Monika Hilder, Ph.d.
Humanities & Social Sciences
Trinity Western University
Canada
Biography
Monika B. Hilder teaches in the English Department at Trinity Western University . She received her B.A. and M.A. in English from UBC, and completed P.D.P. (Professional Development Program, Teacher Education) at SFU. She received her Ph.D. in literature education from the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University and was awarded the Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medal for Academic Excellence in 2004. She has published journal articles and book chapters on George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis, L.M. Montgomery, Madeleine L'Engle, and in literature education, and three books: Surprised by the Feminine: A Rereading of C.S. Lewis and Gender; The Gender Dance: Ironic Subversion in C.S. Lewis’s Cosmic Trilogy; and The Feminine Ethos in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia. She has also published short fiction, drama, and poetry in various journals, and has completed a number of children’s picture book stories, including Beppo’s Magic Song, Keltie and the Dragon Who Ate Words, and Paper Stars for Christmas.
Research Interest
children's literature, fantasy literature (George MacDonald, C.S. Lewis, and Madeleine L'Engle), moral education, gender criticism, literature and spirituality, and Milton.
