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G. Christopher Williams
 
Picture (134x178, 9.6Kb)Chris Williams is a generalist who received his PhD from Northern Illinois University after working several years in online design and consulting. He is interested in a broad variety of topics in twentieth century literature, literary theory, and other newly emerging fields of study that have an interest in narrative, including film studies, pop culture studies, and media studies. Narrative, technology, and philosophy blend into the majority of his work and play.

He has published his work in journals like Film Criticism, Post Script, Popular Culture Review, Gothic Studies, Reconstruction and Atenea.  He also has written chapters for collections like Reading Deadwood: A Western to Swear By (Mise, 2006) and Passionate Dialogues: Critical Perspectives on Mel Gibsons The Passion of the Christ (I.B Tauris, 2006).  Additionally, he writes multimedia reviews for popmatters.com.

He is presently teaching Freshman Composition and various literature and media studies related courses with a desire to make students more aware of rhetorical strategies and able to read texts closely.

Curriculum Vitae

Courses
  • Freshman Composition 101
  • Freshman Composition 102
  • Reading Fiction 106
  • Advanced Freshman Composition 150
  • Introduction to the Study of Literature 200
  • British Literature (Romantics to the present) 212
  • American Literature (Emerson to Twain) 213
  • American Literature (Twain to the present) 214
  • Mythology in Literature 283
  • The Modern Short Story 310/510
  • Modern Poetry 314/514
  • American Realism & Naturalism 320/520
  • Contemporary Fiction 378/578
  • The Beauty of Violence: Violence in Literature and Film 383/583
  • James Joyce 385
  • Twain & Howells 385
  • Twain & Crane 385
  • Metaphysics in New Media & Art 399
  • The Metafiction of Kurt Vonnegut 399
  • Mythology & Video Games 399
Guides for Composition Courses
Guides for Literary Courses
Current Course Syllabi