Professor
Gary Saul Morson
Northwestern University
Language and literary scholar; Educator
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Literature and Language Studies
Elected
1995
Gary Morson is the Frances Hooper Professor of the Arts and Humanities at Northwestern University. Morson's research ranges from literary theory (especially narrative), the history of ideas (Russian and European), literary genres (especially satire, utopia, and the novel), and his favorite writers-Chekhov, Gogol, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy. He is particularly interested in the relation of literature to philosophy. Among his recent studies are books on aphorisms, witticisms, and other kinds of quotation; a sequel to his book on time and contingency; and a study of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Morson has won "best book of the year" awards from the American Comparative Literature Association and the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages. He has also received the 2008 Award for Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship from the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages. His courses are considered among the most popular on Slavic literature in the country, often enrolling 500 students. In 2011 Morson teamed with Northwestern president Morton Shapiro to co-teach a debate-style humanities course.~
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