Sub sections:
Dr Stephen Harris
Lecturer, School of English, Communication and Theatre
Contact
| Email: | sharris9@une.edu.au |
| Room: | E11 LG32 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2694 (or +61 2 6773 2694 overseas) |
Following a period of time teaching overseas at Victoria University, Wellington (NZ), Stephen has returned to the University of New England recently to teach courses in both English and Communications Studies.
Whilst at Victoria University, he designed and taught courses on American Literature and Literature and Journalism; prior to this, Stephen taught at UNE in American and Australian Literature while completing his PhD in American Literature (1994-98), and in the areas of Postcolonial and Australian Studies at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, while completing his MA in Australian Literature (1992-4).
Research interests
Stephen's research interests include contemporary American Literature, the historical novel, gothic fiction, Romantic Irony and New Journalism. He is also a committed musician.
His thesis is published under the title The Fiction of Gore Vidal and E.L.Doctorow: Writing the Historical Self (Peter Lang AG Publishers, Bern, July 2002) and Stephen is currently completing another book for the Edwin Mellen Press (UK) under the title A Sceptic's Muse: Gore Vidal and the Historical Novel.