Biography
Andrew Dean is Lecturer in Writing and Literature at Deakin University, Waurn Ponds. His research has focused on (1) post-Second World War global metafiction, (2) colonialism and postcolonialism, and (3) comedy. Andrew's first academic book, "Metafiction and the Postwar Novel: Foes, Ghosts, and Faces in the Water", was published by Oxford University Press in April 2021. The book examines the origins, poetics, and capacities of self-reflexive prose fiction after World War II. It focuses on three authors: J. M. Coetzee, Janet Frame, and Philip Roth.
Andrew's writing has appeared in "MFS: Modern Fiction Studies", "Studies in the Novel", "Beyond the Ancient Quarrel: Literature, Philosophy, and J. M. Coetzee" (OUP 2017), and elsewhere. Beyond those writers covered in his book, Andrew has also worked on authors ranging from Saul Bellow to Katherine Mansfield.
Andrew is the author of a short trade book, "Ruth, Roger and Me: Debts and Legacies" (Bridget Williams Books 2015). The book examines the lives and experiences of those brought up in the wake of New Zealand’s economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, and features interviews with major figures from the period. He has written for publications including "Landfall" and "Overland" on both literary and political issues .
Andrew completed his doctorate in English literature at the University of Oxford in 2017. Following this, he was Lecturer in Victorian and Modern Literature at St John's College, University of Oxford, and later a Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at University College London.
Read more on Andrew's profileResearch interests
My research areas are in late 19th, 20th, and 21st Century world anglophone and American literature. My published work has focused on the history of the novel, postcolonialism, life-writing, and nationalism. I am currently working on literary comedy. have written on authors including Philip Roth, J. M. Coetzee, Janet Frame, Saul Bellow, Katherine Mansfield, and numerous New Zealand writers.
Units taught
ALL102
Knowledge areas
History of the novel, postcolonialism, world literature, New Zealand literature, life-writing, neoliberalism, creative non-fiction, modern Jewish literature
Awards
Fellowships:
Kluge Fellowship, Library of Congress, Washington DC, 2023 – 24.
Junior Research Fellowship, Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London (2018 – 20).
Rhodes Scholarship (New Zealand & New College, Oxford, 2012 – 16).
Anne Reid Memorial Trust Scholarship (2016).
Shirtcliffe Fellowship (2015 – 16).
Prizes and Research Awards:
Shortlisted, Australian University Heads of English Prize for Literary Scholarship (2021).
Landfall Essay Prize (2021).
Dissertation Fellowship, Harry Ransom Center, UT Austin (2014).
Journal of New Zealand Literature Prize for New Zealand Studies (2012).
Publications
AI and the Future of Literary Studies
Andrew Dean
(2023), pp. 1-1, Sydney Review of Books, Sydney, N.S.W., JO3
Metafiction and the Postwar Novel Foes, Ghosts, and Faces in the Water
Andrew Dean
(2021), Oxford, Eng., A1
The New Zealand model and the present-future of the university
Andrew Dean
(2021), pp. 1-1, Overland, Melbourne, JO3
Andrew Dean
(2020), pp. 221-233, The Cambridge Companion to J.M. Coetzee, Cambridge, Eng., B1
New Zealand Literature and the World
Andrew Dean
(2020), pp. 531-548, Handbook of Anglophone World Literatures, Berlin, Germany, B1
Nationalism, Modernism, and New Zealand
Andrew Dean
(2020), Vol. 38, pp. 8-25, Journal of New Zealand Literature, Hamilton, N.Z., C1-1
Andrew Dean
(2019), Vol. 65, pp. 676-699, MFS-MODERN FICTION STUDIES, C1
Double thoughts: Coetzee and the philosophy of literary criticism
Andrew Dean
(2017), pp. 52-69, Beyond the ancient quarrel: literature, philosophy, and J.M. Coetzee, Oxford, Eng., B1
Funded Projects at Deakin
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Supervisions
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