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Christine Chism

Associate Professor of English

Contact Information
Office: 43 Mine Street, 203
Campus: College Ave, New Brunswick
Email: chism@rci.rutgers.edu
Telephone: (732) 932-5863
Office Hours:

On leave Spring 2008

Specialization
Medieval literature; theories of history and historicism; women's studies; cultural studies; performance theory
Biography

B.A., Reed College; A.M., Ph.D., Duke

Professor Chism has published articles on alliterative romance, medieval orientalism, Robin Hood, Chaucer, and Tolkien.  Her publications include Alliterative Revivals (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002), a book focusing on late medieval alliterative romance, and "Too Close for Comfort: Dis-Orienting Chivalry in The Wars of Alexander," in Text and Territory (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997).  Professor Chism's current research interests include medieval drama, Arabic influences on medieval literature and culture, medieval travel narrative, Chaucer, feminism, drama and performance theory, historicism, and cultural materialism.

Publications
Alliterative Revivals
"The Siege of Jerusalem: Liquidating Assets." Journal of Medieval & Early Modern Studies, Volume 28, Issue 2, Spring 1998.
Undergraduate Courses Taught Graduate Courses Taught

Medieval Literature

Medieval Drama

Old English

History of the English Language

Theories of History and Historicism

East and West in Medieval Literature

The Cultures of the Middle Ages

Modern Literary Fantasy

Medieval Literature

Medieval Drama

History of the English Language

Theories of History and Historicism

East and West in Medieval Literature

The Cultures of the Middle Ages

 

 
 
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