Ms Isabel Rawlins
Lecturer
Qualifications:
MA in Creative Writing (Rhodes), BA Honours in English Literature (Rhodes), CELTA (Cambridge)
About
Isabel Rawlins has a background in Creative Writing with an MA in the field from Rhodes University. Her main interest now is in ecocritical research and the ways in which literature represents human engagements with environments. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of the Western Cape with a focus on southern African desert literature. She has presented at conferences locally in South Africa and in Perth, Australia and Galway, Ireland. She has published several ecocritical articles on southern African literature.
Research Interests
- Ecocriticism
- Desert Literature
- World literature
- Contemporary South African poetry
- The 19th Century novel
- Travel literature
Professional Membership
- ASLE-UKI Association for the Study of Literature and Environment in UK and Ireland
Research Databases / Publications
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8025-4574
Academia.edu https://uzulu.academia.edu/IsabelRawlins
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=8IBLg6wAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate