Dr. Glen Norton

Assistant Professor (Limited Term Appointment)

Contact Information

Email: gnorton@wlu.ca
Phone: (519) 884-0710 ext.4477

Office Location: DAWB 4-105D
Office Hours: Winter 2013: Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:30am-12:50pm and 2:30pm-3:50pm or by appointment

Academic Background

PhD, Social and Political Thought, York University
MA, Film and Video, York University
BA (Honours), Film Studies, Brock University
BA, Film Studies, University of Western Ontario

Courses Taught (2012-13)

Film and the Image; Film-Director as Artist; Film History to 1950; Contemporary European Film; Horror and Gothic Film

Research Interests 

History of European Cinema; Phenomenology of the Cinematic Experience; Philosophy of Film;
Existential Ethics; Cinema and Temporality; The Transnational Road Movie

Selected Publications

“The ‘Hidden Fire’ of Inwardness: Cavell, Godard and Modernism.” The Legacies of Jean-Luc
Godard. Eds. Christina Stojanova, Douglas Morrey and Nicole Côté. Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier
University Press, 2013.

“Times On The Road: Identity and Lived Temporality in Benoît Jacquot’s À tout de suite and
L’intouchable.” Open Roads, Closed Borders: The Contemporary French-language Road
Movie. Eds. Michael Gott and Thibaut Schilt. Bristol, UK: Intellect Press, 2013.

“Reflections on the Evolution of Cinema=Godard=Cinema.” Frames 1 (July 2012).

“‘Remove the Inside, You See the Soul’: Jean-Luc Godard’s Faith in the Image.” Faith and
Spirituality in Masters of World Cinema, Vol. II. Ed. Kenneth R. Morefield. Newcastle
upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011. 106-118.

“Moral Perfectionism in Eric Rohmer’s Ma nuit chez Maud.” Studies in French Cinema 9.1
(2009): 25-36.

“Nostalgia for the Present: The Godard Renaissance Continued.” Senses of Cinema 35 (April
2005).

“The Seductive Slack of Before Sunrise.” Post Script 19.2 (Winter/Spring 2000): 62-72.

Website

Cinema=Godard=Cinema: An academic hub for information and discussion about the work of Jean-Luc Godard.