Dr. Labio's current research takes place at the intersections of literature and economics and literature and the visual arts. She is working on two book manuscripts. The first is on the cultural and economic history of the Mississippi Bubble of 1720. The second highlights the three-dimensionality of comics and the relationship between comics and architecture.
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Modern and contemporary European literature and philosophy (including aesthetics), The Enlightenment, literature and economics, finance and culture, literature and the visual arts, book arts, European comics, comics and architecture, literary and critical theory, history of the novel
ENGL 3164 - History and Literature of Georgian Britain
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2019
Provides an interdisciplinary study of England in one of its most vibrant cultural and historical periods. Topics include politics, religion, family life, and the ways contemporary authors understood their world.
ENGL 4039 - Critical Thinking in English Studies
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Spring 2019
Concerned with developments in the study of literature that have significantly influenced our conception of the theoretical bases for study and expanded our understanding of appropriate subject matter. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
ENGL 5139 - Global Literature and Culture
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Fall 2018
Introduces graduate level study of recent writing in English from around the world. Emphasizes a wide range of genres, forms, new media, and secondary criticism. Cultivates research skills necessary for advanced graduate study. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
ENGL 5459 - Introduction to the Profession
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Spring 2020
Introduces purposes, methods and techniques of professional scholarship in English. Provides an overview of the discipline, including traditional areas of research and recent developments. Teaches students how to use research, bibliographic, and reference tools to prepare papers for conferences and publication. Required of all MA students in English.
