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Matthew Brophy
Assistant Professor
Communications, Arts & Humanities
Contact Information
Downingtown100 Bond Drive
Downingtown, PA 19335
484.237.6200
Room Number: 214
Phone: (484) 237-6233
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Degrees
- Ph.D., English
Papers
- “A Body of Work: Imperial Labor and the Writing of American Manhood in London's The Sea-Wolf” (2011)
- "Burlesquing America's Errand: 'Savage' Satire in Irving's History of New York and Melville's Confidence-Man" (2011)
- “Shadowing Afrikaner Nationalism: Jungian Archetypes, Incest, and the Uncanny in Marlene van Niekerk's Triomf” (2006)
- “Our Year” (2006, short story)
Academic Biography
B.A. in Literature from Bard College, 2002; M.A. in English from Binghamton University, 2006; Ph.D. in English from Binghamton University, 2010; Dissertation: "Of Savage and Sacred Men: Primitive Masculinity and the Making of an American Empire"; Director: Dr. Praseeda Gopinath
Scholarly Interests
- The Teaching of Writing, 19th and 20th Century American Literature, Interdisciplinary American Studies, Gender Studies, Creative Writing