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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Former College and High School Football Coach turned Doctoral Candidate in Russian literture and Critical theory |
| Location | Madison, Wisconsin, United States |
| Introduction | Before becoming a scholar I was a college and high school football coach. I coached at two DI institutions and 3 HS before deciding that I needed something else. In other words, the scholar, which had always been there in me finally won out. I am now in the final stages of my doctoral degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures. My dissertation approaches Tolstoy's WAR & PEACE as an Allegory of Representation. |
| Interests | Russian literature, Continental philosophy; Critical theory - especially the study of tropes such as allegory, metaphor, and irony; Historiography; Politics; Football |
| Favorite movies | WAR AND PEACE (No, not the Henry Fonda version, but the 12 hour Soviet version done by Sergei Bondarchuk - also available with English subtitles); DAS BOOT; WONDER BOYS; TIME BANDITS; LAWRENCE OF ARABIA |
| Favorite music | Oasis; George Harrison; Beatles; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; Traveling Wilburys; |
| Favorite books | WAR AND PEACE; MOBY DICK; PUSHKIN HOUSE; DOCTOR ZHIVAGO; ALLEGORIES OF READING (Paul de Man); OF GRAMMATOLOGY (Derrida); METAHISTORY (Hayden White); A MAP OF MISREADING (Harold Bloom) |