Dr. Talc is a professor at the university which Ignatius attended. Dr. Talc claims to be a specialist in English History, but is, in fact, a fraud and does not know his subject well. It is implied that Dr. Talc is a pervert and preys upon his young female students. He felt that he was persecuted by Ignatius and by Myrna Minkoff, who ganged up on him in his class and challenged his academic positions.
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Dr. Talc Character Timeline in A Confederacy of Dunces
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Chapter 5, Part 5
In his office at the university, Dr. Talc , a lecturer and academic, hurriedly works on a talk he must give the next...
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Chapter 9, Part 5
In Dr. Talc ’s office, a young girl tells him that she loves his course and his approach...
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Dr. Talc begins to root through his filing cabinet, searching for the girl’s essay. As he does...
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Chapter 13, Part 3
In his office, Dr. Talc peruses the morning papers and thinks miserably about his situation. The notes he received from...
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Dr. Talc remembers Ignatius and Myrna with a shudder. They were his worst students, and always made...
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