Username: davidrubin
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Member since: July 13, 2008
Birthday: September 30, 1939
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I am a retired professor of French literature now teaching argumentation to first- and second-year university students and Great Books to senior citizens. I also mentor prospective applicants for the Fulbright, chair the poetry board of a literary quarterly, and run a small scholarly press.
Interests
Poetry; critical pluralism; literary theory and methods; "informal" logic; the expanded literary canon; movies; ballet; art history.
Schools
- Oak Ridge High School - Oak Ridge, TN, US (1954 - 1957)
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