Ákos Farkas
associate professor, external member of the Department of English Studies
- contact
- farkas•akos ¤ btk•elte•hu, more...
- degrees
- Dr Habil. (Literature and Culture, Eötvös Loránd University/ELTE, Hungary)
PhD (Literature, Eötvös Loránd University/ELTE, Hungary)
MA (English and Hungarian, Debrecen University/DE, Hungary)
- functions
- Current function: Head of Doctoral Programme in Mediaeval and Early Modern Literature in English
Former functions: Chair of Dept. of English Studies; acting head of Studies in ELTE's Doctoral Programme in Modern English and American Literature, member of Faculty Council at Teacher Training College, ELTE; head of literary section at the English Dept. of the Teacher Training College, ELTE
Membership of ESSE, HUSSE, Modern Philological Society, the Hungarian Shakespeare Comittee, the Committee of the Budapest Centre for Irish Studies, the Hungarian James Joyce Society
- experience
- Lectures, seminars and thesis supervision at BA, MA, and PhD levels at the Department of English Studies, ELTE
Dissertation referee for doctoral committees at various Hungarian universities
Editing scholarly and literary publications
PhD dissertations completed under my supervision: Rudolf Sárdi, Dalma Véry
- languages
- Hungarian: native
English: proficient
German: intermediate
Russian: basic
- courses
- BBN–ANG21–216 English literature from 1890 until the 1960s (spring 2024)
- BBN–ANGF17–222 The End in Sight: Utopia and Dystopia in Print and on the Screen (spring 2024)
- OT–ANG17–310.f 20th century short stories in English (autumn 2023)
- BBN–ANG17–219 Modernism in Brief: Short Fiction from the Turn of the 20th Century to the Present (autumn 2022)
- BBN–ANG17–215 English literature from 1890 until the 1960s (spring 2021)
- BBN–ANG17–217 Contemporary literature in English (spring 2021)
- OT–ANG17–320 Chapters from British Literature and Culture (spring 2021)
- BBN–ANG17–216 English literature from 1890 until the 1960s (autumn 2020)
- BMA–ANGD17–B1 Chapters from British Literature and Culture (autumn 2020)
- BMA–ANGD17–CI9a The Modern Novel in Print and on the Screen (autumn 2020)
- OT–ANG–310 Modernism in Brief: Short Fiction from the Turn of the 20th Century to the 1960s (autumn 2020)
- BBN–ANG17–212 Medieval and Early Modern English literature (spring 2020)
- OT–ANG–320 Chapters from British Literature and Culture (spring 2020)
- BBN–ANG11–217 Contemporary Literature in English (spring 2019)
- BMA–ANGD17–CI9a.05 The Joys of Joyce: From Dubliners to Finnegans Wake - selections (spring 2019)
- OT–ANG–320.B1 Chapters from British Literature and Culture (spring 2019)
- BMA–ANGD17–CI9a.03 Romancing the Campus: Academic Fiction in English (spring 2018)
- BBN–ANG–215 English Literature from 1890 until the 1960s (autumn 2017)
- BBN–ANG–216 English Literature from 1890 until the 1960s (autumn 2017)
- BBN–ANGF–222 The End in Sight: Utopia and Dystopia in Print and on the Screen (spring 2017)
- BMA–ANGD–CP6.232 Reading James Joyce (spring 2017)
- TANM–ANG–110 Modernism in Brief: Short Fiction from the Turn of the 20th Century to the 1960s (autumn 2016)
- BBN–ANG–219 The Joys of Reading Joyce: From his Short Fiction to Ulysses (autumn 2016)
- BMA–ANGD–CI9.3 The Modern Novel in Print and on the Screen (spring 2016)
- BMA–ANGD–B1 Chapters from British Literature and Culture (spring 2015)
- BMA–ANGD–CI9.195 Utopian and Dystopian Fiction in Print on the Screen (spring 2015)
- BBN–ANG–217 Contemporary Literature in English (autumn 2014)
- BBN–ANG–218 Modernism in Brief: Short Fiction from the Turn of the Century to the 1960s (autumn 2014)
- BBN–ANG–212 Medieval and Renaissance English Literature (spring 2014)
- BMA–ANGD–CI9.192 Utopian and Dystopian Fiction in Print on the Screen (autumn 2012)
- BBN–ANG–312.1 The Utopian Tradition in English-language Literature (spring 2012)
- BMA–ANGD–CI9.241 The Modern Novel in Print and on the Screen (autumn 2011)
- ANN–312.240 20th century utopian fantasy in print (autumn 2010)
- BMA–ANGD–CI9.240 20th century utopian fantasy in print; 20th century utopian fantasy in print and on the screen (autumn 2010)
- ANN–312.82 Anthony Burgess and Contemporary Theory (spring 2010)
- ANN–312.236 Otherworlds: Utopian Fantasy in 20th century Fiction (autumn 2009)
- BBN–ANG–312.35 Otherworlds: Utopian Fantasy in 20th century Fiction (autumn 2009)
- ANN–312.11 Utopian and Dystopian Trends in the Modern Novel (spring 2009)
- BBN–ANG–312.02 Utopian and dystopian trends in the modern novel (spring 2009)
- BBN–ANG–312.16 Contemporary autobiographers (autumn 2008)
- BBN–ANG–312.17 Utopian and dystopian trends in the modern novel (autumn 2008)
- ANN–312.185 Advanced seminar in literature 1 (spring 2008)
- ANN–312.49 Writing the Self: Autobiographies in English (spring 2008)
- ANN–214 English novel (spring 2007)
- ANN–312.61 Contemporary Autobiographers (spring 2007)
- ANN–312.78 American Novel in the late 20th century (autumn 2005)
- more ...
- publications (see MTMT)
