FR440 – French/English Translation

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CURRICULUM VITAE
Christiane Szeps-Fralin
[email protected]
EDUCATION
1986 - Ph.D., French Literature, Spec.19th century, University of Virginia
Dissertation (published): Edmond Géraud à l’aube du romantisme
1980 - M.A., French Literature, Middlebury College
1979 - B.A., French, Mary Baldwin College
Honorary Society: Phi Sigma Iota
UNIVERSITY POSITIONS
2005
2005
2002
2001-2003
1998 (Fall)
1994-2005
1990-2001
1988 (Sum.)
Full Professor of French, James Madison University
Director, JMU Paris Summer Program
Director, JMU Martinique Summer Program
Director, JMU Paris Semester Paris Program
Visiting Professor, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane
Associate Professor of French, James Madison University
Director, JMU Martinique Semester Program
Visiting Assistant Professor of French in the Master's Program,
University of Virginia
1987-1994
Assistant professor of French, James Madison University
1987 (Sum.) Visiting Assistant Professor of French in the Master's Program,
University of Virginia
1986-1987
Visiting Assistant Professor of French at Randolph-Macon
Woman's College
1985-1986
Intermediate French course coordinator University of Virginia
1983-1986 Teaching assistant, University of Virginia
1984 (Fall) Instructor of French, Mary Baldwin College
1981-1982
Instructor of French, Hollins College
1980-1986
Instructor of French & Spanish, Southern Virginia College
1980-1986
Paris Program Director, Southern Virginia College
HONORARY UNIVERSITY POSITION
2000
Consultant-Lecturer for Doctoral Studies in Literature & Civilization of the
Americas at the French University of the Antilles and Guyana in Martinique
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Native French speaker
English
Spanish
Italian (good understanding and speaking ability)
French Creole
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PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Annotated edition of Simone Schwarz-Bart’s Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle.
Bristol Classical Press, Gerald Duckworth, London, 1998.
Le Français vivant 3. Textbook & Workbook, St. Paul, MN: EMC, Publishing, 1993.
Le Français vivant 2. Textbook & Workbook, St. Paul, MN: EMC, Publishing, 1991.
Le Français vivant 1. Textbook & Workbook, St. Paul, MN: EMC, Publisheing, 1990.
Edmond Géraud à l’aube du romantisme. Tübingen: Etudes littérairesfrançaises,
Gunter Narr, 1988. (Ph.D. Dissertation)
Drôle de mission. St. Paul, MN: EMC Publishing, 1983.
Poursuite inattendue. St. Paul, MN: EMC Publishing, 1983.
Articles:
«Célanire cou coupé de Maryse Condé: Roman subversif;» Qu’est-ce que la pensée
coloniale?; Forthcoming, publication, December 2016.
«Maryse Condé : Chroniqueuse de la décadence dans La Belle Créole», Negritud,
Revista de Estudios Afro-Latino Americanos, Atlanta Clark University Press,
November 2007.
“Édouard Glissant’s La Lézarde: Between the Magical Surreal and the Fantastic.”
The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 15.4: 358-367, 2005.
«Le Glauque existentiel dans Manuella de Philippe Labro et Hell de Lolita Pille:
Échos de Sartre et de Bataille.»Dalhousie French Studies, Volume SixtyNine, 2004.
«Jazz et littérature chez Boris Vian : Le Caractère musical de L’Automne à Pékin.»
Jazz : Actes du colloque international pluridisciplinaire, Langages et
représentation esthétiques du jazz, Centre régional de documentation pédagogique
des académies de la Guadeloupe, de la Guyane et de la Martinique, Fort-de-France,
2000.
«Rue Cases-Nègres: Literary Exile and Cinematic Kingdom.” West Virginia
University Press, 1996.
«La Mise en oeuvre des personnages dans La Lézarde d'Édouard Glissant.»
Cincinnati Romance Review, Volume XIII May 1994.
«Délivrance de Dickey: Echos de La Chute de Camus.» Cincinnati Romance Review,
Volume XII, May 1993.
«L’Eté 80 de Marguerite Duras: Poésie et politique.» Cincinnati Romance Review,
Volume XI, May 1992.
Book Review
Gustave Roud et la tentation du romantisme. Lausanne: Payot, 1987. Published in
Œuvres et critiques, Volume XIV, 1989.
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PAPERS PRESENTED AT SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES
“French Youth of Maghrebian Immigrants: Paris’s Suburban Ghettos”; Migration: A
phenomenon of Human History from its Ancient Origins to the Present Golbal Situation;
James Madison University, April 14-15, 2016.
«Célanire cou coupé de Maryse Condé: Roman subversif;» Qu’est-ce que la pensée
coloniale?; November 23-25, 2015; Université des Antilles, Schoelcher, Martinique.
«Charlie Hebdo: Voice of Intolérance?”; Tolerance: A Global Necessity from Ancient Times
Ancient Times to the Present; James Madison University, April 8-9, 2015.
“Célanire cou coupé de Maryse Condé: Monstre réel merveilleux ou montre fantastique?»
Il Congreso Internacional visiones de lo fantástico: la mil caras del monstruo;
Autónomica de Barcelona, December 10-12, 2014.
“Violence, Power and Submission in Contemporary French Films,” James Madison
University Foreign Languages Conference on Violence, March 2014.
“French Youth of Maghrebian Descent: Struggle Outside the Paris Beltway,” James Madison
University Foreign Languages Conference on Struggle for Emancipation, March 2013.
“Narrative, Ideology and Cinematic Style in Robert Bresson’s L’Argent,” at the Film and
Media Conference, University of London, June 22-24, 2012.
“French Caribbean Literary Heroes and Heroines in the Matrifocal Struggle for Human
Rights,” JMU Foreign Languages Conference on Human Rights, March 2012.
“Greed: Society’s modus operandi in Bresson’s L’argent” at the 31st Cincinnati Conference
Conference on Romance Languages & Literatures, May 6-7, 2011.
“Black Diaspora’s Impact on the French West Indies,”JMU Conf. “Diaspora”, March 2011.
«Maltraitance parentales et la révolte du guerrier adolescent chez Hervé Bazin, Christiane
Rochefort et Marc Séassau» at the Southeast Conference on Foreign Languages,
Literature & Films, Southeast Florida University, Tampa, Feburary 25-28, 2010.
“East meets East in Marguerite Duras’ Hiroshima mon amour” James Madison University
Foreign Languages Conference on East meets West, March 24-25, 2010.
“Hervé Bazin’s Vipère au poing: the Power of Sartrian Being”, James Madison University
Foreign Languages Conference on Power and its Influences, April 2009.
“L’Enfance d’un chef and Vipère au poing: Adolescent Being and Appearing” at the 29th
Cincinnati Conference on Romance languages & Literatures, May7-9, 2009.
“Rochefort’s Les Petits enfants du siècle and Chloé Mary’s Dix-sept ans: Adolescence in
Paris Suburban Ghettos”, Kentucky For. Lang. Conf., Lexington, Kentucky, Feb. 2009.
“Adolescent Homosexuality and Bisexuality in Sartre’s L’Enfance d’un chef, Montherlant’s
Les Garçons, Bouraoui’s Poupée Bella and Djian’s Impuretés: Modes of Discourse at
Southeast Conference in foreign Languages & Literatures, Stetson University, Feb. 2008.
“Être et paraître adolescents chez Bazin et chez Sartre: Vipère au poing et L’Enfance d’un
chef» at The 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International
Colloquium, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas ; March 22-24, 2007.
«Youthful Immigrants in Paris’Suburban Ghettos Then and Now: Rochefort’s Les Petits
Enfants du siècle and Mary’s Dix-sept-ans » at Immigration, Assimilation, Cultural
Identy,James Madison University – March 2007.
“Manuella de Labro et Hell de Pille: Échos de Sartre et de Bataille, University of Cincinnati
Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, May 2003.
«Jazz et littérature chez Boris Vian: Le Caractère musical de l’Automne à Pékin.» Jazz et
Littérature, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane in Martinique, December 1999.
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«L’exil et le royaume de l’adolescent(e) dans Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle de
Schwarz-Bart et Rue Cases-Nègres de Zobel.» Cincinnati Conference on Romance
Languages and Literatures, May 1997.
«Rue Cases-Nègres: L'Exil littéraire et le royaume cinématographique» Colloquium on
Literature and Film, West Virginia University, September 1993.
«Rôles sociologiques et mythiques des personnages dans La Lézarde de Glissant.» Cincinnati
Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, May 1993.
«Le Fantastique dans La Lézarde d'Edouard Glissant.»Kentucky For. Lang.Conf., April1993
«La Mise en oeuvre des personnages dans La Lézarde d'Edouard Glissant.»ATF Conference,
Strasbourg, France, July 1992.
«Délivrance de Dickey: Echos de La Chute de Camus.» Cincinnati Conference on Romance
Languages and Literatures, May 1992.
«L’Eté 80 de Marguerite Duras: Poésie et politique.» Cincinnati Conference on Romance
Languages and Literatures, May 1991.
«La Mise en oeuvre de la femme dans Germinal de Zola.» Southeast Conference on Foreign
Conference on Foreign Languages and Literatures, February 1988.
«Comment écrire et faire lire des récits en vue d'augmenter l'intérêt à la culture française.»
AATF Conference, Chicago, 1984.
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Article: “Bonjour tristesse de Françoise Sagan et Un pedigree de Patrick Modiano:
Chemins de l´enfer et de la liberté»
Book: Adolescence in Twentieth-Century French Fiction
COURSES TAUGHT SINCE 1987
--SPAN109 – Intensive Spanish Grammar
--FR231 – Intermediate French (1st semester)
--FR232 – Intermediate French (2nd semester)
--FR300 – French Grammar and Communication
--FR307 – History of French Civilization
--FR308 – Contemporary French Civilization
--FR315 – French Phonetics
--FR320 – French Writing Workshop
--FR335 – Introduction to French Literature
--FR339A – French Literature from Middle-Ages to Renaissance
--FR339B – Seventeenth-Century of French Literature
--FR339C – Eighteenth-Century of French Literature
--FR400 – Advanced Conversation
--FR405A – Nineteenth-Century of French Literature (1st half of the century)
--FR405B – Nineteenth-Century of French Literature (2nd half of the century)
--FR420A – Survey of French Theater from the Middle Ages to the 20th century
--FR420B – Survey of French Poetry from the Middle Ages to the 20th century
--FR420C – Survey of French Narrative Fiction from Middle Ages to the 20th century
--FR425A – Major French Writers (1st half of the 20th century)
--FR425B – French Novels since 1950
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--FR440 – French/English Translation
--FR446 – Special Topics in French Literature: French Caribbean Literature, Francophone
Literature, Pagnol, French Short Stories, Paris in French Literature, Paris in
French Poetry and Songs, French Song Lyrics
--FR446 – French Short Stories
--FR446 – Francophone Literature
--FR446 – Provence in Literature
--FR446 – French Songs Lyrics
--FR446 – Contemporary French Theater and Society
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--FR465 - French Cinema 1930-1980
--FR466 - Contemporary French Cinema
--GHUM200 – French Caribbean Literature (taught in English)
--GHUM251 – Contemporary French Cinema (taught in English)