Victoria Sams
Assistant Professor of English
phone: 717.245.1139
fax: 717.245.1942
samsv@dickinson.edu
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Victoria Sams phone: 717.245.1139 |
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My education was in Comparative Literature at UCLA, with an emphasis on comparative dramatic literature of the Caribbean, Ireland, and the U.K. Initially focusing on 20th century Caribbean and Latin American literature, and on trans-national literary movements such as surrealism and Negritude, I shifted my focus to migration and 20th century drama. I teach courses in Modern Drama, Postcolonial Studies and Writing about Theater. My dissertation research took me to London, England, where I interviewed theater directors and writers about their work and observed the process of commissioning and producing new plays. Current research interests include
post World War II migration and British theater--with a particular emphasis
on its ethnic and racial identity politics. I've just completed editing
A Treasury of Poems about Cities around the World (forthcoming, Random
House, 2004). Sample syllabi: English 101: All in the Family English 212: Writing About Theater English 220: Critical Approaches and Literary Methods English 379: Coming of Age in Postcolonial Literature English 366: The Quarrel with History English 403: Reading Race in Post-War Britain English 404: Senior Writing Workshop |