Dr. Zachary Sng

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Biography

Zachary Sng is a comparative scholar specializing in British and German Romanticism. His research and teaching interests extend into critical theory, rhetoric, aesthetics, and literary theory. His recent work engages with queer theory, translation theories, diaspora, and multilingualism. Sng joined the Brown University faculty in Fall 2004,after completing his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature with a focus on German at Johns Hopkins University, following studies at the University of Konstanz in Germany. Sng was born and raised in Singapore, where he studied at Brown as an undergraduate (1990-1993) and as a master's student (1993-1994). He has taught English literature at the high school level in Singapore before embarking on his graduate work. His publications include the book 'Rhetoric Error: Locke and Kleist' from Stanford University Press (2010) and 'Middling Romanticism', which explores notions of moderation and mediation in 18th-century context and contemporary theoretical discussions.

Research Interests

Courses

Sublime Reading Film: Introduction to German Cinema Introduction to German Literature Image? German Aesthetics Race, Age, Reason German Romanticism: Texts, Contexts, Legacies Kafka's Writing Literature and Multilingualism Kafka (Im)paired Ilse Aichinger: Literature and History After 1945 Goethe German Romanticism Medium? Decentering German Studies

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics