Degrees

PhD, University of Denver 1977

MA, University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill 1970

BA, Swarthmore College 1966

Research Interests

Contemporary Irish Drama and Nineteenth Century American Literature

Recent Publications

Contexts for Frank McGuinness’s Drama (Catholic UP, 2004) 

“Brian Friel’s Sense of Place" in Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Irish Drama (2004) 

“Dancing at Lughnasa and the Unfinished Revolution" in Cambridge Companion to Brian Friel (2006) 

“Troubling Perspectives: Northern Ireland , the ‘Troubles’ and Drama" in Blackwell’s Companion to Modern British and Irish Drama (2006) 

“Observe the Sons of Ulster : Historical Stages" in Echoes Down the Corridor: Irish Theatre—Past, Present, and Future (2007) 

Courses Frequently Taught

Twentieth Century Drama Written in English

American Renaissance

Survey of American Literature

Advanced Non-Fiction Writing

Teaching Philosophy

The essence of teaching is collaborative learning—finding together new ways to think about old and new issues, discovering together useful approaches to complex texts, challenging old notions with new understandings.

hlojek@boisestate.edu

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