Perry Mendoza

Sessional Lecturer
Education

BA, University of Manitoba
BA, University of Iceland
MA, University of Helsinki, University of Iceland


About

Brynjarr Þór (Perry) is a lecturer in Swedish and researcher in comparative literature specialising in English and Nordic literature and their interspersions with theories of affect, hermeneutics, and aesthetics. He is also a literary translator of Icelandic works, and has been involved with projects on Old Icelandic texts (LARA) and North American-Icelandic manuscripts (Í fótspor Árna Magnússonar í Vesturheimi) under the auspices of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. Currently, he is also working on a translation of Gyrðir Elíasson’s short story collection, Milli trjánna. His master’s thesis discusses Gyrðir Elíasson’s works in relation to affect theory, bridging the latter with Icelandic literature for the first time. It is currently being reworked as a monograph.

Brynjarr has been a research editing assistant for the volume works Íslenskar bókmenntir. Saga og samhengi I and II (ed. Margrét Eggertsdóttir, Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson, Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir, Ármann Jakobsson, Ásta Kristín Benediktsdóttir, Jón Yngvi Jóhannsson) and Arfur aldanna I and II (authored by Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir).

Brynjarr has been presenting in conferences and symposiums, as well as chaired panels, from his undergraduate years since 2015, on authors and topics such as: Beowulf, Norse mythology, Ian McEwan, Ólafur Elíasson, Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, Hélène Cixous, and Tove Jansson. His essays on Victorian literature, Shakespeare, and critical theory have won departmental prizes at the University of Manitoba.

He is usually known as Brynjarr Þór/ Perry/ Per Mendoza.


Teaching


Research

Brynjarr’s research aims towards a theory of absence in contemporary literature by delving into a philosophical inquiry on the dialectical relationship between existential experiences of absence and the arts.

His other research interests include the depictions of glaciers in Icelandic literature and culture; Surrealist, Impressionist, and Abstract art; and contemporary poetry. Other authors whose works he has been tackling include: Sjón, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Ian McEwan, Shakespeare, Yahya Hassan, and Johanna Holmström.

Among Brynjarr’s affiliations are those with the Centre for the Study of Storytelling, Experientiality and Memory (SELMA), the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study), as well as the Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada (AASSC), for which he is the secretary. His work iss also affiliated with the University of Iceland and the University of British Columbia.

In addition to his own research, he is also participating in the projects Lesið í sköpunarkraft Vestfjarða og Stranda and Í fótspor Árna Magnússonar, both in collaboration with the University of Iceland.


Perry Mendoza

Sessional Lecturer
Education

BA, University of Manitoba
BA, University of Iceland
MA, University of Helsinki, University of Iceland


About

Brynjarr Þór (Perry) is a lecturer in Swedish and researcher in comparative literature specialising in English and Nordic literature and their interspersions with theories of affect, hermeneutics, and aesthetics. He is also a literary translator of Icelandic works, and has been involved with projects on Old Icelandic texts (LARA) and North American-Icelandic manuscripts (Í fótspor Árna Magnússonar í Vesturheimi) under the auspices of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. Currently, he is also working on a translation of Gyrðir Elíasson’s short story collection, Milli trjánna. His master’s thesis discusses Gyrðir Elíasson’s works in relation to affect theory, bridging the latter with Icelandic literature for the first time. It is currently being reworked as a monograph.

Brynjarr has been a research editing assistant for the volume works Íslenskar bókmenntir. Saga og samhengi I and II (ed. Margrét Eggertsdóttir, Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson, Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir, Ármann Jakobsson, Ásta Kristín Benediktsdóttir, Jón Yngvi Jóhannsson) and Arfur aldanna I and II (authored by Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir).

Brynjarr has been presenting in conferences and symposiums, as well as chaired panels, from his undergraduate years since 2015, on authors and topics such as: Beowulf, Norse mythology, Ian McEwan, Ólafur Elíasson, Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, Hélène Cixous, and Tove Jansson. His essays on Victorian literature, Shakespeare, and critical theory have won departmental prizes at the University of Manitoba.

He is usually known as Brynjarr Þór/ Perry/ Per Mendoza.


Teaching


Research

Brynjarr’s research aims towards a theory of absence in contemporary literature by delving into a philosophical inquiry on the dialectical relationship between existential experiences of absence and the arts.

His other research interests include the depictions of glaciers in Icelandic literature and culture; Surrealist, Impressionist, and Abstract art; and contemporary poetry. Other authors whose works he has been tackling include: Sjón, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Ian McEwan, Shakespeare, Yahya Hassan, and Johanna Holmström.

Among Brynjarr’s affiliations are those with the Centre for the Study of Storytelling, Experientiality and Memory (SELMA), the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study), as well as the Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada (AASSC), for which he is the secretary. His work iss also affiliated with the University of Iceland and the University of British Columbia.

In addition to his own research, he is also participating in the projects Lesið í sköpunarkraft Vestfjarða og Stranda and Í fótspor Árna Magnússonar, both in collaboration with the University of Iceland.


Perry Mendoza

Sessional Lecturer
Education

BA, University of Manitoba
BA, University of Iceland
MA, University of Helsinki, University of Iceland

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Brynjarr Þór (Perry) is a lecturer in Swedish and researcher in comparative literature specialising in English and Nordic literature and their interspersions with theories of affect, hermeneutics, and aesthetics. He is also a literary translator of Icelandic works, and has been involved with projects on Old Icelandic texts (LARA) and North American-Icelandic manuscripts (Í fótspor Árna Magnússonar í Vesturheimi) under the auspices of the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. Currently, he is also working on a translation of Gyrðir Elíasson’s short story collection, Milli trjánna. His master’s thesis discusses Gyrðir Elíasson’s works in relation to affect theory, bridging the latter with Icelandic literature for the first time. It is currently being reworked as a monograph.

Brynjarr has been a research editing assistant for the volume works Íslenskar bókmenntir. Saga og samhengi I and II (ed. Margrét Eggertsdóttir, Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson, Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir, Ármann Jakobsson, Ásta Kristín Benediktsdóttir, Jón Yngvi Jóhannsson) and Arfur aldanna I and II (authored by Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir).

Brynjarr has been presenting in conferences and symposiums, as well as chaired panels, from his undergraduate years since 2015, on authors and topics such as: Beowulf, Norse mythology, Ian McEwan, Ólafur Elíasson, Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, Hélène Cixous, and Tove Jansson. His essays on Victorian literature, Shakespeare, and critical theory have won departmental prizes at the University of Manitoba.

He is usually known as Brynjarr Þór/ Perry/ Per Mendoza.

Teaching keyboard_arrow_down
Research keyboard_arrow_down

Brynjarr’s research aims towards a theory of absence in contemporary literature by delving into a philosophical inquiry on the dialectical relationship between existential experiences of absence and the arts.

His other research interests include the depictions of glaciers in Icelandic literature and culture; Surrealist, Impressionist, and Abstract art; and contemporary poetry. Other authors whose works he has been tackling include: Sjón, Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Ian McEwan, Shakespeare, Yahya Hassan, and Johanna Holmström.

Among Brynjarr’s affiliations are those with the Centre for the Study of Storytelling, Experientiality and Memory (SELMA), the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study), as well as the Association for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies in Canada (AASSC), for which he is the secretary. His work iss also affiliated with the University of Iceland and the University of British Columbia.

In addition to his own research, he is also participating in the projects Lesið í sköpunarkraft Vestfjarða og Stranda and Í fótspor Árna Magnússonar, both in collaboration with the University of Iceland.