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Stephen J. Tifft serves as Professor of English at Williams College, where he has established a distinguished career teaching advanced seminars in modernist literature and film studies within the Department of English. His pedagogical leadership spans decades, focusing on interdisciplinary approaches to textual and cinematic analysis.
Education:
- B.A. in English from Harvard University (1975)
- M.A. in English Literature from Cornell University (1976)
- Ph.D. in English Literature from Cornell University (1984)
Professor Tifft's research centers on Modernist Literature, with deep expertise in James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time. His work critically examines aesthetic outrage and crisis representation through seminars like The Art of Modern Crisis and Theorizing Aesthetic Outrage. He equally pioneers intersections of literature and cinema in courses such as Film and Philosophy: Cavell and Hollywood Cinema and European Cinema and Film Theory, analyzing how visual media reshapes narrative understanding. This dual focus reveals his commitment to transcending traditional disciplinary boundaries.
While many advanced seminars—including James Joyce's "Ulysses" and Fiction of Beckett and Sebald—are not scheduled for 2025/26, his historical course catalog demonstrates sustained engagement with revolutionary literary forms and philosophical frameworks. His teaching consistently challenges students to interrogate cultural production through both textual and cinematic lenses.
