I work in the fields of rhetoric and composition, postmodern fiction, and film studies.  In the area of rhetoric and composition, my work focuses on pedagogical issues; in postmodern fiction, I deal mostly with issues of style and form.  My research in film deals primarily with genre studies and queer theory.  I regularly teach courses in all three areas.

Selected Publications

My work has appeared in the following publications: Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Film-Philosophy Quarterly, Popular Culture in Libraries, Genre, The Encyclopedia of Novels into Film, and CEA Forum.  I have an article in the book The Geographical Imagination of Annie Proulx: Rethinking Regionalism (edited by Alex Hunt), and I wrote the Instructor’s Manual for The Shape of Reason, 3rd edition. My book Literary Studies: A Practical Guide was co-authored with Tison Pugh.

Courses Taught

• ENGL 6631 Seminar in Teaching Writing
• ENGL 6632 Seminar in Teaching Literature
• ENGL 4431 Teaching and Writing Projects
• ENGL 4401 Advanced Composition
• ENGL 3308 Business Writing
• ENGL 3305 Art of Film II
• ENGL 3301 Writing about Literature
• ENGL 2278 Survey of American Literature
• ENGL 1126 Art of Film I

Office:
Liberal Arts 235/236
Office Phone: 282-2531
johnmarg@isu.edu