Ryan Farrar, PhD 

Professor of English
Collin College--Frisco Campus

About Me

Education

Publications

A Few of My Favorite Books

About Me

I have spent much of my life roaming through the wilds of Fort Worth's west side, foraging a few meager skills along the way. I emerged from its thicket of tendrils and freeways only to find a passion for the literary arts. I have pursued this passion through the lands of Italy, Louisiana, Arizona, and Florida. In 2019, my feet found a footing in Frisco, TX. I have taught courses in composition, world literature, American literature, and British literature. As a Professor of English, my song and odyssey continue as I helplessly tangle with a natural's passion, as I look to water the seed of a life that thrives in colder climes.    

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Education

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University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Doctorate of Philosophy in English Literature

Dissertation: ‘A Better Where to Find’: Utopian Politics in Shakespeare’s Plays

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Tarleton State University

Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts in English

MA Thesis: 'You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away--a man is not a piece of fruit!': A Comparative Study of the Characters and the Dystopia in Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange and Arthur Miller's 

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Tarrant County College

Associate of Arts with Honors

Publications

  • Farrar, R. "Trigger Warning: The Liabilities of Teaching Literature in a Sensitive Climate." CCTE Studies Journal, 2024.
  • Farrar, R. "Utopian Euphemisms: Capitalist Consumption and Karel Čapek’s War with the Newts." CCTE Studies Journal, 2022. 
  • Farrar, R. "Liars and Swearers’: Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the Dissemblance of Modern Autocrats." William Shakespeare and 21st-Century Culture, Politics, and Leadership: Bard Bites, edited by Kristin Bezio and Anthony Russell, Edward Elgar, 2021.
  • Farrar, R. “Grab ’em by the Seeds: The Regressive Utopianism of Trumpism and Katherine Burdekin’s Swastika Knight.” Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Trump: Images in Literature and Visual Arts, edited by James Doan and Barbara Brodman, Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 2019.
  • Farrar, R. “As You Like It: The Thin Line between Legitimate Utopia and Compensatory Vacation.” Journal of Utopian Studies 25.2 (2014): 359-383.

A Few of My Favorite Books

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World Literature
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Utopian and Dystopian Literature
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