Zsanna Mária Bodor

Education

Baylor University, M.A. in English, 2025
Hillsdale College, B.A., 2021

Research Interests

Zsanna’s research focuses on transnational conversations in nineteenth-century American literature, especially in the writings of Constance Fenimore Woolson, Louisa May Alcott, and Mark Twain. Her master's thesis explores how first-edition Hungarian translations of Twain's novels respond to Twain's depiction of American slavery. Zsanna has a secondary research interest in examining the intersection of music theory, literature, and spiritual encounter. 

Publications

"'All Kings Is Mostly Rapscallions': The 1848 Hungarian Revolution and Huckleberry Finn." Mark Twain Journal 63, no. 2 (2025): 112-137.

Forthcoming in the New Hibernia Review: "Da capo al fine: Musical Form in Bernard MacLaverty's Grace Notes." 

Courses Taught

ENG 1310: Research and Writing
HON 3200: Honors Colloquium

Awards

Conyers Scholar, 2024-25