Isabel Trono

PhD Candidate
isabel.trono@mail.utoronto.ca

Campus

  • Downtown Toronto (St. George)

Fields of Study

  • Book History
  • Canadian Literature
  • Diasporic, Postcolonial, and Transnational Literature
  • Environmental Humanities
  • Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Indigenous Literature
  • Literary and Critical Theory
  • Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Literature

Areas of Interest

  • Form and Ethics
  • Affect Theory
  • Semiotics

Biography

I am a PhD student entering the first year of my studies in the Department of English, with a collaborative specialization in the Massey College Book History and Print Culture program. I hold an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English, Socio-Cultural Anthropology and Semiotics, and a Master of Arts in English, both from U of T. My scholarly interests centre on portrayals of landscape in contemporary Canadian literatures, specifically the interactions between landscape, language and literary form. In my dissertation project, I hope to inquire: what are the ethical implications of using land as an aesthetic object in light of imminent climate catastrophe and the extractive legacies of settler colonialism?

Cohort

  • 2024-2025