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Anne Canavan

Teaching Assistant



Office: RH 315
Phone: 753-6617
Email: acanavan@niu.edu

Educational Background


M.A. Tennessee Technological University; 2005

B.A. Tennessee Technological University; 2003


Professional Interests



Selected Publications >

Current Courses >

Selected Publications

  • “Blurring Genre: The Gothic Gatsby and what it tells us.” MADLIT conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
  • “Enclosing “Michael”: The Politics of Enclosure in Wordsworth’s “Michael.” The Midwest Conference on Literature, Language, and Media, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL.
  • “Classy Cars: Automobiles as Representations of Class Tensions in The Great Gatsby.” Ninth Annual F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference, Baltimore, MD.
  • "Popeye the Psychopath: The Making of a Freudian Psychopath in Faulkner's Sanctuary," Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Current Courses

CourseMeeting Days / Time / Room
Fall 2011ENGL 116.0001 (details)
TTH / 3:30 - 4:45 / DU 270