Prof. Jerzy Kutnik
Degrees
M.A. – 1977 – Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin – Imagination against Death: The Fiction of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Ph.D. – 1985 – Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan – The Novel as Performance: The Fiction of Ronald Sukenick and Raymond Federman
post-doctoral degree – 1997 – Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin – Word(s)play. The Music of John Cage’s Poetry
Guest lectures
University of Colorado, Boulder
Simon’s Rock of Nard College, Great Barrington, MA
Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing
Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
University of Aachen
Fellowships
1985-86 ACLS Fellowship – Center for Twentieth-Century Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1991-92 Senior Fulbright Fellowship, Stanford University, San Diego State University
2000 – Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York City, New York Historical Society
Major publications
The Novel as Performance: The Fiction of Ronald Sukenick and Raymond Federman Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1986.
John Cage. Przypadek paradoksalny (John Cage. Chance and Paradox) Lublin: Folium, 1993.
Re-Visioning Democracy. Central Europe and America. Critical Perspectives Eds. Jerzy Kutnik and Cezar M. Ornatowski. Lublin: Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Press, 1995.
Gra slow. Muzyka poezji Johna Cage’a (Word(s)play. The Music of John Cage’s Poetry), Lublin: Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Press, 1997
Scholarly interests
modern and postmodern American literature, American art, American popular culture, history of American civilization, American post-WWII society
Membership in scholarly societies
Polish Association for American Studies (1996-2002 Board Member, 2008-2011 President)
European Association for American Studies (1996-2002 Board Member)
E-mail: kutnikjr@hektor.umcs.lublin.pl