Kenneth Dauber
استاد · Nineteenth-Century American Literature
State University of New York at Buffaloمعرفی
Kenneth Dauber is a Professor in the Department of English within the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo, specializing in nineteenth-century American literature and literary theory with a focus on the Ordinary Language tradition.
His research explores the intersection of philosophy and literature, particularly how Wittgensteinian and Cavellian thought informs textual analysis. Dauber investigates themes of authorship, community formation, and sentimental discourse in American literary works, emphasizing the role of ordinary language in critical interpretation. His methodological approach bridges continental philosophy with close reading practices.
Dauber's publications demonstrate sustained engagement with American literary figures like Emerson and Hawthorne while developing theoretical frameworks for ordinary language criticism. His work consistently examines how linguistic practices shape communal identity and literary meaning across nineteenth-century texts, revealing connections between philosophical skepticism and narrative construction.
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