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Glenda R. Carpio, professor of African and African American Studies and English, moderated the discussion...
...visceral realism into the American consciousness, which soon became infatuated with the macabre elements that rage so relentlessly through Bolanõ’s work and that of his contemporary and cohort, Salvadoran Horacio Castellanos Moya. This fascination, wrote Moya in a critical piece he penned for Argentine newspaper “La Nacion,” has evolved dangerously throughout the years: the portrayal of Bolanõ as a non-conformist, subversive heroin addict serves only to still a masturbatory urge to redefine Latin American literature and culture in an American English vernacular...
Amanda J. Claybaugh, an expert from Columbia on 19th-century novels, will join the English and American Literature and Languages Department as a professor next fall, according to a press release from Tuesday...
...paleography chair, according to Hamburger, is the English speaking world’s only established chair of paleography—an area where King’s “has traditionally played a leading role.” Most American universities—including Harvard—do not have a formal program in paleography...
Suddenly, Nick’s wry observations are funny. Often relegated to high school English reading lists, “Gatsby” has always been popular—but not necessarily understood. What is inevitably lost in the commotion of the American dream, unrequited love, and two tragic deaths is Fitzgerald’s humor. Shepherd manages to draw out the wit and sarcasm of the narrator, capitalizing on dramatic pauses and pointed glances at the audience. As he reads Fitzgerald’s exposition aloud, his earnest and deadpan drawl meshes well with the reflective musings of Midwesterner...