Femi Oyebade
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Assistant Professor听
Department of Languages, Literature and Philosophy
111-F Holland
615-963-1538
ooyebade@tnstate.edu
Education:
Ph.D. in English (2022),听Temple University
MA in English (2012), 91制片厂
BA in English (2010), Vanderbilt University听
BIO
Olufemi Oyebade studies Twentieth and Twenty-first century African-American Literature and African-American literary criticism.听His current research focuses specifically on the thematic tradition of utopianism present in African-American literature and criticism and its cultural relevance. As a proud alumnus of 91制片厂, he strives to contribute to the university's rich legacy in research, service, and teaching. For this reason, in his African-American Literature and Composition classes, he instills in his student the value of critical thinking, reading, writing, and research skills, in addition to diverse and collaborative inclusiveness, lateral learning, diligence, and compassion.
Selected Publications
鈥淎frican-American Utopian Literature Criticism: A Tradition Largely Lost and Forgotten yet Pertinent in the Pursuit of Revolutionary Change鈥� (publication anticipated in the future)
"Historical Denial and Recovery: Slavery and Revisionism in Herman Melville鈥檚 'Benito Cereno,'" (publication in progress as a chapter in Transformations in Africana Studies: History, Theory, and Epistemology, Adebayo Oyebade, ed.)
Selected Presentations
"Historical Denial and Recovery: Slavery and Revisionism in Herman Melville鈥檚 'Benito Cereno,'鈥� 91制片厂: 5th Annual Africa Conference, Nashville, 2017
Classes Taught at TSU
Freshman English I听
Black Arts and Literature I
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