Brian Brems

Brems, Brian

English

Professor

Phone: (630) 942-2521

Office Location: BIC 2E09B

Email: bremsb@cod.edu

Office Hours

• Monday, NETVIRTUAL 08:00-02:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, BIC2E09B 12:00-01:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, BIC2E09B 04:00-05:00 p.m.

Composition

Using film in the composition classroom, addressing social issues as a means of teaching composition, learner-centered approaches in teaching, using technology as facilitator of educational outcomes.

Film

• The films of Martin Scorsese, The Coen Brothers, Spike Lee, David Cronenberg
• Japanese Cinema
• Film Noir
• Narrative
• Genre Studies

Courses Taught

• English 1101
• English 1102
• English 1154

Projects

• An exploration of genre and cinematic and literary influence in the films of Joel and Ethan Coen.

Selected Publications, Presentations, Performances, Books

• Midwest Conference on Literature, Language and Media 2009: Presented "The Language of War in Byron's Childe Harold"
• Midwest Conference on Literature, Language and Media 2010: Presented "Always Put One in the Brain: Masculinity and the Head in Miller's Crossing"
• Allerton Articulation Conference 2010: Presented "Coen Brothers Film & Literature Pedagogy Project"
• Midwest Popular Culture Association 2010: Presented" 'A True and living prophet of destruction': Chigurh as Vietcong in the Novel/Film No Country for Old Men"
• Allerton Articulation Conference 2013: Presented "Using Documentary Film in The Composition II Classroom"

Education

• M.A. in English (Film & Literature) Northern Illinois University, 2010
• B.A. in English Northern Illinois University, 2008