Andrew ArmondAssistant Professor of EnglishOwens Hall 308 405.878.2363 OBU Box 61158 500 W. University Shawnee, OK 74804 |
Dr. Andrew Armond primarily studies Victorian literature, particularly the Oxford Movement and the question of textual authority in the nineteenth century. He has also researched and written on various intersections of theology and literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including apocalyptic literature and theory, conversion and deconversion narratives, and theology, music, and literature.
In 2005, Dr. Armond won the Christine Fall Award for excellence in teaching from Baylor University, where he taught for four years. He has attended various colloquia on the relationship between Christianity and higher education and currently chairs the Faith and Disciplines committee at OBU. He also serves annually as a reader for the AP English Literature Exam.
Educational Background:
B.A., Louisiana Tech University
M.A., Baylor University
Ph.D., Baylor University
Courses Taught:
ENG 1153: English Composition: Exposition and Argument
ENG 1163: English Composition and Classical Literature
HON 1163: Honors English: Composition and Classical Literature
ENG 2013: European Civilization
ENG 2023: The Modern West
ENG 2523: Survey of English Literature II
ENG 4329: Advanced Topics in English: Victorian Revolutions
Selected Publications and/or Professional Activities:
"Limited Knowledge and the Tractarian Doctrine of Reserve in Christina Rossetti's The Face of the Deep." Forthcoming in Victorian Poetry (Summer/Fall 2010).
Book Review: The English Cult of Literature: Devoted Readers, 1774-1880, by William McKelvy. Forthcoming in Religion and the Arts 14.1.
"The Relationship of Atheism and Apophasis in Philip Larkin and RS Thomas," October 2009
Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature
Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX.
"Walker Percy and the Politics of Apocalypse in Love in the Ruins," April 2007.
Southeast Conference on Christianity and Literature
Loyola University, New Orleans, LA.
Book Note: After Anti-Catholicism: John Henry Newman and Protestant Britain, 1845– c. 1890, by Erik Sidenvall. In Religion and Literature 38.2 (Summer 2006).
"Christina Rossetti as Poet of the Apocalypse," March 2004.
"The Pre-Raphaelite Ideal" Colloquium
Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies, Trinity and All Saints College, Leeds, UK.
