Boulos Abdulla Sarru '

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Boulos Abdulla Sarru (* between 1950 and 1959; † September 9, 2009 ) was a Lebanese Anglicist .

Life

He studied Anglo-Saxon literature at the Lebanese University . He completed his studies with a licentiate in 1973. In 1975 he completed his master's degree at the American University of Beirut . He completed his doctorate in English and American Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington in 1979. He then taught as a professor at the Lebanese University in Beirut . He has also taught at other universities in Lebanon and was most recently Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences at Notre Dame University - Louaize .

His research interests were the cultural and intellectual backgrounds of the colonial times, the revolution and the American literature of the 19th century, in particular the authors Nathaniel Hawthorne , Herman Melville and Whitman. He was a fellow of the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society . He studied the socio-cultural and archetypal background for the descriptions of the female characters in Hawthorne's novels. He also dealt with the history and religion, especially Christianity, of Lebanon.

Boulos Abdulla Sarru 'was killed in a car accident in September 2009.

Works

  • Imra'a Wahida: Fourough Farroukhzad wa Shi'raha. Kuwait: Educational and Cultural Council, 2007
  • AL-Babawiya wal-Sharq al-Awsat (The Papal See and the Middle East). Byblos: Milaffat Publications. (1997)
  • The Archeological Heritage of South Lebanon. Beirut: np, 1996
  • Ancient Lebanese Religion; Creeds, Rituals, and Sites. Beirut: Educational Office for the Order of Sacré-Coeur, 1993
  • The Maronites: History and Constants. Kaslik, Lebanon: University of Kaslik Press, 1989
  • History of the Lebanese Worldwide Presence. Beirut: Lebanese Heritage Foundation, 1987
  • The Roots of Christianity in Lebanon. Beirut: The Middle East Christian Institute.
  • The Tragic Hero in Herman Melville's Fiction, Beirut: Lebanese University 1985

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Sarru ', Boulos Abdulla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sarru, Boulos Abdulla
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lebanese English studies
DATE OF BIRTH between 1950 and 1959
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 2009