鶹AV

Martin BREUL

Martin BREUL
Contact Information
Email address: 
martin.breul [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Address: 

Arts Building
853 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, QC H3A 0G5
Canada

Group: 
Doctoral Students
Stream: 
Literature
Cultural Studies
Specialization by geographical area: 
Canada
United States
Europe
Specialization by time period: 
20th-Century
21st-Century
Contemporary
Area(s): 
Book History
Critical Theory
Identity & Representation
Sociology of Literature
Areas of interest: 

comics studies, refugee literature, Canadian literature, world literature, contemporary writing, online poetry and publishing, Cold War literary history, trauma theory

Biography: 

Martin Breul’s FRQSC-funded project investigates the life of Canadian writing in socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the exchange between Canadian authors and publishers with the GDR’s literary sphere, specifically its censorial, government-run publishing industry. Martin also pursues the study of refugee comics, on which he completed his M.A. research at 鶹AV. His work in this field examines the interactions between the versatile literary form of the graphic novel and the pressing issues of increasing global displacement and a reactionary shift towards the right in response to this population movement. He is a member of the 鶹AV Refugees Research Group and a tutor at the 鶹AV Writing Centre.

Besides his academic research, Martin writes and publishes poetry, reviews, and flash fiction in print and online. His first chapbook of collected poetry, love poems suck, appeared in 2023 with Montréal-based micropress Cactus Press. He has appeared at readings across Scotland, Canada, and Germany, and is the operations manager of the Montreal International Poetry Prize, housed by the Department of English at 鶹AV.

Degree(s): 

Ph.D., 鶹AV (exp. 2026)
M.A., 鶹AV, 2022
M.A. (Hons.), Glasgow University, 2019

Current research: 

Comics and graphic narratives of war, refugeehood, and trauma; the sociology and aesthetics of online literary culture; the migration of Canadian fiction into the GDR; relationship discourse in contemporary British and Anglo-American fiction.

Selected publications: 

Reviews

“.” Montreal Review of Books, 4 July 2024.

“.” Montreal Review of Books, 4 July 2024.

.” Montreal Review of Books, 4 July 2024.

.periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics, 1 November 2023.

.periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics, 2 February 2023.

“Every Fruit Is a Peach If You Dream About It.” Rev. of Saturn Peach, by Lily Wang. The Common Breath, 1 January 2021.

Creative Work

Poetry (selected)

.” Plenitude Magazine, June 2024.

, Cactus Press, October 2023.

Spare Parts Literary, February 2023.

“F.” sage cigarettes magazine, October 2022.

“.” Acta Victoriana, March 2022.

“GܳٳٴDz.” Variety Pack, issue 7, February 2022, p. 2. Issuu.

“.” RESURRECTION magazine, May 2021.

“Teenage Squirrels.” Growing Up: Lifespan Vol. 2, edited by Matt Potter, Pure Slush, 2021, pp.
53-55.

“At the Injection Moulding Machine at 3:30am.” Healthy Boy Zine, April 2021.

“OǷɳٳ.” Riverbed Review, December 2020.

“MԻ.” Wet Grain, vol. 1, 2020, pp. 54-55.

“.” The Honest Ulsterman, October 2020.

“.” The Wild Word, September 2020.

Fiction

“.” The Red Lemon Review, October 2021.

“.” From Glasgow to Saturn, May 2021. []

“Tabula Rasa.” The Speculative Book 2021, edited by Dale MacMullen and Sam Small, Speculative Books, 2021, pp. 42-44.

Awards, honours, and fellowships: 
  • Bourses de doctorat en recherche, FRQ-SC (2023-2027).
  • Masterstipendium, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (2020-2022).
  • Mona Elaine Adilman Poetry Prize, 鶹AV (2021).
  • Graduate Student Essay Awards, 3rd prize, 鶹AV Refugees Research Group (2023).
  • Nominated for Best-of-the-Net 2023, Variety Pack (2022).
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