Chris Gortmaker

Chris Gortmaker is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of English at the University of Chicago since 2018. He specializes in modernist literature, Marxist theory, and the intersection of aesthetics with market dynamics. His research explores how modernist works negotiate capitalist modernity through formal innovation, as detailed in his forthcoming book project, "The Market Architecture of Modernist Fiction".

• Research Interests: Modernism, Marxism, genre criticism, African-American literature, Hegelian studies
• Recent Courses: Climate Fiction & Modernism, Literature vs. AI

His work bridges literary analysis with critical theory, addressing themes like commodification of art, climate fiction's ecological critiques, and AI's cultural impact. Publications include articles in Nonsite and work accepted by Modernism/modernity.

Teaching focuses on transnational modernism and media aesthetics, with a College Core sequence exploring philosophical debates about artistic media from antiquity to the present.