 San
Diego Reader Blurb
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The
Malcolm A. Love Library
The
Remarkable College of Arts and Letters
The
Amazing Department of Classics and Humanities
The
Fabulous Campus Bookstore
Café
Literati @ SDSU
The
Honors Program in English and Comparative Literature
The
Department of English & Comparative Literature
The
Comparative Literature 561 Student Collective
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are proud to sponsor
The First Annual John
Kennedy Toole Seminar on Comedy
featuring a lecture by
Michael
Wyatt Harper
Professor, Mount
San Antonio College
& The PhD Program
in English (abd) Claremont
Graduate School
A
Streetcar Named Ignatius or Reflections in a Dunce's Eye: Mapping the Modes
of Americanicity in John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces
The Malcolm A. Love Library
Addition
room 2203, 12:30pm to
1:45
Thursday March 8, 2001
Reception to follow to be announced
at the event
| NOTE:
rm2203 is located opposite the Starship Enterprise-like glass-domed main
entryway of Love Library; walk down the human gerbil-tunnel domed portal,
make a left and you are there. |
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Southern California native, Michael Wyatt Harper received his BA and MA
degrees at San Diego State University. He is a member of the Department
of English, Literature & Journalism at Mt. San Antonio College where
he teaches various courses in reading thinking and writing--in particular,
his pedagogy squarely targets intriguing and diverse facets of American
culture and aesthetics. Before coming to Mt. SAC, Professor Harper led
classes at several other area colleges and universities, including San
Diego State and the University of La Verne. Currently, Harper is completing
his Ph.D. in American Literature and Culture at Claremont Graduate University.
His dissertation is titled, Ludic Americana: The Play Element of the American
Self. |
info! memo@sdsu.edu
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