Joint PhD in Literary Studies / Theatre Studies in English

Graduate Faculty

University of Guelph
Wilfrid Laurier University

Helen Hoy, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto).

Professor (2002); Coordinator of Women's Studies.

E-mail: hhoy@uoguelph.ca

Research Interests

Canadian literature; feminist, queer, and postcolonial theory; Canadian lesbian writers; Native women writers.

Books

  • How Should I Read These? Native Women Writers in Canada. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 2001.

  • Hugh MacLennan . Toronto: ECW P, 1990.

  • The Native in Literature: Canadian and Comparative Perspectives. Co-edited with Thomas H. King and Cheryl D. Calver. Toronto: ECW P, 1987.

  • Modern English-Canadian Prose: A Guide to Information Sources, American Literature, English Literature, and World Literatures in English, Vol. 38. Gale Research, 1983.

Selected recent articles

  • "'Ouça o silêncio': Honro o sol, por Ruby Slipperjack." A voz da crítica canadense no feminine. Ed. Nubia Hanciau, Eliane Campello, and Eloina dos Santos. Ediotora da FURG, 2001.

  • "'Because You Aren't Indian': The Politics of Location in Lee Maracle." Resources for Feminist Research (Winter 1997).

  • "'And Use the Words That Were Hers': Constructions of Subjectivity in Beverly Hungry Wolf's Ways of My Grandmothers." Essays on Canadian Writing (Winter 1996).

  • "'Nothing but the Truth': Discursive Transparency in Beatrice Culleton." Ariel (January 1994).

  • "'When You Admit You're a Thief, Then You Can Be Honourable': Native/Non-Native Collaboration in The Book of Jessica." Canadian Literature (Spring 1993).

  • "Homotextual Duplicity in Henry James' 'The Pupil'." Henry James Review (1993).

  • "Reading from the Inside Out: Jeannette Armstrong's Slash." Co-authored with Barbara Hodne. World Literature Written in English (Spring 1993).

  • "Alice Munro: 'Unforgettable, Indigestible Messages'." Journal of Canadian Studies (Spring 1991).

  • "'Rose and Janet': Alice Munro's Metafiction." Canadian Literature (Summer 1989).

Awards

American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, 1993.