Personal Information

 Assistant Professor

Department of  Foreign Languages and Literature

Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Contact Information

Phone: 6952000 Ext. 65155

Email: mshoucany@kau.edu.sa

Muhammed Nasser Shoukany

 Assistant Professor

Profile

Education
Ph.D.
in English Literature from the University of Texas at Austin(1989)
MA
in English Literature from California States University, Hayward (1982)
BA
in English language and Literature from King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah (1978) .
Languages
I am native speaker of Arabic and I speak English and French fluently.
Computer Skills
Expert user of Microsoft Office.
Career History

Deputy Editor-in-Chief : The Saudi Gazette newspaper

1997 to date

Editor - Nawfidh : A world literature translation focused periodical

1995 to date

Assistant Professor of English
Department of European Languages and Literature
King Abdul Aziz University – Jeddah

1990 to date

•  Teach courses in English, Literature, Theory, Comparative Literature
•  Supervise MA and PhD dissertations
•  Serve on committees at the faculty and university level

Supervisor General : English Language Center
King Abdul Aziz University – Jeddah

1994 to 1996

Instructor : Department of English
University of Texas – Austin

1987 to 1989

Teaching Assistant
King Abdul Aziz University – Jeddah

1978 to 1979
Academic History

List of Contributions

Participant and Discussant Warwick Seminar on Literary Translation

1996

Participant and Discussant (Two Papers On Saudi Litarature)
MESA annual meeting in San Francisco, USA
MESA annual meeting in Chicago, USA

1996
1995

Presenter
Paper titled ‘Theories of Drama and Theater'
Cultures & Arts association – Jeddah

1995

Presenter
Paper titled ‘Interaction Between Text and Reader'
Faculty of Arts and Humanities Lecture Hall
King Abdul Aziz University – Jeddah

1995

Participant
Paper titled ‘Conrad & Orient'
International Orientalists Conference, Budapest – Hungary

1994

Publications

Editor and Contributing Columnist
The Saudi Gazette newspaper
Weekly Cultural supplement dubbed ‘Culture with Muhammed N. Shoukany'

1996 to date

Contributing Columnist
Al-Medina
Weekly column named ‘Awaraq Muhajera'

1995 to 1998

Participant
‘Poems from Korea'
A collection of poems translated from English into Arabic

1995

Columnist
Okaz newspaper
Published several articles on ‘Reader-Response-Criticism'

1993-1994

Editor/Translator
Chapter I & II of Cambridge Literary History of Arabic

Ph.D. Dissertation
‘Orientalism and the Arab Literary Responses: Studies in Ahamad Faris al-Shadiaq, Charles M. Doughty, Joseph Conrad, Jabra I. Jabra and Tawifiq Yusif Awad'
Ph.D presented to Faculty of the Graduate School
University of Texas, Austin, USA

1989

Columnist
Weekly column focusing on cultural and literary issues called ‘Khatwat'

1978 to 1979

Education

  • 1990

    Doctorate degree from Department of EnglishCollege of Arts and Humaniteis, University of Texas at Austin, اوستن, امــريــكـا

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