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Literary Critic Discusses Revising the Classics April 4

糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Department of English and the Cooper Honors Program in English will host lecture by University of Delaware Professor , 鈥淚 Love You, You鈥檙e Perfect, Now Change: Revising the Classics,鈥� about the adaptions of classic written texts at 7 p.m. Monday, April 4, in Ledbetter Hall Room C in the Donaghey Student Center. The event is part of the Cooper Program鈥檚 special seminar 鈥淭wicetold Tales.鈥� The event and a reception that follows are free and open to the public. Leitch, a literary critic and film studies specialist, received his Ph.D. from Yale University and is director of the concentration in Film Studies at Delaware. He teaches courses in American film, as well as literary and cultural theory. Since 1989, Leitch has reviewed mystery and suspense novels for Kirkus Reviews, where he is senior editor. He has published articles on Charles Dickens, Henry James, Donald Barthelme, and Hollywood genres from musicals to whodunits to slasher films. His books include 鈥淲hat Stories Are: Narrative Theory and Interpretation,鈥� 鈥淔ind the Director and Other Hitchcock Games,鈥� 鈥淭he Encyclopedia of Alfred Hitchcock, Crime Films and Perry Mason,鈥� and 鈥淔ilm Adaptation and Its Discontents.鈥� He is a past president of the Literature/Film Association. For more information about Leitch鈥檚 lecture, contact the English Department at 501-569-3161.