Entry Year: 2016
Contact
| Email: | jdray[@]smu.edu |
Educational Background
M.A. in English, Southern Methodist University (2020)
B.A. in Literary Studies, University of Texas at Dallas (2013)
About
Interests:
James is a PhD candidate interested in 18th century English literature at large, with a particular focus on authorship and text-ness. His work includes novels, poems, science writing, it-narratives, almanacs and more, with particular attention paid to genre and how texts are shaped. James enjoys teaching a wide range of texts and topics from the 17th century up through the 20th.
Dissertation working title: “Do Texts Write Themselves?; Curious Trends in Literature of the Long 18th Century”
Conferences presentations:
“‘It’s really something’: Metaphysical Platonism and Meaning in Raymond Carver’s ‘Cathedral,’” Texas Center for Working Class Studies, 2016
Courses taught:
Imagination and Interpretation: Authorship and Prophecy
Writing and Reasoning, Honors Seminar
Discernment and Discourse: Mythologies
Discernment and Discourse: Individual and Community