Dr. Wasfi Shoqairat is a Professor of English Literature at The Arab Open University. He holds a Ph.D. in English Literature from Birmingham City University, UK, specializing in the modern novel and literary representations of Arabia and North Africa. His academic expertise spans postcolonial literature, literary Orientalism, medieval studies, and comparative world literature.
Dr. Shoqairat has held various academic and administrative positions, including Head of the English Department and Vice Dean for Academic Research. He has also served as a reviewer for prestigious academic journals and has numerous peer-reviewed publications in literary studies.
With extensive teaching experience at both undergraduate and graduate levels, he has supervised several MA dissertations and contributed to curriculum development. His research interests focus on travel writing, exilic narratives, and the construction of identity in literature.
Teaching Experience
/ Undergraduate (BA Level)
·
Aural-Oral Skills
· Advanced Writing
· Introduction to English Literature
·
An Outline of English and
American Literature
·
British and American Novel
·
Modern English Novel
·
The
Rise of the English Novel
·
British
and American Drama
·
British
and American Poetry
·
Literary Text Analysis
·
Shakespeare and the
Renaissance
·
English
Short Story
·
Writing a Research Paper
·
World Literature
·
Literary Criticism and
Cultural Theory
·
Children Literature
·
Seventeenth Century
Literature
·
English Literature of the
Renaissance
·
An Introduction to
American Literature
Teaching Experience
/ Graduate (MA Level)
·
Arabic Literature and The
Quran in a Comparative English Context
·
Postcolonial
Studies
·
Literary
Orientalism
·
Construction
of Identity in World Literature
·
Exilic
Writings
·
Comparative
World Literature
Supervised & Examined MA
Dissertations [Selected List]
· Wesam Al-Khawaldeh - MA Comparative Literature at Al-Hussein bin Talal University – a
dissertation entitled: (Mortality and Trauma in Khaled Khalifa's Death Is
Hard Work and William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying: A Comparative Study) (Supervised & Examined in August/ 2025)
· Abdallah Al-Jtheilat
- MA Comparative Literature at Al-Hussein bin
Talal University – a dissertation entitled: (Authoritarianism
and Apocalypse in Basma Abdel Aziz’s The Queue and Cormac McCarthy’s The
Road’) (Supervised & Examined in April/ 2025)
· Atef Khawaldeh - MA Comparative Literature at Al-Hussein bin Talal University – a
dissertation entitled: (Implications of
Reincarnation in Selected Short Stories
by Khalil Gibran and Edgar Allan Poe: A Comparative Study) (Supervised & Examined in Dec 2024)
· Rahaf Elshqeirat - MA Comparative Literature at Al-Hussein bin Talal University – a
dissertation entitled: (Imperialist Nostalgia and
the Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse in Selected Works by Wilfred Thesiger,
Paul Bowles, and Albert Camus: A Comparative Study) (Supervised & Examined in May 2022)
· Sodfa
Abdullah
- MA Comparative Literature at Al-Hussein bin
Talal University – a dissertation entitled (Islamic Origins of Edwin
Arnold’s Pearls of Faith) (Examined in January 2022)
· Maysoon Kreishan – MA Comparative Literature at Al-Hussein bin Talal University– a
dissertation entitled: (The Distorted Image of Mother in Mother/Daughter
Relationship: A Comparative Study of Four Female Writers’ Short Stories in the
Age of Postmodernism) (Supervised & Examined in May 2021)
· Khadijah
A Abdulaziz – MA Translation at King Faisal University – a dissertation
entitled (The Translation of Metaphors in George Eliot’s The Mill on the
Floss: A Functional Approach) (Examined in August 2018)
Professional
Experience
Academic
Positions:
- Professor
of English Literature, Al-Hussein bin Talal University,
Jordan (2006–2014,
2019–Present)
- Assistant/Associate
Professor, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia (2014–2019)
- Head,
Department of English Language and Literature,
Al-Hussein bin Talal University (2008–2009)
- Vice Dean,
Academic Research & Higher Studies, Al-Hussein bin Talal
University (2012–2013)
- English
Language Teacher, Islamic Educational Schools, Amman, Jordan (1998–2001)
Editorial & Refereeing Roles:
Reviewer for Scopus-indexed journals and
academic publications/promotions, including:
- Scientific
Journal of King Faisal University (2014–2019)
- Al-Hussein
University Journal for Research (2019–Present)
- International
Journal of Arabic-English Studies (2019–Present)
- Forum for Linguistic
Studies (2024-Present)
- International
Journal of Literature and Arts (2025- Present)
Additional Roles:
- Technical
Team Member, Mu’tah University Website Launch (1998)
- Translator
& Proofreader (English-Arabic), Birmingham, UK (2002–2006)
- Exam Centre
Coordinator, King Faisal University (2014–2019)
- English
Proficiency Test Examiner, Al-Hussein bin Talal
University (2019–2021)
