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Brent C. Orton


borton@truman.edu
Brewer Basement 15A, x6029
Office hours for Spring 2007
T, Th 3:00 - 4:00 p.m., and (usually) 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.


has been teaching at Truman since 2001. Dr. Orton specializes in and teaches JINS 351 The Faust Tradition, Critical Theory, and World Literature. His current research interests are Postmodernism: philosophy and culture, Aesthetics and Ethics in postmodern thought and culture, and European Romanticism

      "I’m from Springville, Utah. I graduated Brigham Young University with a BFA in painting and drawing. I did graduate work both at BYU and The University of Chicago where I received a Ph.D. in History of Culture.

      Extracurricular interests are in art, photography and astronomy. Who has time for a proper hobby?"

His favorite quotation?

      "All we have ever required of truth is a pretty picture."
                                         -Friedrich Nietzsche

 

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