Wondering about ideological bent of PhD programs.

[deparkison]

Hello. I'm looking to apply to more schools this year than I did last year. I'm broadening my scope by quite a bit, not giving up, but hedging my bets on the possibility of being accepted to a poetry composition PhD program.

What I'm wondering is whether or not anyone knows of a grad school (or, preferably, schools) that has a faculty whose research is mainly focused in Marxist literary theory. I know it's out of vogue right now, but it's what I like. I'm looking for departments whose research methods, research subjects, or interests are mainly Marxist.

Any help you folks can give would be great!

[vordhosbntwin]

I'm currently doing grad work at Duke, and I would say that it's a place for that. For what it's worth - Fredric Jameson has a huge presence in the program, and I have him as a professor right now.

[runonsentence]

I'm at Cincinnati, which has CW PhD tracks and has a faculty member or two who work with Marxist theories. Though I wouldn't say that the ideological bent of the faculty as a whole is Marxist. But PM me if you want to chat more.

[deparkison]

Duke is my dream school. If I'm being honest with myself, I don't think I have the intellectual accumen to make it there... But, I'm definitely applying! Jameson takes up quite a bit of room on my book shelf. I'm going through The Prison-House of Language right now.

I'm also really impressed by what I've read of Frank Lentricchia.

[user_name]

penn state, uw-madison...from reading papers out of those places. also zizek having recently spoke at u oregon and washu might say something about the leaning of those schools

[TripWillis]

You could try every school outside the heartland. Marxist criticism is highly influential pretty much everywhere.

[takethiswaltz]

There are some great programs even in the Midwest. Take a look at the English program at UW Milwaukee and at the CSCL program at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Edited October 17, 2011 by takethiswaltz

[Two Espressos]

Humanities (most explicitly English) departments are bastions of Marxism: most programs worth their salt would be accommodating of a Marxist perspective at the very least.

Many people deplore the above, but I certainly don't.

Edited October 17, 2011 by Two Espressos