Cohort Year:
2017
Research Interests:
Theories of secularization, the media theory of religion, narratology (especially formalism and structuralism), word and image studies, print culture, and dramaturgy.
Ella Wilhelm joined the department in 2017, after graduating from the University of Toronto with an M.A. in Comparative Literature (2017) and an H.B.A. in Literature & Critical Theory (2016). Her dissertation analyzes the early German Romantic project of bringing the idea of a "religion of art" to life as a poetic and theoretical practice. Her broader interests include theories of secularization, the media theory of religion, narratology (especially formalism and structuralism), word and image studies, print culture, and dramaturgy.