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Sharon Coolidge


Chair / Professor
On faculty since 1977

Office: 306 Blanchard Hall
630.752.5782
Sharon.Coolidge@wheaton.edu

 
Education
M.A, Ph.D. - Duke
B.A. - Wheaton

 
Professional and Personal Interests
Medieval literature, medieval theology, medieval art, the teaching of writing, peace and justice issues especially as they relate to the third world, gardening, finishing wood, and home remodeling.
 
Courses Taught
ENGL 215 - Classical and Early British Literature
ENGL 331 - Medieval Literature
ENGL 433 - Varied Literary Topics: Arthurian Literature
ENGW 381 - Advanced Writing
ENGW 103 - Writing Effective Prose (4 hrs.)
ENGW 104 - Writing Effective Prose (2 hrs.)
 
Membership in Professional Societies
Medieval Society of America
The New Chaucer Society
The Arthurian Society
Association of Departments of English
Conference on Christianity and Literature
 
Research
I am particularly interested in medieval symbolism and its theological, philosophical, and artistic roots. My interests include both the possible meanings of different symbols but also how symbols function within different genres and contexts in medieval literature and art.
 
Recent Publications and/or Presentations

The Grafted Tree: A Study in Symbolic Function, manuscript completed and being sent out for review.

"Eliduc and the Iconography of Love." Medieval Studies 54 (1992):274-285.

"Tree," Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature, ed. David L. Jeffrey, Grand
Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992, pp. 779-80.

"The Second Shepherd's Play and Everyman," Invitation to the Classics, ed., Louise Cowan and Os Guinness, Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998, pp.113-16.