Christopher Lockett
Position
Associate Professor
Education
- PhD (University of Western Ontario)
- MA (University of Toronto)
- BA (York University)
Contact Information
- Office: AA 3044
- Telephone: (709) 864-7699
- Email: clockett@mun.ca
Research Interests
Postwar American literature and culture; film, media, and popular culture; fantasy and science fiction
Selected Publications
- 鈥淭he Revolting Masses: Zombie Apocalypse and the Horror of Mass Culture鈥 [under consideration]
- 鈥淭he Humanist Nostalgia of Station Eleven.鈥 [under consideration]
- 鈥溾榃e are not who we are鈥: Lovecraftian Conspiracy and Magical Humanism in The Cabin in the Woods.鈥 Horror Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2015, pp. 121-139.
- 鈥淎ccidental History: Mass Culture and HBO鈥檚 Rome.鈥 Journal of Popular Film and Television, vol. 38, no. 2, 2010, pp. 102-112.
Current Research Projects
- The Spectre of Catastrophe: Post-Apocalyptic Visions in the 21 st Century (book)
- 鈥淶ombie Apocalypse and the Revenge on Celebrity鈥 (article)
- 鈥淎pocalyptic Nativism in The Walking Dead鈥 (article)
- 鈥淩omantic Sediments: J.R.R. Tolkien and the Invention of Fantasy鈥 (article)
Regularly Taught Courses
Undergraduate
- English 2000: Major Authors to 1800
- English 2218: American Literature after 1945
- English 2811: Introduction to SF and Fantasy
- English 3261: American Prose Fiction
- English 3811: The Lord of the Rings
- English 4272: Topics in Contemporary American Literature
- Communication Studies 2000: Critical Approaches to Popular Culture
Graduate
- English 7055: The Banality of Magic: Fantasy, Myth, and Humanism
- English 7061: Conspiracy Culture
- English 7061: HBO鈥檚 America: Television, History, Culture
- English 7072: Difficult Men: Masculinity, Ambivalence, and Power in Prestige Television
- English 7XXX: Magic Wor(l)ds, or, The Universe Next Door
Honours And Graduate Supervision
Narratives of conspiracy and paranoia; contemporary American fiction and popular culture; science fiction and fantasy; postmodernism; figurations of space and place; apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic narratives