Rolf Samuels
Associate Professor, English
Director, Core Curriculum
MC 560
608-796-3482
risamuels@viterbo.edu
Education:
- B.A. in English, Earlham College
- M.A. in English, Iowa State University
- Ph.D. in English, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Courses Taught:
- Composition and the Elements of Argument
- Composition and Literature
- The Short Story
- Multicultural American Literature
- Argumentative Writing
- Business Writing
- American Fiction Since 1945
- Narrative and Point of View in Literature
- English Grammars
- Literary Criticism and Theory
Professional Activities and Affiliations:
- "Even if it Was a Fantasy"; Fictive refuge in Mr. Ives' Christmas presented at the 20th Century Literature & Culture Conference, Louisville, 2/2005
- Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife as Pornographic Critique On-line casebook, Dalkey Archive
Professional Interests:
- Contemporary American Fiction
- Postmodernist Fiction
- Narrative Theory
- Hyperfiction