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Research Highlights

ESL-Enriched Curriculum in the Sino-American University Context

Mythopoeic Function of Fantasy

The Transcendent Vision of Mythopoeic Fantasy

Cultural Fluidity in Global Literary Pedagogy

Cultural Fluidity in Global Literary Pedagogy

Training Ronin Style: Principles, Tips, and Strategies for Practical Martial Arts Solo Practice

Questioning Scientism in The Three-Body Problem

Narnia, Middle-Earth, and Beyond

Writing That Makes Sense: Critical Thinking in College Composition, 2nd Ed.

Postsecularism in the Blade Runner Films

30 May, 2023

Conference Papers

ESL-Enriched Curriculum in the Sino-American University Context

ESL-Enriched Curriculum in the Sino-American University Context: Examples from Wenzhou-Kean University By David S. Hogsette,…

Conference Papers

Mythopoeic Function of Fantasy

The Mythopoeic Function of Fantasy in The Lord of the Rings and Journey to the…

Books

The Transcendent Vision of Mythopoeic Fantasy

About An ever-expanding critical library on fantasy fiction requires an analysis of why the genre…

Conference Papers

Cultural Fluidity in Global Literary Pedagogy

Cultural Fluidity in Global Literary Pedagogy: Teaching Hamlet in China with The Banquet By David…

Research

Cultural Fluidity in Global Literary Pedagogy

My proposal was accepted for the 2020 College English Association of Ohio Conference. But, due…

Course Descriptions

Research in Language and Literature

Course Readings Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide, 15th ed. Klages, Mary.…

Course Descriptions

World Literature

Course Readings Genesis Chs 1-3Paradise Lost, books 1 and 9Film TroyThe Odyssey, books 1, 9,…

Course Descriptions

English Senior Capstone

Books for the Course There will be an online packet of essays available in Blackboard.…

Books

Training Ronin Style: Principles, Tips, and Strategies for Practical Martial Arts Solo Practice

Are you sheltering in place due to a pandemic outbreak (like COVID-19) and want to…

Research

Questioning Scientism in The Three-Body Problem

This proposal was accepted for the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association national conference, to be…

Research

Narnia, Middle-Earth, and Beyond

My book proposal for Narnia, Middle-Earth, and Beyond: The Transcendent Vision of Mythopoeic Literature was…

Books

Writing That Makes Sense: Critical Thinking in College Composition, 2nd Ed.

About The second edition of Writing That Makes Sense takes students through the fundamentals of the writing…

Conference Papers

Postsecularism in the Blade Runner Films

The Tyranny of Masculine Creation and the Potency of a Replicant Adam and Eve Mythology:…

Conference Papers

Frankenstein and the Conscience

Domestic Affection and the Voice of Conscience in Frankenstein: Mary Shelley’s Corrective to William Godwin’s…

Research

Postsecular Critique of Materialism in the Blade Runner Films

This proposal was accepted for the 2019 American Literature and Religion Society conference, held in…

Rush’s Romantic Critique of Their Modern Age

October 18, 2018

The Way of the Fantasist

October 18, 2018

Metaphysical Intersections in Frankenstein

March 14, 2012

Textual Surveillance, Social Codes, and Sublime Voices

March 10, 2012

Coleridge as Victorian Heirloom: Nostalgic Rhetoric in the Early Victorian Reviews of Poetical Works

March 9, 2012

Conference Papers

September 10, 2022

ESL-Enriched Curriculum in the Sino-American University Context

ESL-Enriched Curriculum in the Sino-American University Context: Examples from Wenzhou-Kean University By David S. Hogsette, Ph.D. © 2022 An invited…

Conference Papers

September 10, 2022

Mythopoeic Function of Fantasy

The Mythopoeic Function of Fantasy in The Lord of the Rings and Journey to the West By David S. Hogsette,…

Conference Papers

April 24, 2021

Cultural Fluidity in Global Literary Pedagogy

Cultural Fluidity in Global Literary Pedagogy: Teaching Hamlet in China with The Banquet By David S. Hogsette, Ph.D. © 2021…

Conference Papers

May 28, 2019

Postsecularism in the Blade Runner Films

The Tyranny of Masculine Creation and the Potency of a Replicant Adam and Eve Mythology: Postsecular Critique of Materialism in…

Research

January 2, 2021

Cultural Fluidity in Global Literary Pedagogy

My proposal was accepted for the 2020 College English Association of Ohio Conference. But, due to COVID, this conference has…

Research

May 2, 2020

Questioning Scientism in The Three-Body Problem

This proposal was accepted for the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association national conference, to be hosted in Boulder, Colorado, in…

Research

January 2, 2020

Narnia, Middle-Earth, and Beyond

My book proposal for Narnia, Middle-Earth, and Beyond: The Transcendent Vision of Mythopoeic Literature was accepted by McFarland Publishers. During…

Research

January 24, 2019

Postsecular Critique of Materialism in the Blade Runner Films

This proposal was accepted for the 2019 American Literature and Religion Society conference, held in conjunction with the American Literature…

Just for Fun

July 31, 2013

Laughing in the Face of Horror

A Review of Vincent Todarello’s The Lazarus Impact. 2012. Pp. 284. $12 paperback, $3 Kindle After releasing his very first…

Just for Fun

March 14, 2013

Recovering Truths Our Progressive Age Has Misplaced

A Review of Vincent Todarello’s The Return of the Fifth Stone. Pp. 408. $15 paperback, $3 Kindle. Ursula K. LeGuin…

Just for Fun

January 12, 2013

Review of The Hobbit Film, Part I

Like many Tolkien readers and fans, I’d been waiting with anticipation for the release of The Hobbit film ever since…

Just for Fun

August 25, 2012

Are Movies Just for Entertainment?

Sometimes people get frustrated when actors, directors, and filmmakers add overt political commentary to movies, especially in the "extra features"…