User:Alex barkett
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Biography
Alex Barkett is a senior English major at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was born in Sacramento, California where he spent most of his adolescence. His foremost literary interests include Irish and Russian literature, contemporary literature, electronic and new media works, and literary theory. He has a keen interest in films as well, especially the works of Akira Kurosawa,Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Wong Kar-Wai, and Michelangelo Antonioni. As for music, he continues anxiously awaiting a new Radiohead album while currently occupying his time with the electronic artists Autechre, Aphex Twin, Plastikman, Venetian Snares, and various others. After college, he plans on obtaining his teaching credential before further pursuing his academic literary studies. Down the line he aspires to be a university professor, public intellectual, professional writer, film director, and sit on the supreme court, time-permitting.
On English 194: Professor Liu's English 194 classes provide unique opportunities for ourselves as undergraduates to do project-based study in small groups and to display our achievements in the public sphere. Using alternative styles of analyzing literature, we hope to make novel and helpful contributions to the academic community while also having a bit of fun.
