Rhiar Kanouse
Contact Information
Job Title
Lecturer
she/her/hers
- kanouse.6@osu.edu
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Areas of Expertise
- Literature and Film of the Americas
- Critical Theory
- Affect Studies
- Narrative Theory
Education
- Bachelor of Arts, Central Michigan University - English Language & Literature, minor in Spanish
- Master of Arts, The Ohio State University - Comparative Studies
- Doctor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University - Comparative Studies
Dr. Rhiar Kanouse is a Lecturer in the Department of Comparative Studies. With a background in English Language & Literature, her dissertation research traced the trope of cannibalism across literature, film, folklore, and performance. In the spring, she is teaching Introduction to World Literature and Literature & Society - Honors.
You can find an example of her work, "Canibalismo tardío: El consumidor caníbal en Somos lo que hay (2010, Jorge Michel Grau)" [Late-stage Cannibalism: The Cannibal Consumer in We Are What We Are (Somos lo que hay, 2010, Jorge Michel Grau)] in the academic journal En la otra isla: Revista de audiovisual latinoamericano - available here.