讲座内容： 文学研究方法
主讲人：Professor Howard Giskin 阿巴拉契亚州立大学 教授
讲座时间：6月8日下午16：00
讲座地点：教学馆107
 

专家简历：

Professor Howard Giskin
Department of English
Appalachian State University

EDUCATION
May 1988: Ph.D. Comparative Literature, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Connecticut, Storrs.
Major area of study: Spanish and Latin American Literature.
Secondary areas of concentration: English and Classical Greek.
Thesis topic: "Mysticism and the Problem of the One and the Many in Borges."
May 1981: M.A. Philosophy, University of Connecticut.
Publications including 3 edited books, 12 articles, 16 book reviews, 31 poems, 22 translations, and 7 other forms.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
August 1989 to present: Department of English, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.
Area of specialization: World Literature
Graduate courses: English 5910 World Literature--European Realism; Post-colonial Literature; Society and Self in Literature of the Developing World; Classical Chinese Literature; Seminar in Borges; Twentieth Century World Literature; Literature and Translation.

Undergraduate courses: English 1000—Expository Writing; English 1100—Introduction to Literature; English 2030—World Literature: Beginnings to 1650; English 2040—World Literature: 1650 to the Present; English 2100—Modern Studies; English 4590—World Literature; University Honors 1515—The Human Condition; University Honors 3515—The Nature of Writing and Writing about Nature; University Honors 3515—The Writing of Nature; University Honors 3515—Making of Modern China; English 1510—Freshman Honors Seminar; English 2510—Sophomore Honors Seminar in World Literature (early world); English 2515--Sophomore Honors Seminar in World Literature (later world); English 3515—Junior / Senior World Literature Honors Seminar.

Academic Exchange (2007-08): Soochow University, Suzhou City, People’s Republic of China—Sophomore English Writing (three sections, English majors); Graduate courses—Twentieth Century American Poetry; Nineteenth Century American Literature.

Summer 2005: Puebla, Mexico. Taught courses in Research Methods, American and British Literature, Listening Comprehension, and Reading and Writing Skills, in the Master’s Degree Program in the Methodology of Teaching English as a Foreign Language.

Academic exchange (1998-99) : Appalachian State University/Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica. Taught graduate classes in the Methodology of Teaching English as a Foreign Language in the Master’s Program at the Center for Teaching and Research in Education. Courses taught: Theories in the acquisition of the    English Language; Seminar in the Design of Educational Materials; Cultures and Communication; Seminar   in the Teaching of English.

Academic exchange (1993-94): Appalachian State University/Northeast University, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China. Taught classes in Intermediate and Advanced English Language and Literature in Teacher Education Program.

August 1988 to May 1989: Instructor of English in Department of Communication and Modern Languages, Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Summer 1988: Intensive Developmental English: University of Connecticut Center for Academic Progress.

Fall 1984 to Spring 1988: Graduate Assistant in Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Connecticut.

April 1982 to August 1982: Taught private English classes, Santander, Spain.

September 1981 to March 1982: English Instructor, Athens, Greece.