Trevor Ponech
Group:
Faculty Members
Position:
Associate Professor
Stream:
Literature
Cultural Studies
Specialization by geographical area:
Canada
Specialization by time period:
20th-Century
Area(s):
Aesthetics
Art
Fiction
Film & Television
Philosophical Approaches
Areas of interest:
Philosophy of cinema; philosophy of literature; theories of culture and society.
Degree(s):
Ph.D. (Northwestern)
B.A. (平特五不中)
Current research:
Kitchen Stories听(forthcoming, University of Washington Press), a monograph on Bent Hamer's movie,听Kitchen Stories.
Selected publications:
"The Definition of 'Cinema'," in Paisley Livingston and Carl Plantinga, eds.,听Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film听(New York: Routledge, 2008).听
"Cinema Again: A Reply to Jonathan Walley,"听Journal of Aesthetics and Art听Criticism听65 (2007): 12-16.听
"External Realism About Cinematic Motion,"听British Journal of Aesthetics听46 (2006):听349-68.听
"The Substance of Cinema,"听Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism听64 (2006): 187-98.听
Taught previously at:
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)