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Yifen Beus Associate Professor and Chair |
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Education: Ph.D. Comparative Literature, Indiana University |
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Contact Information: beusy@byuh.edu--(808)-675-3618--Office: MFB 207 |
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Research: Dr. Beus' work is situated at the crossroad of cinema & literary studies, and like that of most comparatists, her intellectual identity rests within several disciplines & national literatures. Her fields of research interest include comparative literature, theatre & film studies, postcolonial studies, cultural history, and inter-arts studies. Since coming to BYUH, she has been engaged in the following topics: modernity in visual culture, intertextuality and reflexivity in art and literature, cultural/national identity & globalization and orientalisms, covering such areas as Asia and the Francophonie. |
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Teaching: Dr. Beus' teaching reflects the interdisciplinary nature of her training that cuts across different cultures, theories, and genres. Courses she teaches include, Introduction to Film, Post-colonial Literature & Film, Women's Literature & Film, Cultures of Asia, Advanced Conversation in Chinese. She experiments with innovative methodologies & upholds a Deleuzean open-ended teaching philosophy by encouraging & often requiring students to utilize a number of creative genres & formats in research & writing. Typical student assignments range from family folk storytelling, ethnographical interview projects, critical journal entries, to video documentary, creative fiction, & research papers to allow students to explore & examine different narrativevoices, forms, & levels of authorial control & authority associated with different genres. |
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Classes: ENGL 358R/WHC 365: Women's Literature & Film (Sample Syllabus) |
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