Department of Language and Literature

Jean-Marie Kauth Director of the Writing Program Assistant Professor Kindlon 220 jkauth@ben.edu office | 630.829.6256 fax | 630.960.4805 office hours (fall 2008) | MW 9-10 am; TR 9:30-11 am

Education

Ph.D., University of Michigan | 1995
M.A., University of Michigan | 1991
B.A., University of Iowa | 1990

Research Interests

Dr. Kauth’s research interests include medieval and Renaissance literature, literature by women, textual communities, science and literature, and recently, Dante.

Selected Publications and Presentations

“The Ancrene Wisse as Core Text.” The Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC) Fourteenth Annual Conference: Williamsburg, VA (March/April 2007).

“The Shaping of Dante’s Cosmos.”  Medievalia et Humanistica: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Culture 32 (2006). 7-24.

“Beatrice and Pearl.” The Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC) Thirteenth Annual Conference: Chicago, IL (April 2006).

“Dante’s Cosmos.” 40^th International Congress on Medieval Studies: Kalamazoo, MI (May 2004).

“Performed Texts: Enacted Metaphor in Pamphilus.” 33^rd International Congress on Medieval Studies: Kalamazoo, MI (May 1998).

“Book Metaphors in the Textual Community of the Ancrene Wisse.”  The Book and the Magic of Reading in the Middle Ages.  Ed. Albrecht Classen.  New York: Garland Press, 1998. 99-122.

Courses Taught

HUMN 220 | The Mediterranean World
HUMN 230 | The Baptism of Europe
LITR 257 | British Literature I
LITR 266 | Studies in the Novel
LITR 268 | Studies in Drama
RHET 102 | Research Writing in Biology
RHET 103 | Person in Community: Writing Seminar

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