Name: Dr. Tramble T. Turner
Rank: Associate Professor of English
Office address: 415 Sutherland
Phone Number: (215)881- 7532
E-mail: ttt3@psu.edu
Iinstitution(s) where degrees were earned:
B.A., cum laude, Vanderbilt University
M.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Names and numbers of courses taught:
Classical Mythology, CAMS 045
Shakespeare, English 129
Alternative Voices in American Literature ENGL 135
Founders of Modern Drama, English 189
Introduction to Critical Reading , English 200
Reading Drama, English 268
American Drama, English 438
British and Irish Drama Since 1890, English 454
Short description of any research interests :
The fiction and non-fiction of Colm Tóibín, including The Blackwater Lightship and The Master, have been the basis for presentations at the National Conference of The American Conference for Irish Studies. The cultural, theological, and aesthetic concerns of this writer have been the focus of my work in recent years.
Publications:
"Bernard Shaw's 'Eternal' Irish Concerns." Eire-Ireland 31 (Summer 1986): 57-69.
"Recovering Cultural History." Rev. of For the Land They Loved, by Cheryl Herr. Irish Literary Supplement 10.2 (1991). 33.
"Quinn's Book: Reconstructing American History." MELUS, Irish-American Issue, Spring 1993. 31-45.
"Metadramatic Aspects of Thomas Wolfe's Fiction." The Thomas Wolfe Review. 17 (Fall 1993): 27-32.
"James Connolly: A Fit Subject for the Playwright of Serjeant Musgrave's Dance." Chapter in John Arden/Margaretta D'Arcy, the Garland Twentieth-century dramatists series. 1995.
"Contemporary Irish Drama: Gender Benders and Social Drama." In Proceedings of the American Semiotics Society, 1994. Pub. 1995.
"Bernard Shaw." Chapter in English Dramatists: 1856-1900. Greenwood Presses, 1996.
"Bernard Shaw." Chapter in Irish Dramatists: 1856-1900. Greenwood Presses, 1996. (Katherine E. Kelley edited both volumes).
"Bringing it Home in a New Key: The Water Horse." Rev. of The Water Horse, by Nuala Ni Dhomnaihaill, Eilean Ni Chulinain, and Mebdh McCuchian. Irish Literary Supplement. Fall Issue. (2001).
Interest:
Cultural studies and gender studies have been the primary focus of my research and teaching. While most of my presentations at national conferences involve research in drama, I have also presented (and published) studies of American and Irish fiction.
