University of Dallas

Fr. Robert Maguire, O. Cist

Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Location: Braniff 318
Office Phone: 972-721-5343
bluehawk@udallas.edu

Education

B.A. Political Science, University of San Francisco
M.A. Politics and Literature, University of Dallas
Ph.D. Politics and Literature, University of Dallas
Monastic and Theological Studies, Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Dallas

Scholarship and Recent Publications

"Gail Hightower's Archetypal Reversal of Judas's Betrayal of Christ in William Faulkner's novel Light in August." (American Academy of Religion's Southwest Conference, Dallas, Texas, March 4, 2000).

"Tirso de Molina's Play Damned for Despair: Fear, the Abuse of Rhetoric,and Despair" and "Passion and Playfulness: a Celebration of the Golden Age of Spain in Drama, Music, and the Visual Arts: An Interdisciplinary Symposium for the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures." (University of Dallas: Nov.6, 1999).

"Pip and Queequeg's Visions of Order in Response to Ahab and Ishmael's Questioning of God: Minority Insight as a Compass for Crossing the Unchartered Seas of the Soul in Melville's Moby-Dick." (AAR, Dallas, March 14, 1998).

Recent Courses

Literary Tradition I, II, III, IV
American Literature
Modern Irish Literature

Research Interests

Literature of the American South
Irish Literature