David H. Richter
Professor of English
Ph.D. 1971, University of Chicago

The Eighteenth Century, Literary Theory, Biblical Narrative

Office: Klapper 639
Phone: (718) 997-4667
e-mail: david.richter@qc.cuny.edu

Graduate Center Office: GC 4105

Phone (212) 817-8330

e-mail: drichter@gc.cuny.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications:

• The Critical Tradition: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends (3^rd  Edition; Boston: Bedford, 2006).
• Falling into Theory (2^nd Edition; Boston: Bedford, 2000)
• Ideology and Form in Eighteenth-Century Literature (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1999).
• "Your Cheatin' Art: Double Dealing in Cinematic Narrative"
• "Farewell My Concubine: The Difficult, the Stubborn, and the Outrage of Gibeah." Agendas for the Study of Midrash, ed. Marc Lee Raphael (Williamsburg, VA: William and Mary, 1999), pp. 101-122. Shorter Version
• The Progress of Romance: The Gothic Novel and Literary Historiography (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1996).
• "Midrash and Mashal: Difficulty in the Blessing of Esau." Narrative 5 (1996): 253-64.

Recent Papers:

· "Narrativity and Stasis in Martin Rowson's Tristram Shandy"

• "Speaking Subalterns and Scribbling Colonists: Narrative Voice in Castle Rackrent"
• "Pluralism at the Millennium"
• "Late Reconfiguration, or Who Is Keyser Söze and Why Should We Care?"
• "Cases of Identity: La femme sans nom, The Woman in White, and the Tichborne Claimant"

Syllabi for Spring 2000 Courses:

• The Rise of the Novel (Graduate Center: English 771.00)
• Biblical Narrative (Queens; English 681)

Syllabi for Fall 2000 Courses:

• Literature of the Enlightenment (Queens: English 322)
• Literary Theory (Queens: English 636),

Spring 2001: Professor Richter has received a Presidential Research Award and will be on leave for the semester.

Syllabi for Fall 2001 Courses:

• The Bible as Literature (Queens: English 381)
• Graduate Methodology (Queens: English 701),

Syllabi for Spring 2002 Courses:

• The Rise of the Novel (Graduate Center: English 771.00)
• Jane Austen (Queens; English 722)

Syllabi for Fall 2002 Courses:

• Recycling the Past: Postmodern Interventions with Classic Fiction (Queens: English 391)
• NEASECS 2002 (Graduate Center),

Syllabi for Spring 2003 Courses:

• The Enlightenment and Modernity (Graduate Center: English 835.00)
• Introduction to Literary Studies (Queens; English 150)

Syllabi for Fall 2003 Courses:

• Literary Theory (Queens: English 636 E6M3)
• Theory and Practice of Literary Scholarship (Graduate Center: English 795.00)

Syllabi for Spring 2004 Courses:

• Graduate Methodology (Queens: English 701)
• Biblical Narratology (Graduate Center: English 806.00)

Syllabi for Fall 2004 Courses:

• Fiction in Theory and Practice (Queens: English 760 E6W3)
• Senior Seminar: Jane Austen (Queens: English 391 3M3WA)

Syllabi for Spring 2005 Courses

· Graduate Methodology (Queens: English 701)

· The Rise of the Novel (Graduate Center: English 839.00)

Syllabi for Fall 2005 Courses:

• Theory and Practice of Literary Criticism (Graduate Center: Comparative Literature 79500)
• The Bible as Literature (Queens: English 381 3W2A)

Syllabi for Spring 2006 Courses

· The Bible as Literature (Queens: English 381 AM3WA)

· Aspects of Literary Theory(Queens: English 382 1M3WA)

· Swift, Fielding, Sterne: Satire and Comedy (Graduate Center: English 83200)

Syllabi for Fall 2006 Courses

· Introduction to Literary Study (Queens: English 150 AT3RA)

· Survey of English Literature 2 (Queens: English 252 1T3RA)

· Seminar: Jane Austen (Queens: English 723 E4R2A)

Syllabi for Spring 2007 Courses

· Jane and Henry in Hollywood (Queens: English 391)

· Biblical Narratology (Graduate Center: English 80600)

Syllabi for Fall 2007 Courses

· The Bible as Literature (Queens: English 381)

· Suffering the World (Queens: English 386)

Syllabi for Spring 2008 Courses

         ▪  Introduction to Literary Study (Queens: English 150)

         ▪  The Rise of the Novel (GC: English 83900)

Syllabi for Summer 2008 Course

       ● Introduction to Poetry ( Queens: English 140)

Fall 2008: On Sabbatical

Syllabi for Spring 2009 Courses

· Literature and Religion ( Queens: English 386)

· Culture Wars of the 1790s: The Jacobin and Anti-Jacobin Novel

                    (GC: English 83500)

Fall 2009: On Sabbatical

Syllabi for Spring 2010 Courses

· Jane and Henry in Hollywood (Queens: English 391W 9W3A)

· The English Novel and the French Revolution (Queens: English 722 E4W2A)

· Biblical Narratology (Graduate Center: English 80600)

Syllabi for Fall 2010 Courses

· Survey of English Literature 2 (Queens: English 252 1M3WA)

· Aspects of Literary Theory (Queens: English 382 AM3WA)

· Graduate Methodology (Queens: English 701 E6M2A)

Current Projects:

• Crises of Identity: La Femme sans nom, The Woman in White, and the Tichborne Claimant (in progress)
• The Robe of Samuel: Difficulty and Indeterminacy in Biblical Narrative (in progress)

Recent Courses:

• Introduction to Literary Analysis
• Fiction in Theory and Practice
• Biblical Narratology
• Literary Criticism
• The Gothic: Genre and Mode
• The Enlightenment and Modernity
• The Rise of the Novel
• Satire and Comedy
• Jane and Henry in Hollywood
• Suffering the World: Ancients and Moderns

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