Faculty Profile
John McGuigan, Associate Professor
Office location: Laurentide 3235
Phone: (262) 472-5057
Email: mcguigaj@uww.edu
Education
Ph.D., Wisconsin
M.A., Minnesota-Duluth
B.A., St. John’s (MN)
Academic Interests
British and American modernism; early 20th century radical art and politics; film and screenwriting; African literature; Irish and Scottish literature and culture.
Courses Taught
101/2- Freshman English, 271-Critical Writing in the Field of English, 347-British Modernism, 216-British Literature II (1800-present), 360-Postwar British Literature, 376-Screenwriting, 460-Major Authors: Woolf & Joyce, 300-Special Topics: The Scottish Novel, 491-Travel Study: Literature and Culture of Ireland.
Publications
“On the Danger of Heroes: Black Hawk Down’s Transformation from Narrative Journalism to Cinematic Spectacle.” The Midwest Quarterly 52 (Spring 2011): 221-38.
“Against the “Foetus of Symmetry: Nightwood and Surrealist Narrative.” M/MLA: The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association 41.2 (Fall 2008): 18-43.
“Radically Avant-garde? The Strange History of E. E. Cummings’s The Enormous Room, Reconsidered.” Spring: The Journal of the E.E. Cummings Society 14-15 (Fall 2006): 94-126.
“American Writers’ Congress.” Dictionary of Literary Biography 303: American Radical and Reform Writers. Ed. Steven Rosendale. Boston: Gale Research Press, 2005. 371-5.