ALEKSANDRA MZYK

PhD Student

PhD program:: XLI
email: aleksandra.mzyk@us.edu.pl
building: Marco Polo, Circonvallazione Tiburtina 4, Roma
room: 205




supervisor: Prof. Rafał Borysławski
co-supervisor: Prof. Alice Balestrino
joint PhD: Sapienza Università di Roma

Research: Female rage and postgendered prosthetic memory in modern Anglo-Chinese historical fantasy novel

Aleksandra Mzyk is a PhD candidate in the field of Literary studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice and Sapienza University of Rome. She holds masters degree in English Philology (specialisation in Literary studies). Her PhD project investigates postgendered prosthetic memory in the context of female rage in modern Anglo-Chinese historical fantasy novels. Her interests stemming from her PhD include historical fiction, fantasy, queer and gender studies, memory studies as well as affective studies.

Research products

11573/1760040 - 2025 - Who Holds the Power? (Gendered Experiences of Greatness in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun)
Mzyk, Aleksandra - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
book: Heroines of the Postmodern and Their Worlds in Contemporary Historical Fiction - (9781003587033)

11573/1760037 - 2023 - Maladaptive Coping Mechanisms of Sring Venka in Response to Sexual Trauma and PTSD in The Poppy War Series by R.F. Kuang
Mzyk, Aleksandra - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: MEDIA I SPOLECZENSTWO (Bielsko-Biała: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Techniczno-Humanistycznej Bielsko-Biała: Wydawnictwo Akademii Techniczno-Humanistycznej) pp. 96-107 - issn: 2083-5701 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

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