English
James Schiavoni
Professor of English | Chair – English and Modern Languages
Bio
Born and raised in western Pennsylvania, Dr. James Schiavoni attended a year of law school after college, before returning to his first intellectual love of literature and earning a master’s degree at University of Cincinnati and a doctorate at Vanderbilt, in Nashville, where he met his future wife, Mary Anne. They split their time between East Tennessee and a house in Nashville, where they have family and enjoy bluegrass music at the small clubs. Both are active members at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Madisonville, where Dr. Schiavoni plays mandolin and guitar in the choir.
Courses
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Composition I and II
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British Literature I and II
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History of the English Language
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Books and Related Materials for Adolescents
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Readings in Shakespeare
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Science Fiction
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Arthurian Legends
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Advanced Studies in Creative Writing
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Reader, Author, Text: Worlds of Interpretation
Publications
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Scholarly articles such as “Predestination and Free Will: The Crux of Canto Ten” in Spenser Studies, vol. 10; “Becoming a Child of the Future: Implied Reader and Narratee in Cordwainer Smith’s Science Fiction” in Extrapolation, vol. 60; and “Royal Prerogative versus the Common Law” in Renaissance Papers, 2010.
