Nora Stovel, University of Alberta

Research

fiction literature reading writing genre poetry drama novel

Latest funding

Crossing borders, breaking rules: Carol Shields, subversive feminist
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$25,147
Crossing borders, breaking rules: Carol Shields, subversive feminist
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$15,466
Editing modernism in Canada
SSHRC · 2007 · Co-investigator
$2,100,000

Crossing borders, breaking rules: Carol Shields, subversive feminist

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stovel, Nora F.

Keywords: literature; reading; writing; genre; fiction; poetry; drama; novel; story; play; poem; essay; fiction; nonfiction; biography; autobiography; criticism; edition; gender; sexuality; woman; feminism; language; grammar; syntax; narrative; structure

$25,147

Crossing borders, breaking rules: Carol Shields, subversive feminist

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stovel, Nora F.

Keywords: literature; reading; writing; genre; fiction; poetry; drama; novel; story; play; poem; essay; fiction; nonfiction; biography; autobiography; criticism; edition; gender; sexuality; woman; feminism; language; grammar; syntax; narrative; structure

$15,466

Editing modernism in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007Strategic Knowledge Clusters

Principal investigators: Irvine, Dean J.

Keywords: Canadian literature; editing; textual criticism; publishing; electronic texts; hypermedia; cultural history; experiential learning; literary modernism

$2,100,000

Carol Shields' writing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Stovel, Nora F.

Keywords: literature; twentieth-century; Canadian; British; American; fiction; drama; poetry; autobiography; biography; criticism; gender; genre; women; feminism; narrative; myth; metaphor; language

$17,590

Developing a blueprint for transforming aging research

Co-investigatorSSHRC1999Tri-Council Workshop/Networking Program

Principal investigators: McDonald, Lynn

Keywords: aging; health; research; blueprint; transformative; partnership; network; community; multidisciplinary

$21,810

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: fiction Dear Professor Stovel, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on fiction connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Crossing borders, breaking rules: Carol Shields, subversive feminist" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]