Mehrdad Bidgoli

Education

PhD. in English Language and Literature , University of Isfahan , Iran (2019 - 2023)
Thesis title: Phenomenalogy, Ethics and Rhetoric in Shakespeare
MSc. in English Language and Literature , Semnan University , Iran (2017 - 2019)
Thesis title: A Meditation of Shakespeare: A Levinasian Study of the Tragic Quartet
BSc. in English Language and Literature , University of Qom , Iran (2013 - 2017)
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Research activities

Journal Papers

Alterity and Tragicality in Shakespeare and Fitzgerald: From Macbeth to The Great Gatsby Mehrdad Bidgoli, Zahra Jannessari Ladani (2024)

“The bitter wine of my life:” Bitterness and tragicality in "The Blind Owl" Mehrdad Bidgoli (2024)

Ethics, Sublimity and Hospitality: Levinas and the Romantics Mehrdad Bidgoli (2023)

Faces and Gazes in The Winter’s Tale Mehrdad Bidgoli, Hossein Pirnajmuddin, Pyeaam Abbasi (2022)

Shakespeare, Phenomenology and the “Witching Time of Night” Mehrdad Bidgoli, Hossein Pirnajmuddin, Pyeaam Abbasi (2022)

Ethics, Subjectivity, and Alterity in King Lear: On Cordelia’s Defiance and Sacrifice Mehrdad Bidgoli (2021)

Lear’s Subjectivity and Apotheosis Mehrdad Bidgoli (2021)

Comedy and humour: an ethical perspective Mehrdad Bidgoli (2020)

A Struggle with Alterity: A Levinasian Reading of Macbeth Mehrdad Bidgoli (2020)

Ethical comicality and the Fool: an essay on King Lear Mehrdad Bidgoli (2020)

Power-Struggle, Panopticism, and Hegemony in Ellison's Invisible Man Mehrdad Bidgoli (2019)

Books

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban Literary Studies Mehrdad Bidgoli (2021)

Hedayat, The Blind Owl and the city Mehrdad Bidgoli (2021)

Hedayat and Isfahan Mehrdad Bidgoli (2021)

Hedayat, Sadegh Mehrdad Bidgoli (2021)

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Research interests

English Poetry
English Drama
Shakespeare and Levinas
Ethical Criticism
Early Modern Literature
Literature and Philosophy
Shakespeare Criticism