Marie

Hello, I'm Marie. I am passionate about teaching and learning. I love stories that show us different parts of the world, from different times, and that challenge and help us to understand ourselves and others.
I'm a big reader, but have to admit I watch an awful lot of TV and film too! Outside of teaching and writing, I enjoy the cinema, good food, quizzes and board games, and walking along the coast and in the hills.

Tutoring Experience

I have been teaching in UK Higher Education since 2015, at the University of York, Imperial College London, University of Oxford, and University of Edinburgh. I have primarily taught English Literature and Medical Humanities, but also capable of teaching History and Geography.
At both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, I have convened, developed, and designed courses, which has included selecting reading, setting tasks and activities, writing assessments and exams, and delivering teaching in lectures, workshops, seminars, and one to one supervision.
These courses have included:
Undergraduate:
2021-2024 – University of Edinburgh
• Literary Studies 1A: focused on skills in reading poetry and drama
• Literary Studies 1B: focused on prose
• Literature, Reading, and Mental Health: Explores depictions of mental illness from early twentieth century to contemporary
• Fiction and the Gothic, 1840-1940: focusing on key Gothic novels and short stories
• Critical Practice: literary theory.
• Medicine in Literature 2: Medical Ethics in Literature: texts from 19th century to contemporary, exploring ethics of storytelling and ethical problems explored in literature, within the context of bioethics and key medical ethical concerns
• Mutable Bodies in Modern and Contemporary Literature: Explores disability, posthumanism, biomedicine, more-than-human, sexuality and gender fluidity
• Literature and Medicine Research Project (Intercalated Degree (B. Med. Sci) in Literature and Medicine)
• 4th Year UG Dissertations (MA English and Scottish Literature)
2020-2022 – Imperial College London
• Medical Dissertation (Intercalated BSc in Medical Sciences with Humanities, Philosophy and Law)
2019-2022 – University of Oxford
• Brain and Behaviour: neurology and psychiatry humanities-led medical professionalism module.
• 3rd Year UG Dissertation (BA English Literature)
2015-2019 – University of York
• The European Avant-Garde: Texts in translation and translation theory, addressing the key avant-garde movements between 1890s - 1960s
• Approaches to Literature 1: Writing Modernity: 18th century to early 20th century
• Key Concepts: An Introduction to Genre, Theory, and Critical Writing: introduction to key theory and genre concepts
• Victorian Literature: poetry, prose and drama from the period
• 19th century American Literature: poetry and prose from period
Postgraduate:
2021-2024 – University of Edinburgh
• Late Modernism and Beyond: British and American prose, poetry and drama from 1950s to 2010s
• Modernist Aesthetics: British and American prose, poetry, and periodicals from 1890s to 1940s
• MSc Literature and Modernity Dissertations

Tutoring Approach

I tailor my teaching to individuals, in terms of style and content and welcome an opening session to discuss your aims and needs. I always outline a clear structure for individual sessions and series of sessions, so that we both have a clear idea of what to expect. However, I am also happy to be responsive to your needs, for example, if you want to revisit a topic, or want to spend more time on developing skills, such as essay writing.
I believe education should be available to everyone, and in the right hands hopefully enjoyable and nourishing for all too.