CV
Curriculum Vitae
Name: Zaydun A. Al-Shara
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: 10th June, 1972
Place of Birth: Jordan, Ramtha
Address: English Department
King Saud University
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
E-Mail: zalshara@ksa.edu.sa
Phone Number: +(966) 566813134
+(962) 799349938
Education:
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI/ USA
PhD of English Literature / Literary Criticism, 2009
Dissertation: “Creative Metacriticism: The Portrayal of Literary Theory in Contemporary Fiction”
Director: Dr Allen Webb
Committee Members:
Dr Charlotte Thralls
Dr Jil Larson
Dr Cynthia Running-Johnson
Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
MA in English Literature and Criticism/Drama, 2000
Thesis: “Self-Assertion in Tennessee Williams’s Characters”
Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
BA in English Language and Literature, 1996
Grant:
Scholarship from Al-Hussein Bin Talal University /Jordan to earn a PhD in English literature/ Literary Criticism, 2005
Publication:
Teaching the Literature of Today's Middle East
Allen Webb, 2012
New York and London: Routledge
Pages xxii, 215. $27.99, ISBN 978-0415874380
Conference:
19th International Conference on English Literature, Language & Linguistics, and Translation, April 27-20, 2010 at Yarmouk University, Jordan
Paper Presented: “Stereotypes and Paranoia in Post 9/11 America in Laila Halaby’s Once in a Promised Land
Employment::
2012 - till now: Assistant professor at King Saud University/ Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2011- 2012: Assistant Professor at Yarmouk University/ Jordan
2009- 2011: Assistant Professor at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University/ Jordan
2006 –2009: Temporary Faculty Member at WMU/ USA
2002 – 2005 : Full Time Lecturer at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University/ Jordan
2000-2002 : English Teacher at Yarmouk Model School/Yarmouk University, Jordan
1996 -2000 : High School Teacher of English/ Ministry of Education/ Jordan
Teaching Experience:
I have taught the following courses in English literature, writing and language:
Western Michigan University/ USA:
Literary Interpretation
Al-Hussein Bin Talal University/ Jordan:
Literary Criticism
English Poetry
British and American Drama
British and American Literature from the Beginnings to 1800
British and American Literature from the 1800 to the Present
An Outline of British and American Literature
Modern American Literature
Shakespeare and the Renaissance
English Short Story
World Literature
19th Century English and American Literature
Introduction to English Literature
English Literary Text Analysis
Children’s Literature
History of English Literature
Writing about Literature
English Language I
English Language II
Writing I
Advanced Writing
Communication Skills
Conversation
Listening I
Listening II
Yarmouk University/ Jordan
Literary Criticism
English Romantic Poets
English Novel in the 19th Century
American Fiction 1900-1945
Syntax
Introduction to Literature
Survey of American Literature
Survey of British Literature
Writing I
English study skills for Tourism/ MA
English Literature for students of Linguistics and Translation/ MA
King Saud University/ Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Victorian Poetry
Speech
Reading Literary Texts
Committees:
Evaluating comprehensive exam for MA students of English Literature and Criticism, Yarmouk University, Jordan April, 2012
Representative of English department at the faculty council/ Al-Hussein Bin Talal University,
2010-2011
Teaching TOEFL courses at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, 2011
Establishment of translation department/ Member, 2010
Establishment of English qualifying diploma program/ Member, 2010
Teaching conversation courses to local community at Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, 2004
Co-coordinator of listening comprehension courses, 2004
Translation of course description and study plan/ Member, 2002
Interests:
Literary Criticism, Metacriticism, Metafiction, Narratology, Modern American literature,
Drama, Postcolonial literature,
I have good computer skills.
Position: Assistant Professor at King Saud University/ Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia