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Kean University to Shift to Remote Operations on Sunday, October 12

Kean University will shift to remote operations on Sunday, October 12, due to the State of Emergency declared across New Jersey in response to the forecasted nor’easter storm. All classes scheduled for Sunday on New Jersey campuses will move to remote instruction, and all in-person activities are canceled. 

Only essential personnel should report to work as required. Employees with questions should contact their supervisors for guidance. Keanu’s Kitchen on the Union campus will remain open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday to serve residential students. 

Daniel Gover

Professor
Office Location
CAS 327
Email
dgover@kean.edu
Phone
(908) 737-0386
Dan Gover

Education

  • Ph.D., Harvard University, English and American Literature, 1980
  • M.A., Harvard University, English and American Literature, 1968
  • B.A., Columbia University, English Major, 1966

Courses Taught

  • World Drama
  • Comedy
  • World Literature
  • African Literature
  • British Literature  I and II  [survey courses]
  • The Short Story
  • Victorian Literature
  • 20th Century Literature
  • Shakespeare
  • Writing About Literature
  • Composition
  • Freshman Seminar

Publications

“Wole Soyinka: Dance Master of Appetitie," Journal of the African Literature Association, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2012

“Turmoil and Reconciliation in Two Novels of Zakes Mda," Journal of the African Literature Association, Vol. 6, No.1, 2011

"Tsotsi: From Fugard to Film," Journal of the African Literature Association, Vol.5, No. 1, 2010

"Eslanda Goode Robeson’s African Journey," Journal of the African Literature Association, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2008

“A White Farm in Africa: Olive Schreiner and Isak Dinesen," Women’s Studies Bulletin, Kean University, 2005

“Naguib Mahfouz and African Literature," College English Notes, NJCEA    Vol. 31  No. 1, 2004

The Post-Colonial Condition of African Literature, Editor, Trenton and Asmara: Africa World Press, 2000

“Mahfouz and Europe: A Complex Admiration,”  in Multiculturalism and Hybridity in African Literature, Wylie, H. and B. Lindfors, eds. Trenton and Asmara: Africa World Press, 2000        

Entries on Doris Lessing, Naguib Mahfouz, and Solomon Plaatje, The Companion to African Literature, Killam, D. and R. Rowe, eds.

Bloomington:  Indiana UP, 2000

“Bessie Head’s Serowe: The African Village as Cultural Crossroads,” The Growth of African Literature, Makward, E., T. Ravell-Pinto, A. Songolo, eds. Trenton and Asmara:  Africa World Press, 1998

"Soynka’s Appetite for Sacrifice," The Literary Griot, Vol. 9  Nos. 1 and 2, 1997

“Voices of Power in African Literature," College English Notes, NJCEA   Vol. 24 No. 2, 1997

Creative Works, Conference Papers, Lectures

Children of Drum, Producer, [video documentary on South African journalism], 2017.

Co-produced with Prof. Josephine Norward, Kean University; Directed by former Kean Professor, Larry Tung.

Shown at film festivals in New York, Philadelphia, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Barbados, as well as at Kean University.[available for viewing online at VIMEO].

Bodhisattva of Broadway [play-- author]

Performed at Manhattan Repertory Theatre, New York, 2011.