Dr. Ritu Tyagi Assistant Professor Department of French School of
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Dr. Ritu Tyagi Assistant Professor Department of French School of
Dr. Ritu Tyagi Assistant Professor Department of French School of Humanities Academic Degree Specialization University / Institution Year of Completion 1. PhD Louisiana State University, USA 2. MA University of California, Irvine, USA 2003 3. BA Jawaharlal Nehru University, India 1999 - 2009 Area of Specialization/Interest: Francophone and French Literature, Feminist Theory, Narratology, Women’s Writing, Diaspora Literature, Migrant Literature, Culture Studies Publications Book Ananda Devi: Feminism, Narration and Polyphony. Amsterdam/NY: Chiasma 32 Rodopi, 2013. ISBN: 978-90-420-3745-8 Articles “Les identifications polymorphes et l’alterite dans les oeuvres d’Ananda Devi et Nathacha Appanah Mouriquand” Interculturel Francophonies, n° 28, Écrivaines de l'Île Maurice et de La Réunion: “tisser des fils épars”, Alliance Française Lecce, 2016. EAN13 : 9788895343235. “Le Narrateur comme le lieu de survivance d’une créolité théorique.” Réflexions Numéro 1 (2014) : 56-66. ISSN : 2320-0677 “Feminine Desire in Ananda Devi’s Works.” Dalhousie French Studies 94 (Spring 2011): 65-76. ISSN: 0711-8813 “Toward Timelessness: Pluritemporality in Ananda Devi’s L’arbre fouet.” In Ecritures mauriciennes au féminin: penser l'altérité. Veronique Bragard and Srilata Ravi, Eds. L’Harmattan: Paris, 2011. 133-150. ISBN: 978-2-296-54211-2. “Rethinking Identity and Belonging: ‘Mauritianness’ in Ananda Devi’s Works” In Islanded Identities: Constructions of Postcolonial Cultural Insularity. Maeve McCusker Anthony Soares, Eds. Cross/Cultures 139 Rodopi: Amsterdam, New-York, 2011. 91-108. ISBN: 978-90-420-3406-8. “The Theme of ‘Voyage’ in the Works of Jacques Poulin: Case Study of Volkswagen Blues.” Discovering French Canada. Romey Borges and K.R.G Nair, Eds. Allied Publishers: New Delhi, 2002. 153-158. ISBN: 81-7023-299-5. Encyclopedia Entries Several entries for Le Dictionnaire des créatrices including articles on Jhumpa Lahiri, Chitra Banerjee Divakarumi, and Sara Suleri. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES « L’acte d’écriture comme l’art de résistance dans Pardis Blues de Shenaz Patel » National Conference « Marginalisation et Resistance : Repenser la femme » in Department of French Studies, Pondicherry University, Puducherry 8th -10th March 2016 « Thinking Beyond Borders : The Poetics of Wandering in Mauritian Fiction » International Conference « Borders : Metaphorical and Physical » Germanic and Romance Studies, Delhi University, New Delhi, 3-5 March, 2016 « Rethinking India in Diasporic Mauritian Francophone Literature » International Conference « Multiculturalism in India » Department of English, Pondicherry Univerity, Puducherry, 22-23 February , 2016 “Plotlessness et le désir de communiquer dans les œuvres d’Ananda Devi”. International Conference “Les Francophonies postcoloniales: textes, contextes,” Department of Germanic and Romance Studies. Delhi University, November 7-9 2013 “L’interculturalité au service des femmes: l’histoire d’une immigrée dans le film Inch’Allah dimanche de Yamina Benguigui” International conference organized by CIEF “Karay de l'inter/transculturel: heurts et bonheurs” Mauritius 9-16 June 2013. “The Uncanny Home: Hybrid Interstitial City Spaces in Ananda Devi’s Works” International conference “City City Bang Bang: Contemporary literary and cultural representations of the city,” Germanic and Romance Studies, Delhi University, New Delhi, March 2013. “La Polyphonie dans Eve de ses décombres d’Ananda Devi” International Conference organized by International Association of Teachers of French, “Le français en Asie Pacifique- la passion et la raison” Chennai, February 2013. “La femme migrante et l’identité dans Inch’Allah Dimanche de Yamina Benguigui” International conference organized by Association of Indian Teachers of French, “Etudes espace français et francophone: le monde en marche,” Chennai, January 2013 “La métalepse narrative dans Soupir d’Ananda Devi” National Conference at Department of French Pondicherry University, “French and Francophone Studies in the Indian Context,” March 2013 “Women in Magical Space: Feminine Spaces in Ananda Devi’s Soupir.” 63th Annual Foreign Language Conference, University Of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 15-17 April, 2010. “Diegetic Complexity and Multisubjectivity in Ananda Devi: Soupir’s Multiple Narrators.” 25th Annual Conference on Narrative, Cleaveland, Ohio, 8-11 April, 2010. “Telling and Retelling: A Narrative Strategy in Ananda Devi’s Moi l’interdite.” Romance Studies Colloquium on Storytelling, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1-3 October, 2009. “L’hybridité et l’universalisme chez Ananda Devi.” First International Conference on Indian Ocean Literatures and Cultures, “Indicities.” Barcelona, Spain, April, 2009. “Between Plots and Plotlessness: Feminine Desire in Ananda Devi’s Works.” International Conference organized by Women In French. Dallas, April 2008. “Transgressing Androcentric Narrative: Marriage in Ananda Devi’s Works.” South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) 2008 Convention. San Antonio, Texas, November 6-8, 2008. “Displacing Erotic by Spiritual: Redefining Gender in Ananda Devi’s Pagli.” 2nd Annual Graduate Student Association Conference at Louisiana State University, “Literature, Language, Theory: Challenges to Authority.” Baton Rouge, March 7-8, 2008. “Transcending Narrative Boundaries: Subversion of the Romance Plot in Ananda Devi’s Works.” 11th Annual Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference, “Crossing Boundaries, Transcending Borders.” Baton Rouge, March 6-7, 2008. “Cyclical Temporality as Narrative Strategy in Ananda Devi’s L’arbre fouet.” International Conference at Université Catholique de Louvain, “Penser l'altérité: autour de l'oeuvre d'Ananda Devi et des écrivaines mauriciennes contemporaines.” Louvain, Belgium, November, 2007. “Ananda Devi and What It means to be Mauritian.” International Conference at Queen’s University, “Postcolonial Islands: Geographic, Theoretical and Human.” Belfast, Northern Ireland, September, 2007. “Transgressing Autobiography: Duras Speaks.” 16th Annual EGSA Mardi Gras Conference at Louisiana State University, “Text and the Provisionality of Meaning: Theory into Action.” Baton Rouge, February, 2006. “Post-Colonial Feminist Theory Vs. Post Colonial Theory: Analyzing the Specificities of Post-Colonial Feminism.” 10th Annual Women’s and Gender Studies Conference at Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, March, 2006. “A Study of Orality and Epistolarity in Mariama Ba’s Un chant ecarlate.” First Annual Women’s Studies Conference, Southern Connecticut State University, April, 2005 and 9th Annual Women and Gender Studies Conference at Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, March, 2005. “The Volkswagen Blues Voyage: An explanation of Amerindian-White Relations.” International Conference organized by Delhi University and DFAIT, Canada, “Francophone Dimension of Canada and the New Millennium.” New-Delhi, India, April, 2001. Invited for a round table discussion, “ Francophony less traveled,” at the 59th Annual Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference. Greenville, South Carolina, October 8-10, 2009. LECTURES Francophone Literature of the Indian Ocean, Centre for French and Francophone Studies, SLL&CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, Tuesday 6th September 2011. Ananda Devi and her Works, Department of French Studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, Friday 4th December 2011. ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS Best Teacher of the Department at Pondicherry University, 2014. Nomination for the LSU Alumni Distinguished Dissertation Award 2009. Recipient of LSU Graduate School Enhancement Award ($8,000) (Fall 2004-May 2009). Recipient of Department of French Studies Teaching/Research Assistantship ($10,000) (Fall 2004-May 2009). Graduate School Travel Award ($500) for paper presentation at First International Conference on Indian Ocean Literatures and Cultures, “Indicities.” Barcelona, Spain, April, 2009. Graduate School Travel Award ($250) for paper presentation at International Women in French Conference, Dallas, Texas (April 2008). Friends of French Studies at Louisiana State University Travel Stipend ($200) for paper presentation at an International Conference in Belfast, North Ireland, U.K. Elliott Dow Healy Memorial Fellowship Award for Outstanding Incoming Graduate Student ($1000), Department of French Studies, Louisiana State University (Spring 2004). Regent’s Fellowship ($1500), Department of French and Italian, University of California, Irvine (September 2001). National Eligibility Test, University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India (May 2001). Required for eligibility to teach in Indian Universities. WORKSHOPS L’enseignement du français de spécialité animé par Mme. Dominique Frin organized by Germanic and Romance Studies, Delhi University and the French Embassy in India, 14th and 15th November 2011. National Workshop for Creating Multimedia Content for French Teaching in the Distance Mode organized by Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, 28th March 2011. Experts Committee Workshop for Designing Syllabus of French in the Bachelor’s Program of IGNOU organized by Indira Gandhi National Open University, 29th and 30th March 2011. Stage de formation pour les professeurs de français dans l’enseignement supérieur, l’approche actionnelle animé par M. David Lavanant, organized by Germanic and Romance Studies, Delhi University and the French Embassy of India, New Delhi, India, 25-28 July 2010 Contact Details Telephone: +91 413 2654857 Email: [email protected]