Narrative Being Vs. Narrating Being

Armela Panajoti started teaching at the Department of Foreign Languages of the University of Vlora, Albania, soon after her graduation with a Gold Medal. She completed her doctoral thesis on Conrad at the Department of English at the University of Tirana, Albania, and is a member of the Joseph Conrad Society (UK). She is currently the Chair of the Albanian Society for the Study of English (ASSE), general editor of its journal, in esse: English Studies in Albania, a member of the Board of the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE) and Corresponding Fellow of the English Association. Dr Panajoti has published extensively in a number of peer-reviewed journals and book chapters, and has spoken at, and organised, many international conferences. Her recent research interests are mainly concentrated on cultural studies, and particularly explore the relation between language, literature, and culture.

Marija Krivokapić is an Assistant Professor of Victorian Literature, Twentieth Century British Literature, Cultural Studies, and Contemporary Native American Literature at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Montenegro, where she is also Director of the Institute of Language and Literary Studies. She has enjoyed two Fulbright stipends, at Louisiana State University and the University of Central Oklahoma in 2009 and 2015 respectively, and has published a number of books and research papers. She authored and edited a series of translations of various works of literature in English, and is the current general editor of the journal Folia linguistica et litteraria. Dr Krivokapić is a member of several international scientific societies and the organiser of dozens of international conferences, as well as the coordinator of the EU-funded international project Tempus IV SEEPALS (South East European Project for the Advancement of Language Studies, 2010–2013), which was recognized as the best practice example at the European Commission convention in 2014.