Teaching English with “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel”
June 18, 2006
Dr. Elizabeth Rambo, a professor of English at Campbell University, teaches English by examining themes in pop culture hits like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Angel”, “Harry Potter” and “The Matrix”. She recently wrote a paper titled, “’Queen C’ Goes to Boys’ Town, or, Killing the Angel in Angel’s House”. In this paper, she uses Virginia Woolf’s famous trope, “Killing the Angel in the House”, in Woolf’s essay, “Professions for Women“, as a lens through which to examine the character, Cordelia, in “Angel”.
