Dr. Eleanor Courtemanche

Associate Professor

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Biography

Eleanor Courtemanche is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Illinois University. Her research areas include economic political approaches to Victorian fiction, as well as the historical underpinnings of economic theory in Europe and America, focusing particularly on utopian novels. She examines urban planning and employs narrative theory, exploring themes of irony and comedy. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she contributes to academic discourse through a variety of scholarly publications. She completed her PhD in Comparative Literature at Cornell University in 1998, and her academic journey includes a MA from Cornell in 1994 and a BA from Yale University in 1990, graduating summa cum laude. Her courses span a wide range of topics relating to Victorian literature, cultural studies, and political radicalism, indicating her strong emphasis on critical theory and historical context in literary studies.

Research Interests

Economic Political Approaches Victorian Fiction History of Economic Theory Utopian Novels History of Urban Planning Narrative Theory Irony Comedy

Courses

Grad Courses: The Industrial Novel Cultural Studies Sexuality and Empire at the Fin de Siècle Victorian Socialisms Machine Dreams: Victorian Utopias The Recent Criticism of Victorian Novels Victorian Political Radicalism The Uses and Abuses of Victorian Historicism Sustainability and Utopia in Victorian Britain The Scandal of Aestheticism Undergrad Courses: Victorian Literature and Culture British Novel Pulp Fictions of the 1890s Victorian Utopias 19th Century British Fiction

Requirements for University of Illinois

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:17
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:103
GRE General
Prerequisites
Mathematical background Linear Algebra Calculus
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Specialization Notes

GRE is optional for admission to all graduate programs in Statistics. Full status admission requires higher language scores than limited status.