College English Sep 2010

Serpents in the Garden: English Professors in Contemporary Film and Television

Timothy L. Carens

Abstract

Recent movies and television programs frequently depict the English professor as a dangerously seductive man associated with sexual transgression and other illicit temptations. This stereotype reveals a widespread ambivalence, a fascination intermingled with distrust, generated specifically by figures who preside over the study of literature in the academy.

Journal
College English
Published
2010-09-01
DOI
10.58680/ce201011650
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Closed
Topics
writing across the curriculum

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