DA, University of Sydney
About
Aashish Kaul's research and teaching span modern and global anglophone literature, history of the novel, nature studies, narrative theory, hybridity, and creative writing. His work has been published in Australia, Britain, India and North America. His books include A Dream of Horses & Other Stories and the chess-inspired novel The Queen’s Play.
A new novel, Bliss Mountain, touching upon economic and financial history, modernist architecture, romantic literature, and the natural world was published in 2025 by Finishing Line Press.
Recent Courses
AENG 710: Textual Studies – I: Literary & Critical Theory
AENG 516: Workshop in Fiction: Trends in Contemporary Writing
AENG 560: Hybridity & Liminality in Modern Literature
AENG 581: Studies in a Literary Period: Nature and Landscape Writing AENG 450Y: History and Theory of the Novel
AENG 402Z: Advanced Writing Workshop: The Short Story
AENG 402Z: Advanced Writing Workshop: The Art of the Novella
AENG 359: Studies in Narrative: Form and Narration in the Modern Period AENG 305V: Studies in Writing about Texts: Autofiction AENG 302W: Creative Writing
TENG 270: Living Literature: Challenges in the Twenty-First Century
AENG 222: World Literature
Personal website: https://aashishkaul.com/