Dr. Robert Clark
Education
Ph.D. in English, University of Georgia
M.A. in English, University of Georgia
M.A. in Secondary English Education, Furman University
B.A. in English, Wheaton College (IL)
Teaching and Research Interests / Recent Publications or Scholarly Output
Dr. Clark’s research interests include American literature, science fiction, the short story, anime and animation, memetics, and interactive media.
Selected Publications:
Book:
American Literary Minimalism. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2014.
Articles and Book Chapter:
鈥淪ilence, Implication, and Style in Octavia E. Butler鈥檚 鈥楤loodchild鈥�.鈥� Science Fiction Studies 52, no. 2 (2025). 211-229.
鈥淩aymond Carver: 鈥楢 Small, Good Thing鈥� and 鈥楥athedral鈥�.鈥� In The Handbook of the American Short Story. Ed. Erik Redling and Oliver Scheiding. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022. 493-511.
鈥淟ydia Davis鈥檚 Psychological Minimalism.鈥� Studies in the American Short Story 1, no. 1 (2020): 38-52.
鈥淎 Reverence for Untrendy Human Troubles: David Foster Wallace鈥檚 鈥楪ood People,鈥� Ernest Hemingway鈥檚 鈥楬ills Like White Elephants,鈥� and American Minimalist Narration.鈥� Amerikastudien/American Studies 62, no. 3 (2017).
鈥淜eeping the Reader in the House: American Minimalism, Literary Impressionism, and Raymond Carver鈥檚 鈥楥athedral鈥�.鈥� Journal of Modern Literature 36, no. 1 (2012): 104-118.
鈥淭oreo, Ritual, and Nationalism: The Cultural Context of Mar铆a Cristina Mena鈥檚 鈥楾he Emotions of Mar铆a Concepci贸n鈥�.鈥� South Atlantic Review 75, no. 4 (2010): 73-90.
鈥淎t the Corner of Bourbon and Toulouse Street: The Historical Context of Alice Dunbar-Nelson鈥檚 鈥楳鈥檚ieu Fortier鈥檚 Violin鈥�.鈥� American Literary Realism 41, no. 2 (2009): 163-79.
鈥淧apa y El Tirador: Biographical Parallels in Hemingway鈥檚 鈥業 Guess Everything Reminds You of Something鈥�.鈥� The Hemingway Review 27, no. 1 (2007): 89-106.