Victoria Osei-Bonsu, B.A., MPhil (Ghana), Ph.D (Basel)

Victoria Ama Agyeiwaah Moffatt is a Lecturer in the Department of English. She joined the Department as a Graduate Assistant in 2008 and became an Assistant Lecturer in 2009. She was an exchange scholar in the Centre for Comparative Literature and Society (CCLS, now ICLS), Columbia University in the City of New York (Spring, 2007). She had a year abroad ending with an ‘Attestation des Hautes Etudes en Français’ – Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal (October 1999 – May 2000). Victoria was also a Research Assistant, Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGENSA), University of Ghana, from 2006 to 2008 and a Translator/Interpreter, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Accra, Ghana, 2001-2004.

EDUCATION
M.Phil in English; (Thesis Title: “Two Views of Africa from the Outside: Othering Discourses in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible”) – University of Ghana, Legon, 2008.
B. A. (Hons) in English with Linguistics; (Long Essay Title: “The Child Protagonist in Amma Darko's Novels: Credible and Forceful Conduits for her Message of the Breakdown in Moral and Social Structures in Society”) – University of Ghana, Legon, 2004.
External Dip. in Translation (English/French/Spanish) – School of Translators, Ghana Institute of Languages, Accra, 2001.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Psychoanalysis and Literature
Gender and Culture
Postcolonial Theory and Literature

PUBLICATIONS

Othering through Gendering Discourses and Patriarchal Hegemonies in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible.” Legon Journal of the Humanities Vol. 21 (Legon: Faculty of Arts, University of Ghana, 2010): 163-178.

There are Always Two Sides to Every Story.” Ghana Studies Vol. 12-13 (2009-2010): Special Double Issue (Madison: African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin, May 2011): 285-292.

Othering through Gendering Discourses and Patriarchal Hegemonies in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible.” Legon Journal of the Humanities Vol. 21 (Legon: Faculty of Arts, University of Ghana, 2010): 163-178.

There are Always Two Sides to Every Story.” Ghana Studies Vol. 12-13 (2009-2010): Special Double Issue (Madison: African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin, May 2011): 285-292.

UNPUBLISHED PAPERS
“The Oppression-Resistance Binary: Authenticity of Representation in Two Post-Colonial Novels.” With reference to Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible. A paper presented at the 2nd Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG) Conference held at the University of Ghana in August, 2010.

“…And They Lived Happily Ever After: A Comparative Study of Fairytales and Biblical Narratives.” Presented at the 8th Faculty of Arts Colloquium, University of Ghana, Legon, April, 2010.

“Africa and the Concept of Mother.” A study of the representations of mother/motherhood in selected African works. Presented at the 7th Faculty of Arts Colloquium, University of Ghana, Legon, April, 2009.

CURRENT RESEARCH
Representations of the African Other in Selected Works of Joseph Conrad

“Naming: Gaming, Blaming and/or Claiming.” A study of the rhetorics of place-naming in the recent political history of Ghana.

COURSES TAUGHT

ENGL 111 Foundation English 1 (Writing Skills)
ENGL 112 Foundation English 2 (Writing and Imaginative Literature)
ENGL 213 Survey of English Literary History
ENGL 214 Critical Reading of Literary Texts
ENGL 343 Practice in Criticism
ENGL 391 Literature & Film In Society
ENGL 384 The Romantic Movement in English Literature

CONTACT INFORMATION

via post: Department of English,
              University of Ghana,
              P. O. Box LG 129
              Legon