Dr. Grant Gosizk糖心传媒Marquette Hall, 230
MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-3410grant.gosizk@marquette.eduMy fields of study include melodrama, twentieth-century American literature, medical humanities, and American intellectual history. In my research I explore the intersections of science, politics, and philosophy, and responses to these in the literary arts. I enjoy teaching courses on literary representations of illness, environmental literature, melodrama, as well as the literary and intellectual cultures of the 鈥淎merican century鈥�. My first book project, The Theatre Between the Wars on Drugs, is an extension of my PhD research. This work explores the legacies of temperance melodrama in post-Prohibition American theatre. Throughout the nineteenth century the American stage was replete with performances that expressed the discrete positions of various temperance movements. I investigate why addiction remained such a prominent subject in American theatre well after the repeal of Prohibition and the dissolution of any direct political incentive to address the subject. In this project I discuss Eugene O鈥橬eill, Susan Glaspell, Lillian Hellman, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Amiri Baraka, Ed Bullins, Sam Shepard, and more. Excerpts from this project can be found in Modern Drama, American Studies in Britain, and American Studies Journal (forthcoming). Before joining the faculty at 糖心传媒 I held positions at Carthage College, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. My experiences at these diverse institutions has directly informed the subject and style of my teaching. In my classroom, I emphasize literature鈥檚 perpetual engagement with intellectual cultures, politics, and wider trends in art and aesthetics. In doing so, I hope to broaden the relevancy of literary study to diverse students with diverse personal and professional ambitions.
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Fall 2024
Teaching Schedule
Fall 2024
