{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2013-11-04T16:02:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T16:02:11","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/balaka-basu\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"node-138\">\n<div>\n<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29\" alt=\"Balaka Basu\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/balaka-basu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/629\/2012\/10\/balaka_basu-ar1.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"90\" \/>Education<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ph.D., English, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 2012<br \/>\nB.A., English, Cornell University, 2004, <em>cum laude<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Children\u2019s and Young Adult Literature<br \/>\nNew Media Studies &amp; Digital Humanities<br \/>\nFan, Reception, and Audience Studies<br \/>\nTelevision Studies<br \/>\nNarrative Theory<br \/>\nAdaptation Studies<br \/>\nQueer Theory<br \/>\nNovels of the \u201cLong\u201d Nineteenth Century (British and North American)<br \/>\nEarly Modern\/Renaissance Fiction<br \/>\nScience Fiction and Fantasy<br \/>\nPopular Culture Studies<br \/>\nGenre Fiction<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Selected Publications and Presentations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Contemporary Dystopian Fiction for Young Adults: Brave New Teenagers<\/em>. New York: Routledge, 2013. (co-edited with Katherine R. Broad and Carrie Hintz.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essays:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Faction Are You In?: The Pleasure of Being Sorted in Veronica Roth\u2019s <em>Divergent<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 <em>Contemporary Dystopian Fiction for Young Adults: Brave New Teenagers<\/em>. Eds. Balaka Basu, Katherine R. Broad, and Carrie Hintz. New York: Routledge, 2013: 19-34.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Sherlock<\/em> and the (Re)Invention of Modernity.\u201d\u00a0 Sherlock<em> and Transmedia Fandom<\/em>. Eds. Louisa Stein and Kristina Busse. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press, 2012: 196-209.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When Worlds Continue: The Doctor&#8217;s Adventures In Fandom and Metatextuality.&#8221; <em>Peregrinations, Ruminations, Regenerations: A Critical Approach to<\/em> Doctor Who. Ed. Christopher Hanson. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2010: 164-176.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Entries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Scandal in Bohemia.\u201d In <em>Short Story Criticism<\/em>. Detroit: Gale, 2014. (As editorial advisor.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApproaches to Teaching: Lady Mary Wroth.\u201d In the<em> Instructor\u2019s Guide to the Broadview Anthology of English Literature<\/em>, 2007.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.broadviewpress.com\/bablinstructors\/\">http:\/\/sites.broadviewpress.com\/bablinstructors\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cActors.\u201d In <em>The Encyclopedia of Love, Courtship, and Sexuality through History<\/em> Vol. 3: The Early Modern Period. Eds. Cherrie A. Gottsleben, Victoria Mondelli and Kristen P. Chew. Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press, 2007.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recent Presentations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2013. \u201cPlaying Along with Alcott, Montgomery, and Eager: The Evolution of Participatory Culture in Children&#8217;s Literature.\u201d <em>Children\u2019s Literature Association<\/em>; Biloxi, MS; June 13-15.<\/li>\n<li>2013. \u201c\u2018Nothing Gold Can Stay: Reading Apocalypse, Revelation, and Paradise (Not) Regained in Fan Fiction.\u201d <em>Modern Language Association<\/em>; Boston, MA; January 3-6.<\/li>\n<li>2012. \u201c\u2018Matters of Predestination\u2019: Writing Out-of-Order as Prophecy in L.M. Montgomery\u2019s Journals and Fiction.\u201d L.M. Montgomery Institute at the University of Prince Edward Island: <em>L.M. Montgomery and Cultural Memory<\/em>; Charlottetown, PEI (Canada); June 21-24.<\/li>\n<li>2012. \u201cWhat Faction Are You In? The Pleasure of Being Sorted in Veronica Roth\u2019s <em>Divergent<\/em>.\u201d <em>Children\u2019s Literature Association<\/em>; Boston, MA; June 14-16.<\/li>\n<li>2012. \u201cWhere We Have Gone Before: Mimicry and Repeated Imagery in Star Trek.\u201d <em>North East Modern Language Association<\/em>; Rochester, NY; March 15-18.<\/li>\n<li>2012. \u201cThe Power of the Wound: Manifesting Trauma and Self Destruction in YA Fantasy Novels.\u201d <em>Modern Language Association<\/em>; Seattle, WA; January 5-8.<\/li>\n<li>2010. &#8220;&#8216;It&#8217;s all real. 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