Research Areas

Tragedy in African Literature, including tracing tragic sensibility in indigenous oral discourses such as mythology; literary theory with a focus on text formations and the principle of association as the essence of all poetics; and theories of rewriting as well as metapoetics. ,

Profile

Dr Bright Molande is a Senior Lecturer in Literature with specialization in postcolonial theory, African tragedy, literary theory, critical theory and a published poet with expertise in speech writing. He is the Dean of Humanities Emeritus and a one-time Vice Principal of Chancellor in the University of Malawi as it was then. Dr. Molande has also served as Executive Assistant to the President of Malawi-- President Professor Peter Mutharika, including serving as a Presidential Speech Writer as Director of Communication for the President after also serving as Director of Information for Malawi Government. Dr Molande is a well-published scholar and globally cited by other scholars around the world.

Publications

• Journal Article
  "Cosmic Tragedy in Steve Chimombo's Poetry", Journal of Humanities (2013)
  

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• Book Chapters
  "The Fatal Voyage: Colonialism as Tragedy", Matatu (2013)
  

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• Book Chapters
  "Metapoesis and 'the Art of Chameleons' in Steve Chimombo's Poetry", Style in African Literature (2012)
  

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• Journal Article
  "Rewriting Memory: Ideology of Difference in the Demand and Desire for Whiteness", European Journal of American Studies (2007)
  

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• Journal Article
  "Moments of Rewriting", Journal of Humanities (2006)
  

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• Journal Article
  "Politics of Rewriting", Journal of Humanities (2004)
  

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