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The Department of English and Comparative Literature logo The Department of English and Comparative Literature

19th and 20th Century American Literature

Affiliated Graduate Students

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Alec Joyner

PhD Student

Research Interests

19th and 20th Century American Literature
the Novel
Modernism
Affect Theory
Feminist Theory
African American and African Diaspora Literature
Humor, Comedy, and Laughter
Francophone Literature

Dissertation / Thesis Title

"Going to Pieces: The Laughter of the Other in US Novels of the 1930s"
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