Nineteenth-century American literature; intimacy; sympathy, empathy, and the emotions. Authors: Stowe, Dickinson, Whitman; Melville, Hawthorne, ethical reasoning, sentimental and Gothic literature; fluency in French, competency in Spanish.
Additional Information:
Prof. Noble can offer commentary on comparisons between artificial intelligence and the way it mimics human thought and learning, and the concept of human contact in a world dominated by AI. From a literary perspective, she can discuss the nature of selfhood, both on a biological level, and the human tendency of self-narration and the development of selfhood. Prof. Noble is collaborating on a database for scholars and readers about allusions in the work of Emily Dickinson, and has published an interview about Dickinson and Queer Intimacy: https://faculti.net/say-it-again-saxon-the-erotic-intimate-space-of-reading/
Foreign Language Fluency:
French
Academic Credentials:
BA, Georgetown University; MA, Columbia University; PhD, Columbia University
Category:
Literature, Gender and Sex-Feminism and Women's Rights