28 OCTOBER 2009
ENGL 6006: Research Methods Fall 09 - Dr. Jocelyn A. Géliga Vargas jocelyna.geliga@upr.edu 787-832-4040 x 3096, 3064
Beyond the Primary Text: Interdisciplinary Research as Academic Sleuthing Dr. Ricia Anne Chansky Assistant Professor Department of English, UPRM
engl 6006 s e i r e s r e k spea 318 N Ó D CHAR 0 p.m. @ 6:0
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What does a work of art created in the 1970s that was locked away in a basement for the following decades have to do with literary studies? Through a discussion of Judy Chicago’s multimodal autobiographical narrative, this presentation explores the academic detective work necessary for building an interdisciplinary research project. Moving beyond previous scholars’ criticism that dismiss Chicago’s two published autobiographies as unreliable narration, this project examines the symbiotic relationship between those books, the artist’s journals, and her works of visual art to suggest that her autobiography is a multifaceted project that succeeds only when read together as an interwoven whole.
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CEP (professional development credit)
Dr. Ricia A. Chansky is Assistant Professor in the English Department at UPRM. Her scholarly work focuses on the literatures of marginalized communities, autobiography studies, visual culture, and pedagogy. Her recent publications include articles on interdisciplinary literary analysis, the teaching of literature, feminist theory, and visual culture.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Faculty of Arts and Sciences University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez