Marshall N. Armintor

Title: Principal Lecturer

Department: English

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Auditorium-English Building 116C
Marshall.Armintor@unt.edu
(940) 565-2116 (Office)
(940) 565-2050 (Department)

General Information Previous Courses Publications Research

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

PhD, Rice University, 2002
Major: English
Dissertation: Significant Returns: Lacan Masculinity, and Modernist Traditions
MA, Rice University, TX, 1998
Major: English
BA, University of Notre Dame, 1992
Major: Program of Liberal Studies/Philosophy

Current Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 4680.001	Game Narratives as Literature	Spring 2025
ENGL 2800.001	Introduction to Games and Play	Spring 2025
ENGL 2800.001	Introduction to Games and Play	Fall 2024	Syllabus
ENGL 4665.401	Studies in Science Fiction	Fall 2024	Syllabus
ENGL 4665.402	Studies in Science Fiction	Fall 2024	Syllabus

Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 4680.001	Game Narratives as Literature	Spring 2024	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2800.001	Introduction to Games and Play	Spring 2024	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 1320.707	First Year Writing II	Fall 2023	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2800.001	Introduction to Games and Play	Fall 2023	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 4270.001	Modern Jewish Literature	Fall 2023	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 4665.702	Studies in Science Fiction	Summer 10W 2023	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 4680.001	Game Narratives as Literature	Spring 2023	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2800.001	Introduction to Games and Play	Spring 2023	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 1321.001	Honors First Year Writing II	Fall 2022	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2800.001	Introduction to Games and Play	Fall 2022	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 1310.701	First Year Writing I	Summer 10W 2022	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 4680.001	Game Narratives as Literature	Spring 2022	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2800.001	Introduction to Games and Play	Spring 2022	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 4680.001	Game Narratives as Literature	Fall 2021	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2800.001	Introduction to Games and Play	Fall 2021	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2331.002	World Literature	Fall 2021	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 1320.702	College Writing II	Summer 10W 2021	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 4680.001	Game Narratives as Literature	Spring 2021	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 4680.301	Game Narratives as Literature	Spring 2021	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 5900.712	Special Problems	Spring 2021
ENGL 1310.071	College Writing I	Fall 2020	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 1310.072	College Writing I	Fall 2020	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3910.001	Special Studies in Literature	Fall 2020	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3910.301	Special Studies in Literature	Fall 2020	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 1310.702	College Writing I	Summer 10W 2020		SPOT
ENGL 3440.002	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Spring 2020	Syllabus
ENGL 3000.006	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2020	Syllabus
ENGL 1310.008	College Writing I	Fall 2019	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3000.005	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2019	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2210.008	Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700	Fall 2019	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2220.001	Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the Present	Summer 5W2 2019	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2440.001	Banned Books and Literary Scandals	Spring 2019	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3360.001	Survey of Classical Literature	Spring 2019	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 1310.040	College Writing I	Fall 2018	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3000.005	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2018	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 4900.708	Special Problems	Fall 2018	Syllabus
ENGL 2210.008	Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700	Fall 2018	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 1320.006	College Writing II	Summer 5W1 2018	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2220.001	Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the Present	Summer 5W2 2018	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3440.002	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Spring 2018	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3000.002	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2018	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3440.001	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Fall 2017	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 1310.077	College Writing I	Fall 2017	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3913.001	Topics in World Literature	Fall 2017	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3440.001	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Summer 5W1 2017	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3440.002	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Spring 2017	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3000.002	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2017	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3440.001	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Fall 2016	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3000.007	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2016	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2210.004	Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700	Fall 2016	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2220.001	Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the Present	Summer 5W2 2016	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3440.002	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Spring 2016	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2220.002	Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the Present	Spring 2016	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2221.002	Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the Present	Spring 2016	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3440.001	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Fall 2015	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2500.003	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2015	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 2500.007	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2015	Syllabus	SPOT
ENGL 3440.003	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Spring 2015	Syllabus
ENGL 4951.712	Honors College Capstone Thesis	Spring 2015
ENGL 4150.001	Literary Criticism	Spring 2015	Syllabus
ENGL 2220.002	Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the Present	Spring 2015	Syllabus
ENGL 4160.003	Advanced Expository Writing	Fall 2014	Syllabus
ENGL 3440.002	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Fall 2014	Syllabus
ENGL 4951.712	Honors College Capstone Thesis	Fall 2014
ENGL 2500.002	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2014	Syllabus
ENGL 3440.001	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Summer 5W1 2014	Syllabus
ENGL 3440.001	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Spring 2014	Syllabus
ENGL 1321.003	Honors Composition II	Spring 2014	Syllabus
ENGL 2500.003	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2014	Syllabus
ENGL 3440.003	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Fall 2013	Syllabus
ENGL 4951.712	Honors College Capstone Thesis	Fall 2013
ENGL 2500.001	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2013	Syllabus
ENGL 2500.003	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2013	Syllabus
ENGL 4150.001	Literary Criticism	Summer 5W1 2013	Syllabus
ENGL 3440.002	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Spring 2013	Syllabus
ENGL 2500.004	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2013	Syllabus
ENGL 4150.001	Literary Criticism	Spring 2013	Syllabus
ENGL 2500.003	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2012	Syllabus
ENGL 4150.001	Literary Criticism	Fall 2012	Syllabus
ENGL 3913.001	Topics in World Literature	Fall 2012	Syllabus
ENGL 4160.001	Advanced Expository Writing	Summer 5W1 2012
ENGL 3440.003	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Spring 2012	Syllabus
ENGL 1320.028	College Writing II	Spring 2012
ENGL 2500.005	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2012	Syllabus
ENGL 4900.712	Special Problems	Spring 2012
ENGL 5900.712	Special Problems	Spring 2012
ENGL 3440.002	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Fall 2011	Syllabus
ENGL 3440.003	British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the Present	Fall 2011	Syllabus
ENGL 2500.002	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2011	Syllabus
ENGL 5900.712	Special Problems	Summer 5W1 2011
ENGL 5910.712	Special Problems	Summer 5W1 2011
ENGL 3000.002	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2011	Syllabus
ENGL 3000.003	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2011	Syllabus
ENGL 4150.001	Literary Criticism	Spring 2011	Syllabus
ENGL 4900.712	Special Problems	Spring 2011
ENGL 3000.003	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2010	Syllabus
ENGL 3000.008	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2010	Syllabus
ENGL 4900.708	Special Problems	Fall 2010
ENGL 3440.001	Studies in British Literature 1780 to the Present	Fall 2010	Syllabus
ENGL 4160.001	Advanced Expository Writing	Summer 5W1 2010
ENGL 3000.001	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2010	Syllabus
ENGL 3000.004	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2010	Syllabus
ENGL 3911.001	Topics in British Literature	Spring 2010	Syllabus
ENGL 3000.001	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2009	Syllabus
ENGL 3000.002	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2009	Syllabus
ENGL 3440.002	Studies in British Literature 1780 to the Present	Fall 2009	Syllabus
ENGL 4150.001	Literary Criticism	Summer 5W2 2009
ENGL 4600.001	Continental European Fiction	Spring 2009
ENGL 3000.001	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2009
ENGL 3000.004	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2009
ENGL 3000.001	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2008
ENGL 3000.002	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2008
ENGL 4900.708	Special Problems	Fall 2008
ENGL 3912.002	Topics in American Literature	Fall 2008
ENGL 4160.001	Advanced Expository Writing	Summer 5W2 2008
ENGL 4500.001	British Fiction	Spring 2008
ENGL 2323.004	British Literature 1780 to Present	Spring 2008
ENGL 4150.001	Literary Criticism	Spring 2008
ENGL 4600.001	Continental European Fiction	Fall 2007
ENGL 3440.001	Studies in British Literature 1780 to the Present	Fall 2007
ENGL 3913.001	Topics in World Literature	Fall 2007
ENGL 4160.001	Advanced Expository Writing	Summer 5W2 2007
ENGL 4500.001	British Fiction	Spring 2007
ENGL 2323.004	British Literature 1780 to Present	Spring 2007
ENGL 3360.001	Survey of Classical Literature	Spring 2007
ENGL 4470.001	British Drama	Fall 2006
ENGL 2323.004	British Literature 1780 to Present	Fall 2006
ENGL 3913.001	Topics in World Literature	Fall 2006
ENGL 2323.001	British Literature 1780 to Present	Summer 5W2 2006
ENGL 5910.712	Special Problems	Summer 5W1 2006
ENGL 2323.001	British Literature 1780 to Present	Spring 2006
ENGL 4600.001	Continental European Fiction	Spring 2006
ENGL 3000.001	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2006
ENGL 4900.712	Special Problems	Spring 2006
ENGL 2323.001	British Literature 1780 to Present	Fall 2005
ENGL 2323.004	British Literature 1780 to Present	Fall 2005
ENGL 4600.001	Continental European Fiction	Fall 2005
ENGL 4600.001	Continental European Fiction	Summer 5W2 2005
ENGL 2323.003	British Literature 1780 to Present	Spring 2005
ENGL 4600.001	Continental European Fiction	Spring 2005
ENGL 3000.001	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2005
ENGL 3000.003	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Spring 2005
ENGL 2323.002	British Literature 1780 to Present	Fall 2004
ENGL 3000.001	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2004
ENGL 3000.004	Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills	Fall 2004
ENGL 4150.001	Literary Criticism	Fall 2004

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book

Armintor, M.N. (2004). Lacan and the Ghosts of Modernity. Peter Lang.

Book Chapter

Armintor, M.N. (2022). The Cultural Paradoxes of Red Velvet Cake in the South. The Tacky South. 12. Baton Rouge, LA, LSU Press. https://lsupress.org/
Armintor, M.N. (2020). “Dear holy sister”: Narrating madness, bodily horror and religious ecstasy in Michel Faber’s The Crimson Petal and the White. Neo-Victorian Madness: Rediagnosing Nineteenth-Century Mental Illness in Literature and Other Media. 145-165. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85089640167

Book Review

Thornton, W., Armintor, M.N. (2002). Voices and Values in James Joyce's Ulysses. 44 (1) Criticism.
Iyer, P., Armintor, M.N. (2000). "Global Villagers: Pico Iyer Explores the Modern Paradox of Belonging Everywhere and Nowhere At Once.". Review of The Global Soul. 6. Chicago Tribune,Chicagoland Final Edition.
Martone, M., Armintor, M.N. (2000). "Illuminating the Feelings of Those Who Live In the Nation's Heartland.". Review of The Flatness and Other Landscapes. 3. Chicago Tribune,Chicagoland Final Edition.

Journal Article

Armintor, M.N. (2022). Amazon Web Services, the Unconscious, and Digital Life. 24 (2) West Lafayette, IN, CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture; Purdue University Press. http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/journals/clcweb
Armintor, M.N. (2021). Lost & Found: "Mort Drucker and Stan Hart, “Strange Interlude with Hazey” (Mad #85, March 1964); George Woodbridge and Stan Hart, “Strange Interludes in Everyday Life” (Mad #90, October 1964)". The Eugene O'Neill Review. 42 (2) 6. University Park, PA, Penn State University Press. https://www.psupress.org/Journals/jnls_EOR.html#:~:text=The%20Eugene%20O%E2%80%99Neill%20Review%20is%20the%20official%20academic,published%20biannually%20by%20the%20Pennsylvania%20State%20University%20Press.

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Overall Summative Rating	Challenge and Engagement Index	Response Rate
out of 5	out of 7	% of students responded

Overall Summative Rating (median):
This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
- The course as a whole was
- The course content was
- The instructor’s contribution to the course was
- The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
Challenge and Engagement Index:
This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
- Do you expect your grade in this course to be
- The intellectual challenge presented was
- The amount of effort you put into this course was
- The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
- Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was