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English Department Faculty

Dr. Sharon Rowley

Ph.D., The University of Chicago
M.A., The University of Chicago
B.A., Temple University

Office:  Ratcliffe 222
Phone:  (757) 594-8874
Email:   srowley@cnu.edu

Areas of Teaching
Old and Middle English Language and Literature,
Chaucer, Arthurian Literature, Medieval - Modern,
Ancient World Literature, Pre-Modern World Literature,
Science Fiction, English Composition

Areas of Research/Publication
The Old English Version of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis anglorum,
Old English Anonymous Homilies, Manuscript Studies

Areas of Service
Composition Committee, Library Committee

Recent Publications

  • "Textual Studies, Gender and Performance in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," The Chaucer Review 38.2, December 2003: 158-177.
  • "'A wese\n/dan nacodnisse and þa ecan þistru': Language and Mortality in the Homily for Doomsday in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College ms 41", English Studies 84.6: 493-510, December, 2003.
  • "Reassessing Exegetical Interpretations of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis anglorum," Literature and Theology , 15.3 September 2003, 227-43.
 

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