Bruce Kawin听taught听at CU-Boulder from听1975 to 2015 in the English Department and the听Film Studies Program. He received an AB in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia (1967), an MFA in Creative Writing and Filmmaking from Cornell (1969), and a PhD in Modern British and American Literature and Film Aesthetics from Cornell (1970). He wrote several books of film and literary theory, including听Telling It Again and Again,听Mindscreen, and听The Mind of the Novel.
He also wrote three books on Faulkner鈥檚 screenplays and two film textbooks. Every few years he updated a widely used textbook,听A Short History of the Movies听(co-authored by the late Gerald Mast). Shortly before retiring, he听also published a critical study entitled听Horror and the Horror Film;听two books听of poems,听Love If We Can Stand It听and听Starting Over; and a collection of his听Selected Film Essays and Interviews. 听
He taught courses in film history, film theory,听screenwriting, horror in literature and film,听20th century British and American literature (poetry, prose, and drama), and comparative literature, with special interests in William Faulkner, Gertrude Stein, narrative structure, modern poetry, and the international modern novel.