Alex E. Blazer

Alex E. Blazer is Professor of English at Georgia College & State University. After studying literature and photography at Denison University, he earned a Ph.D. in twentieth-century literature and critical theory at The Ohio State University. He has also taught at the University of Louisville and Grand Valley State University.

 

His poetry scholarship focused on the relationship between critical theory and American poetry in the 1970s and 1980s. His research on the contemporary American novel examines the relationship between postmodern culture and existential madness. Recently, he has published published a journal article on the film Donnie Darko and presented conference papers on the graphic novel Fight Club 2 by Chuck Palahniuk, the television show Twin Peaks, and the debut novel A Short Film about Disappointment by Joshua Mattson.

 

He teaches a variety of courses in twenty- and twenty-first century American literature, critical theory, and popular culture. Last fall, he taught teaching Composition, Critical Theory, and Evolution of Film. In the spring, he taught American Literature and the Postmodern Novel. In the fall, he will teach Sci-Fi and Philosophy and Methods of Research. Next spring, he will teach World Literature, Critical Theory, and the Postmodern Film.

 

His administrative and service roles include Secretary of University Senate and Secretary of Executive Committee of University Senate, chair Master's Committee, and advisor of Sigma Tau Delta and The Film Club.

 

Quote of the Month

 

You had to leave because you're you.

Past Lives. Directed by Celine Song, performances by Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro, CJ ENM, Killer Films, 24M, 2023. / previous

 

Link of the Month

 

Letters from an American / previous

 

Magazines

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Publications

Donnie Darko The Sublime Today Bret Easton Ellis Reading Chuck Palahniuk American Fiction of the 1990s I Am Otherwise Matrix Trilogy American PsychoProgress

Courses

ENGL 2110 World LiteratureENGL 3900 Critical TheoryENGL 3950 Evolution of FilmENGL 4675 Contemporary American Literature

ENGL 4810 Film StudiesENGL 4910 Film Noir, Then and NowENGL 6601 Methods of ResearchENGL 6685 Postmodern Film

GC1Y 1000 SciFi & Philosophy