Eric Dodson-Robinson
Associate Professor
Main Hall 515
EDodson-Robinson@wcupa.edu
Education
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- M.A., Texas State University
- M.A., University of Michigan
- B.A., The University of Texas
Interests
- Classic Literature
- Comparative Literature
- European Drama
- Cross-cultural Encounters in the Ancient World
- Revenge Tragedy
Selected Publications
- Revenge, Agency, and Identity from European Drama to Asian Film. Brill, 2019.
- Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Senecan Tragedy: Scholarly, Theatrical, and Literary Receptions. Leiden: Brill, 2016. (Editor).
- “Introduction.” In Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Senecan Tragedy: Scholarly, Theatrical, and
Literary Receptions, 1—9. Leiden: Brill, 2016. - "Karma, Revenge, Apocalypse: Ran's Violent Victim-Agent Through Japanese and Western Contexts." Shakespeare Bulletin 31.2 (2013): 233-55.
- “‘By a Brother’s Hand’: Betrayal and Brotherhood in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Senecan Tragedy.” (Book chapter, by invitation.) In Playing False: Representations of Betrayal, Betiel Wasihun and Kristina Mendicino, eds., 81—102. Oxford: Lang, 2013
- “Performing the ‘Unperformable’ Extispicy Scene in Seneca’s Oedipus.” Didaskalia 8 (2011):
179—184. - “Rending Others: Ethical Contagio in Seneca’s Thyestes.” Mouseion, Series III, 10 (2010): 45—67.
- “Helen’s ‘Judgment of Paris’ and Greek Marriage Ritual in Sappho 16.” Arethusa 43.1 (2010): 1—20.