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Analyzing ‘Finnegans Wake’ for Novel Spacing Between Punctuation Marks
James Joyce’s tome “Finnegans Wake” famously breaks the rules of normal prose through its unusual, dreamlike stream of consciousness, and new work in chaos theory takes a closer look at how Joyce’s challenging novel stands out mathematically.
English Professor’s Book Probes How Cold War Policies Helped Create Post-Colonial Literature
A new book by Peter Kalliney, William J. and Nina B. Tuggle chair in English in the University of Kentucky’s College of Arts & Sciences, looks at ways in which rival superpowers used cultural diplomacy and the political police to influence writers.
JMIR Medical Education | Digital Teaching in Medical Education: Literature Review
These JMIR Medical Education authors used a bibliometric approach to unveil and evaluate the scientific literature on digital teaching research in medical education, demonstrating recurring research topics, productive authors, research organizations, countries, and journals.
Study finds that males are represented four times more than females in literature
Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have utilized AI technologies to conclude that male characters are four times more prevalent in literature than female characters.
Zombies and monsters and what they say about our worst anxieties
What is the zombie? A tired trope or a creature taken out of context? Kette Thomas, Ph.D., an expert in mythology and Latin American and Caribbean societies at Michigan Technological University, explores the zombie origin story as well as how…
The science behind how literature improves our lives
If you really want to understand literature, don’t start with the words on a page – start with how it affects your brain.
80 years after Virginia Woolf’s death, FSU English professor available to comment on Woolf’s work, influence
By: Kelsey Klopfenstein | Published: March 22, 2021 | 3:26 pm | SHARE: English writer Adeline Virginia Woolf is considered to be one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. She published more than 45 works, including various novels, essays and short stories.
UCI Chancellor’s Professor of English & Informatics comments on Octavia Butler
Octavia Butler has captured the contemporary imagination. Although she left us in 2006, her works seem more relevant than ever. Jonathan Alexander, University of California, Irvine Chancellor’s Professor of English & Informatics, has taught her work for two decades. “In…
By the Book
Dig into the knowledge and interests of CSU faculty experts with their personal book recommendations.
80th birthday celebration to honour Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee
The University of Adelaide will proudly honour the life and work of distinguished author J.M. Coetzee in a ceremony to celebrate his 80th birthday.
Authors’ ‘Invisible’ Words Reveal Blueprint for Storytelling
The “invisible” words that shaped Dickens classics also lead audiences through Spielberg dramas. And according to new research, these small words can be found in a similar pattern across most storylines, no matter the length or format.
Anti-Racism Books and Resources for Families and Children
A first step for families who want to be an ally in the fight to end racism is to diversify their at-home libraries with books that feature people of color and their stories. A UNLV librarian and pre-Kindergarten teacher share tips and resources on how to do so.
Story of jailed 17th-century Iberian “mulatto pilgrim” told in new book by John K. Moore Jr.
The book tells the story of a man jailed for impersonating a priest in 1693 Spain, when he was likely trying to escape racial persecution. It gives readers a fascinating look at a centuries-old legal case against a man on pilgrimage and shows how Iberians of black-African ancestry faced discrimination and mistreatment.
Noted J.R.R. Tolkien scholar on passing of Christopher Tolkien
Michael Drout of Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., is recognized as one of the world’s leading scholars of the academic and literary works of the author J.R.R. Tolkien. Having worked with the Tolkien estate as part of his research, Drout is…
‘Cli-Fi’ Literary Genre Puts a Human Face on Climate Change
Nicole Seymour, CSUF associate professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics, curates materials to teach courses focused on climate change and emotions, and climate fiction; helping students analyze benefits and drawbacks of the growing literature genre, “cli-fi.”
Toni Morrison’s writing and teaching were both extraordinary influences on this English professor
Associate Professor Gwen Bergner researches and teaches literature at the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University with a focus on the intersections of race and gender. Toni Morrison is frequently on her syllabus, and Bergner personally studied…