Eric Dean Rasmussen

Eric Dean Rasmussen is an Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Stavanger, affiliated with the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Humanities and the Department of Cultural and Linguistic Studies. His research focuses on post-digital literature, affect theory, materialist aesthetics, and contemporary American fiction. He has published extensively on authors such as Lynne Tillman, Charles Johnson, and Slavoj Žižek, analyzing themes like literary ecology, narrative form, and cultural critique.

Rasmussen’s work bridges literary studies with digital humanities, exploring how technology influences narrative structures and reader engagement. He contributed to the ELMCIP Electronic Literature Knowledge Base project, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to technotexts. His publications often intersect with philosophy, addressing topics like ethics, trauma, and political ontology.

Notable collaborations include interviews with Slavoj Žižek and analyses of Raymond Federman’s postmodern metafiction. While his current profile does not list formal advisees or grants, his scholarship reflects a commitment to innovative critical frameworks in contemporary literary studies.