FACULTY - Douglas E Green
Department Chair of English
The English Department has been the intellectual and artistic home of many of Augsburg's finest students, as well as my own for over twenty years. As the current Chair, I encourage majors, minors, AugCore students, and prospective students to get to know the outstanding professors who are my colleagues. If you have questions about our programs and offerings in literature, writing, education, and film, please feel free to contact me at the phone number or e-mail address on this page or to drop by Memorial 223.
While I'm often preoccupied these days with the plays of Shakespeare and of the other playwrights I teach in the British and Commonwealth, American, and World Drama courses, it's poetry that rejuvenates me. Here's the link to a favorite by Elizabeth Bishop.
And though it pales by comparison, here's something recent of my own:
The Lyre
I sing them behind me-
dancers whirl in my path,
rocks roll in my wake.
You inspire me-
poems flow from my fingertips,
computers murmur my melodies.
Apollo overtakes me-
masters my Cassandra tongues,
curses the ears that attend my song.
The lyre is a way of life.
I write, read, and publish my creative work under the name D. E. Green. You can find more of my poetry in recent issues of Murphy Square, as well as in other venues listed.
Contact Information
Douglas E Green
Department Chair of English
Memorial Hall 223
CB 13
612-330-1187
green@augsburg.edu
Education
- B.A. Amherst College
- M.A. Brown University
- Ph.D. Brown University
Degree Area and Dissertation Title
Literature and Drama of the English Renaissance
Seneca’s Tragedies: The Elizabethan Translations
Recognition
2007 Recipient of the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Learning Award for Excellence in Teaching
Current Areas of Teaching and Responsibility
Shakespeare; British, American, and World Drama; Criticism and Theory; Creative and Expository Writing; Film; Gender and Sexuality (Issues in Lesbian and Gay Studies); Faculty Adviser to QSU; Assessment Consultant for the Humanities and Fine Arts
Current Research and Writing Interests
Shakespeare; British, American, and World Drama; Criticism and Theory; Creative, Effective, and Expository Writing; Film; Gender and Sexuality (Issues in Lesbian and Gay Studies); Assessment Consultant for the Humanities and Fine Arts; CTL Peer Consultant; Department Chair
Most Recent Publications
“Branagh’s Love’s Labour’s Lost: Song of the Living Dead.” Shakespeare Bulletin 26.1 (Spring 2008): 77-96.
“Lutefisk—Why It’s Superior to Lefse.” Second Almost-Annual Lutefisk-Lefse Debate. Zyzzogeton: Augsburg College Scholarship Fair. Spring 2008.
“Performing Twelfth Night, Teaching Shakespeare: What You Will or What You Can?” What Can Scholars Learn from Play Directors & Vice-Versa? John Russell Brown, University College, London, Seminar Leader. Shakespeare Association of America Meeting, Dallas, March 2008.
“In the Soup” and “À la mode de Kahlo: The Lovers.” (Poems.) Murphy Square 2008: 32, 52.
“The Semaphore of Love: A Poetic Editorial.” (Poem.) Augsburg College Echo 5 October 2007: 5.
"A Tune Beyond Us, Yet Ourselves." Augsburg College 2007 Opening Convocation Speech. 8 September 2007. (NOTE: this is a 15 megabyte MP3 audio file)
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Park Square Theatre, and “The Merchant of Venice, Ten Thousand Things Theatre Company.” Shakespeare Bulletin 25.2 (Summer 2007): 45-49.
“Because It Hath No Bottom.” Poem of the Week. What Light Series. MNartists.org. 14 May 2007 http://mnartists.org/article.do?rid=146658.
“Because It Hath No Bottom,” “A Topography of Love,” and “A Visit to Theresienstadt” (Poems). Public Reading, What Light Series. Sponsored by Magers & Quinn, Booksellers, and MNartists.org. Magers & Quinn, Minneapolis. 6 May 2007.
“Reviewing (and) Shakespeare in Context(s).” Performance Criticism: The State of the Art. Dr. Jeremy Lopez, University of Toronto, Seminar Leader. Shakespeare Association of America Meeting, San Diego, April 2007.
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mu Performing Arts.” Shakespeare Bulletin 24.4 (Winter 2006): 69-72.
“Grain Elevator” (Poem). Stepping Stones, Writers’ Night (Public Reading), Northfield Arts Guild. 10 November 2006.
Organizer and Reader (along with many others). Public Reading of Ginsberg’s Howl on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Its Publication. Main Quad, Augsburg College. November 2006.
“When the Call Comes Who Answers? Vocation from Another Angle.” Follow-up Essay for Lilly Faculty Travel Seminar on Vocation, May 2006. September 2006.
“Hamlet, Guthrie Theater.” Shakespeare Bulletin 24.3 (Fall 2006): 84-88.
"Office Space: Or How I Spent 18 Years in the Closet at Augsburg." Augsburg College Echo 23 September 2006: 7. Rptd. in Augsburg Now Spring 2006: 9.
