Professor David Brauner
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Professor of Contemporary Literature
Postgraduate supervision
I am currently supervising PhD projects on the representation of architecture in graphic novels and on contemporary British Muslim women's fiction.
I have successfully supervised PhD dissertations on escapism in contemporary American fiction; on Martin Amis; on representations of Jewish-American lesbian identities in literature and film; and on Lorrie Moore (later published as Understanding Lorrie Moore with University of South Carolina Press, 2009). I have acted as an External Examiner for 22 PhDs.
Teaching
Within the Department I convene the following modules on the BA English Literature programme:
- American Graphic Novels
- Modern American Culture and Counter-Culture
and the following modules on the MA English Literature:
- Contemporary Literature and Ethnicity
- Dissertation
I also contribute to the following modules on the BA English Literature programmes:
- Writing America: Perspectives on the Nation
- Contemporary Fiction
- Prose: Writing Identities
Research projects
My main research interests are in the fields of contemporary American fiction and twentieth-century Jewish literature. I also publish on graphic novels, Holocaust fiction, and on the representation of ethnicity, gender and sexuality in the modern novel. I would welcome applications from prospective PhD candidates in any of these areas.
I am currently working on an interdisciplinary monograph on authenticity and confessional culture in post-war America.
Professional bodies/affiliations
- Editorial Board, Philip Roth Studies
- Editorial Board, European Journal of American Culture
- Editorial Board, Humanities
- Editorial Advisory Board, Lexington Studies in Jewish Literature
Selected publications
I am the author of four books:
- Howard Jacobson (Manchester University Press, 2020)
- Contemporary American Fiction (Edinburgh University Press, 2010)
- Philip Roth (Manchester University Press, 2007)
- Post-War Jewish Fiction: Ambivalence, Self-Explanation and Transatlantic Connections (Palgrave, 2001)
and the co-editor of:
The Edinburgh Companion to Modern Jewish Fiction (Edinburgh University Press, 2015), the recipient of the 2016 Association of Jewish Libraries' Judaica Reference Award.