Curriculum Vitae Rana Tekcan Address: Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Comparative Literature santralistanbul Campus, Eyüp 34060, Istanbul/ Turkey e-mail: rana.tekcan@bilgi.edu.tr Education 2001 PhD Department of English Language and Literature Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey 1992 MA 1989 BA Department of English Language and Literature Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey 1987 Certificate in - Shakespeare Texts - 19 th Century Romantic Poetry - 20 th Century European Novel Cambridge University, UK Work Experience 2002 - present Assistant Professor of English Literature Department of Comparative Literature Istanbul Bilgi University 2006-2007 Editor Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar Complete Works of William Shakespeare Series in Hasan Âli Yücel Classics, İş Kültür Publications, Turkey 2006-2007 Academic Advisor/Editor Pride and Prejudice Complete Works of Jane Austen Series in Hasan Âli Yücel Classics İş Kültür Publications, Turkey 1996-2002 Lecturer Department of Comparative Literature Istanbul Bilgi University
1994-1996 Assistant to the Director of Studies Prep. School Istanbul Bilgi University (Istanbul School of International Studies) 1994 Writer and Translator Turkish Times Newspaper, Washington DC, USA 1992 Interlibrary Loan Librarian Morris Library Social Sciences Division 1991-1992 Assistant to the Head-Librarian Morris Library Humanities Division 1990 Intern Morris Library Special Collections Division 1989-1991 Teaching Assistant Scholarships 1991-1992 Morris Library Graduate Scholarship Humanities and Social Sciences Divisions 1989-1991 Departmental Graduate Scholarship Courses Taught Textual Analysis The Development of Poetry Shakespeare Jane Austen Women and Literature The Rhetoric of Fiction Survey of American Literature Modernism
Publications Books Too Far for Comfort: A Study of Biographical Distance. Second, Revised and Expanded Edition. Stuttgart: Ibidem Verlag in association with Columbia UP, 2015. The Biographer and The Subject: A Study on Biographical Distance. Stuttgart: Ibidem Verlag, 2010. Articles/ Chapters "Getting to Know Miss Jane Austen: Images of an Author." Global Jane Austen. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 255-269. Notes on a Turkish Edition of Pride and Prejudice : An Editor s Perspective. The Jane Austen Journal 30 (2008) : 235-240. Jane Austen in Turkey: Persuasion: The Jane Austen Journal/Persuasions On- Line. 28. 2 (Spring 2008). The Taming of the Shrew: Deproblematising A Problem Play. İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Tiyatro Eleştirmenliği ve Dramaturji Bölümü Dergisi (İstanbul University Faculty of Letters Journal of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy), 11 (2007) : 95-114. Too Far For Comfort? A Discussion of Narrative Startegies in Biography. Life Writing:Autobiography, Biography, and Travel Writing in Contemporary Literature. Ed. Koray Melikoğlu. Stuttgart, Germany: Ibidem-Verlag, 2007. 47-65. Sessiz Sedasız Yaşayanlar: Biyografide Kadın. (Living Quietly: Women in Biography) Kadınlar Dile Düşünce: Edebiyat ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet. Eds. Sibel Irzık, Jale Parla. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2004. 145-156. Birlikte Yiyip İçmek: Boswell ve Dr. Johnson. (Eating and Drinking Together: Boswell and Dr. Johnson) Varlık. January 2003. 62-66. Bir Başkasının Yaşamını Yeniden Kurmak: Biyografi Üzerine Bir Çalışma. (Recreating The Life of Another: A Study on Biography) Dışarda Kalanlar /Bırakılanlar. Eds. N. Avcı, D. Derman, S. Kırca and A. Yumul. Istanbul: Bağlam, 2001. 69-80. The Biographer and His Subject: A Discussion on Distance. Biography, Autobiography and Memoir in English Literature. Ankara: Çankaya University Publications, 2000. 111-116.
Edited Books Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. Hasan Âli Yücel Classics Series # 56. Istanbul: İş Kültür Publications, 2007. Shakespeare, William. Antonius ve Kleopatra (Antony and Cleopatra). Hasan Âli Yücel Classics Series # 39. Istanbul: İş Kültür Publications, 2006. Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. Hasan Âli Yücel Classics Series #38. Istanbul: İş Kültür Publications, 2006. Austen, Jane. Gurur ve Önyargı (Pride and Prejudice). Hasan Âli Yücel Classics Series #1. Istanbul: İş Kültür Publications, 2006. Presentations Too Far For Comfort? A Discussion on Narrative Strategies in Biography. International Symposium on The Theory and Practice of Life Writing: Auto/biography, Memoir and Travel Writing in Post/modern Literature. Haliç University Department of American Culture and Literature. 19-21 April 2006. Biyografi: Bir İmkansız Arayış. (Biography: An Impossible Quest) Akşit Göktürk Memorial Conference. İstanbul University Department of English Language and Literature. 27-28 February 2003. The Biographer and His Subject: A Discussion on Distance. 20 th All Turkey English Literature Conference titled Biography, Autobiography and Memoir in English Literature. Çankaya University, Ankara, 28-30 April 1999. Bir Başkasının Yaşamını Yeniden Kurmak: Biyografi Üzerine Bir Çalışma. (Reconstructing the Life of the Other: A Discussion on Biography) Outsider Project İstanbul Bilgi University, 21-23 May 1998. How Tennyson was Followed by Paparazzi: The Poet/Writer as a Popular Figure. Ege University Cultural Studies Seminar titled Popular Culture(s), 13-15 May 1998. Translations Austen, Jane. Juvenilia (Gençlik Eserleri). Istanbul: Iletişim Publications, 2016. Byatt, A.S. Possession (Sahipler). Istanbul: Can Publications, 2016. Lamb, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare (Shakespeare den Hikayeler). Istanbul: İş Kültür Publications, 2010. Vladimir Nabokov. The Luzhin Defense (Lujin Savunması). Istanbul: İletişim Publications, 2001.
Academic Advisory Board Membership/ Reviewer Kadın/Woman 2000, Journal for Woman Studies Eastern Mediterranean University, Center for Women s Studies Cyprus BUJE Başkent University Journal of Education Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey Membership Modern Language Association (MLA) Jane Austen Society of United Kingdom Jane Austen Society of North America Languages Turkish English French Hindi (Elementary)