethics and Society, Modern European Philosophy
2001-2006 Mosman High School
Higher School Certificate: UAI 93.8
Languages Spoken:
English, Polish & French: Trilingual
German: B2
EMPLOYMENT
2016 - Current Co-Director Critical Animals Research Symposium, Newcastle
I operate as the co-director Critical Animals, a creative research symposium held annually as part of the
This is Not Art festival in Newcastle, Australia.
PRESENTATIONS
PUBLIC EVENTS
Critical Animals
01-04.10.2015
Panel Member - Art/Space, Location
Newcastle, Australia – ​www.criticalanimals.com
Discussion upon the sublime. Transposing the aesthetic concepts obtained from
a physical relationship with nature into an indoor space; namely that of the
image and text. In doing so, I will be attempting to gather a greater
understanding of the epistemology of existence and how this can be conveyed
through writing.
REFERENCES
Dr. Cat Moir (Phd Supervisor) Department of Germanic Studies, University of Sydney
Dr. Bernard Franco (Masters Supervisor) Director of Comparative Studies, Université de la Sorbonne, Paris
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