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Vayo, Brendon

Lecturer of English

Division of Languages and Literature
Contact Information

Building: Marsh Hall, Room: A232
Campus Box: D-110
Extension (on-campus): 304-384-5988
E-mail Address: vayob23@concord.edu
Office Hours:

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Louisiana at Lafayette (English)
  • M.F.A. University of Utah (Creative Writing)
  • B.F.A. University of Maine at Farmington (Creative Writing)

Research Interests & Publications

Iconology and Iconoclasm in Contemporary American Fiction: Pynchon, Coover, Nordan, Bender (completed May 2011)

Article:
“A Trinity of Iconoclasms in Robert Coover’s The Public Burning.” Forthcoming in Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction.

Short Fiction:
“Fast.” A Few Lines Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 2, Summer 2011: 34 – 37. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

“Rustic.” LIT Magazine 15 & 16, Volume 8, Issues 1 & 2, Winter & Spring 2009: 206 – 213.

“A Red House.” Scéal, Volume 1, Issue 1, Fall 2005: 46 – 51.

Courses Taught or Currently Teaching

  • ENGL 435A: Postmodern Historical Novels
  • ENGL 204A: Contemporary Gothic Novels
  • ENGL 204: World Literature II
  • ENGL 102: Composition and Rhetoric II