Department of English, Film Programme
Office: Room 449 University College
Telephone: 204.474-9121
E-Mail: basmith@ms.umanitoba.ca
Prof. Austin-Smith's teaching and research interests include
Narrative Theory in fiction and film; television studies; film history,
theory, and reception; melodrama; women and film; American literature,
and documentary film. She is at work on a long-term project studying
inter-generational responses to the "weepie" or "woman's film". She
has articles published or forthcoming on Patricia Rozema, on narration
in James' The Wings of the Dove, on symbolism in The Golden Bowl, and on
emotional responses to melodrama.