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MOLLY LYNDE-RECCHIA
Department of World Languages and Literatures
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
(269) 387-6243
[email protected]
http://works.bepress.com/molly_lynde-recchia/
DEGREES:
PhD, French Literature, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1993.
Dissertation: "A Text Transformed: Prose Textuality and Notions of History in
the Thirteenth-Century Version of the Roman de Thèbes."
Maîtrise de Lettres modernes, Université de Lille III, 1988, mention très bien.
Mémoire de maîtrise: "Le Roman de Thèbes: Un Extrait du manuscrit S."
MA, French Literature, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1987.
AB, French Literature, Highest Honors, University of California, Davis, 1985.
POSITIONS:
Professor, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 2006-present.
Associate Professor, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 1999-2006.
Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 1993-99.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Ripon College, Ripon, WI, 1992-93.
Visiting Lecturer /Course Supervisor, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1990-92.
Lectrice, Université de Lille III (Section anglaise), 1987-88.
Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1985-87; 1988-90.
GRANTS AND AWARDS:
College of Arts and Sciences Teaching and Research Award, fall 2005.
College of Arts and Sciences Teaching and Research Award, spring 2005.
Support for Final Preparation and Publication of Papers, and Exhibition of Creative
Works, 2005.
Faculty Research and Creative Activities Support Fund Grant, 2001. $3000 used to
support manuscript study in Paris and Carpentras, France, and in London.
Administrative Merit Award, 2000. $500 awarded for accomplishments in the areas of
research, teaching and service.
Administrative Merit Award, 1999. $600 awarded for accomplishments in the areas of
professional recognition, competence, service, and teaching excellence.
Dean's Appreciation Award, 1999. $1000.
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Administrative Merit Award, 1998. $500 awarded for accomplishments in the areas of
research, teaching, and service.
Presidential Mini-Grant, 1997. $2000 awarded "in recognition of fine teaching."
Administrative Merit Award, 1997. $500 awarded for accomplishments in the areas of
research, teaching, and service.
Administrative Merit Award, 1996. $500 awarded for accomplishment in research and
excellence in teaching.
Departmental Merit Award, 1995. $322.
Support for Final Preparation and Publication of Papers, and Exhibition of Creative
Works, 1995-96.
Faculty Research and Creative Activities Support Fund Grant, 1995. $5000 used to
support manuscript study at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
Departmental Merit Award, 1994. $125.
Indiana University French Department Academic Award, 1987
Indiana University Graduate School Fellowship, 1985-86
University of California Regents' Scholar, 1983-85
HONORARY ASSOCIATIONS AND DISTINCTIONS:
Phi Beta Kappa, 1985
Phi Kappa Phi, 1985
Pi Delta Phi National First Prize, 1985
French Department Citation, University of California at Davis, 1985
Susan F. Regan Prize (Prytanean Honor Society), University of California at Davis, 1985
Pi Delta Phi (French Honor Society), 1983
I. PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE:
COURSES TAUGHT AT WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSTIY:
Basic French I (1000)
Basic French II (1010)
Intermediate French I (2000)
Intermediate French II (2010)
Beginning French Composition/Introduction to Advanced French Studies (3160, revised)
Beginning French Conversation (3170)
French Phonetics (3200)
Life and Culture in the Francophone World (3230)
Close Reading in French (3250, revised)
Summer Study in Paris and Lyon (directed and taught in France; 3440)
The French Novel (LANG 3750, revised)
Advanced French Composition/Reading and Writing in French (4520, revised)
Advanced French Conversation/Themes in French/Francophone Culture (4530, revised)
Elementary French for Reading Proficiency (5000)
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Intermediate French for Reading Proficiency (5010)
History of the French Language (5200)
Survey of French Literature from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution (5280)
Theory and Business of Translation (LANG 5030)
Old French Language and Literature (5400; MDVL 6000)
The Contemporary French Novel (5600)
The Enlightenment (5600)
The French Novel, 18th-20th Centuries (5600)
Laughter in Medieval French Literature (5600)
Twelfth-Century Romance (5600)
Chrétien de Troyes and Medieval French Romance (MDVL 6000)
Readings in Old French (MDVL 7100)
Various independent studies, primarily on Old French, at both undergraduate and
graduate levels.
THESIS COMMITTEE MEMBER:
Kiri Johnson, Honors College, History.
In progress.
Gary McDowell, English, Creative Writing.
“Mysteries in a World That Thinks There are None.” PhD thesis defended 2011.
Elizabeth Marzoni, English, Creative Writing.
“This Glass Sun and Other Cities.” PhD thesis defended 2010.
Jill Hebert, English.
"Shapeshifter: The Manifestations of Morgan Le Fay.” PhD thesis defended 2008.
Cristina Dawn Moody, History.
“In Relation: Marguerite de Provence and Her Many Roles, 1221-1295, MA thesis
defended 2007.
John O'Neil, Medieval Studies.
MA thesis on Ami et Amile, 2005.
Walter Scott, Honors College, French and Medieval Studies.
Honors thesis on Old French manuscript editing in progress, 2005. (Chair)
Caren Fiorani, Honors College, French.
"L'usage et l'enseignement de vouvoiement et de tutoiement," BA conferred 2005.
Shannon Takacs, Honors College, French.
"Les Différences Culturelles entre les Français et les Américains," BA conferred 2005.
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Katie Shields, Honors College, French.
"A Celebration of French Song," (Musical Performance) BA conferred 2005.
Naomi Millan, Honors College, French.
"The Eye of the Poet: A Study in Translation," BA conferred 2000.
Jana L. Byars, Medieval Studies.
"Prostitutes and Prostitution in Late Medieval Barcelona," MA conferred 1997.
Deborah A. Oosterhouse, Medieval Studies.
"Magical Results of Eating and Drinking in Medieval Narrative," MA conferred 1997.
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DIRECTED:
Walter Scott, French and Medieval Studies,
"Une édition critique d'un épisode de la Vie de saint Gilles, par Wauchier de Denain,"
recipient of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Award, project completed
fall 2004.
II. PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION:
BOOKS:
Wauchier de Denain, La Vie seint Marcel de Lymoges [The Life of Saint Martial of
Limoges], Edition critique. Genève: Droz, 2005. Pp. 130.
Prose, Verse, and Truth-Telling in the Thirteenth Century: an essay on form and function
in selected texts, accompanied by an edition of the prose Thèbes as found in the Histoire
ancienne jusqu'à César. Edward C. Armstrong Monograph Series on Medieval Literature 10.
Lexington: French Forum, 2000. Pp. 206.
ARTICLES:
"Deux versions de la Passio sancti Eustachii en ancien français: la question de la forme
littéraire" ["Two Versions of the Passion of Saint Eustace in Old French: The Question of
Literary Form"]. Neuphilologische Mitteilungen CI (2000): 5-17.
"The Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, the Vie de seint Marciau, and Wauchier de
Denain" ["Ancient History up to Caesar, The Life of Saint Martial, and Wauchier de Denain"].
Romania 116 (1998): 431-460.
"Wauchier de Denain's Vie de seint Marciau (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France,
ms. fr. 411)." Revue Bénédictine 108 (1998): 169-177. [Wauchier de Denain's Life of Saint
Martial]
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"The Roman de Thèbes in Prose: An Example of Textual Transformation." Romance
Notes 37 (1997): 227-236.
"Quelques vers inédits de l'Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César (Bibliothèque Nationale, ms.
20125)" ["Some Previously Unedited Verses from the Ancient History up to Caesar"], Le
Moyen Age: revue d'histoire et de philologie 5th ser. 102 (1996): 425-436.
"Narrative Strategy as Auctoritas in the Thirteenth-Century Prose Version of the Roman
de Thèbes." Proceedings of the Medieval Association of the Midwest 3. Ed. Mel Storm.
Emporia, KS: Emporia State University, 1995. 69-79.
"Verse, Prose, and Authorial Subjectivity in the Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César."
MIFLC Review: Journal of the Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference 5. Ed.
Leonor A. Ulloa. Radford, VA: Radford University, 1995. 20-28.
REVIEWS:
Review of Fierabras: Chanson de geste du XIIe siècle, edited by Marc Le Person.
Romance Philology 62 (2008): 96-100.
Review of Guillaume de Berneville, La Vie de saint Gilles: Texte du XIIe siècle, publié
d’après le manuscrit de la Bibliothèque Laurentienne de Florence, Edition bilingue traduite,
présentée et annotée, edited and translated by Françoise Laurent. Romance Philology 61 (2007):
110-118.
Review of The Biblical Drama of Medieval Europe, by Lynette B. Muir. Comparative
Drama 31 (1997): 470-72.
Review of The Romance of the Rose or of Guillaume de Dole (Roman de la Rose ou de
Guillaume de Dole), edited and translated by Regina Psaki. The Medieval Review
(http://www.hti.umich.edu/b/bmr/tmr.html), December 5, 1996.
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS:
“Translating Rutebeuf’s Winter Grief: A Reading and Discussion of “Griesche d’yver.”
Presented at the Medieval Association of the Midwest Conference in Iowa City, IA, September,
2010.
“Saint Martial of Limoges and the Uses and Abuses of Authority.” Invited lecture
presented at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, April 2009.
"Old French for Undergraduates and for Non-Francophone Graduate Students."
Presented at the Fortieth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May
2005.
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"Medieval Motifs and Contemporary Narrative Structures in van Cauwelaert's
L'Education d'une fée." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science,
Arts, and Letters, Holland, MI, March 2003.
"Les modalités de la prose dans le Roman de Thèbes et dans la Vie mon seigneur seint
Marciau de Wauchier de Denain" ["The modalities of Prose in the Romance of Thebes and in the
Life of my lord Saint Martial by Wauchier de Denain]. Presented at the Neuvième Congrès du
Mont Saint-Michel, "Mises en prose épiques et romanesques" [Ninth Annual Congress at the
Mont Saint-Michel, France, "Epic and romanesque prose rewritings"], Sponsored by the Centre
d'études médiévales at the Université de Picardie-Jules Verne (Amiens, France), October 2001.
"The Vita sancti Martialis and the Vie mon seigneur seint Marciau: A Case of Ambition
and its Translation." Presented at the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Medieval Association
of the Midwest, Duluth, MN, October 2000.
"Henri d'Andeli's Visions of Aristotle." Presented at the Fifty-Second Annual Kentucky
Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, KY, April 1999.
"The Prose Roman de Troie as Found in the Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César." Presented
at the Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Medieval Association of the Midwest, North Canton,
OH, September 1998.
"Guillaume d'Angleterre and the Legend of Saint Eustace: The Deer, the Merchant, and
the Field Hand." Presented at the Ninth Triennial Congress of the International Courtly
Literature Society, Vancouver, Canada, July 1998.
Invited Respondent to paper titled "Inventing the Woman's Body: Hyperbolic Rewriting
in the Roman de la poire," by Anthony Allen, at the Thirty-Ninth Annual Convention of the
Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL, November 1997.
"The Vie de saint Eustace in Prose and in Verse: Some Theoretical Considerations."
Presented at the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Medieval Association of the Midwest,
Iowa City, IA, September 1997.
"Menippean Satire Revisited: Some Thirteenth-Century Voices." Presented at the ThirtySecond International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 1997.
"Stylistics in Joinville's Vie de saint Louis." Presented at the Twelfth Annual Conference
of the Medieval Association of the Midwest, Terre Haute, IN, October 1996.
"The Thirteenth-Century Prose Vie de seint Marciau." Presented at the Thirty-First
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 1996.
"The Current State of Research in French Prose Historical Writings of the Thirteenth
Century." Presented at the Forty-Ninth Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference,
Lexington, KY, April 1996.
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"Verse, Prose, Good Morals, and Wauchier de Denain." Presented at the Eleventh
Annual Conference of the Medieval Association of the Midwest, Marquette, MI, September
1995.
"A Text Transformed: The Prose Roman de Thèbes." Presented at the Fifteenth
Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, Cincinnati, OH, May 1995.
"Verse and Prose in the Histoire Ancienne jusqu'à César." Presented at the Forty-Fourth
Annual Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference, Knoxville, TN, October 1994.
"Narrative Strategy as Auctoritas in the Thirteenth-Century Prose Version of the Roman
de Thèbes." Presented at the Twenty-Ninth International Congress on Medieval Studies,
Kalamazoo, MI, May 1994.
"The Uses of History and the Thirteenth-Century Prose Version of the Roman de
Thèbes." Presented at the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters Centennial Meeting,
East Lansing, MI, March 1994.
"Romance as Witness to Truth: An Allegorical Reading of the Prose Version of the
Roman de Thèbes." Presented at the Twenty-Seventh International Congress on Medieval
Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 1992.
TALKS
“An Introduction to Anglo-Norman.” Invited lecture for MDVL 6000 (Art and Devotion
in Medieval England), taught by Dr. Elizabeth Teviotdale, Kalamazoo, MI, February 2012.
“Teaching Chrétien de Troyes.” Invited pedagogical presentation for Medieval Institute
teaching assistants, Kalamazoo, MI, December 2011.
“The Grail in Medieval French Literature.” Invited lecture for English 3120 (Western
World Literature) taught by Professor Philip Egan, October 2009.
“Rutebeuf’s ‘Griesche d’yver.” Invited presentation for Medieval Studies Research
Group, Kalamazoo, MI, April 2009.
Invited visit and French lesson for Mrs. Joanna Heyd’s 6th grade English class, Portage
West Middle School, March 2006.
"La Dame emprisonnée dans "Guigemar." Invited lecture presented at Hope College,
Holland, MI, February 2006.
Invited address to newly-inducted members of Pi Delta Phi (French Honor Society), Gull
Lake High School, April 2001.
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"Léopold Sedar Senghor's 'Elegy for Martin Luther King.'" Invited presentation at "Race
and Cultural Expression From Interdisciplinary Perspectives," Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, MI, January 1999.
Invited presenter and participant in round-table session on topic of professional
transitions, Sixth Annual French and Italian Graduate Student Organization Colloquium, April
1997.
CONFERENCE SESSIONS ORGANIZED:
"Rutebeuf." Fortieth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May
2005.
"Twice-Told Tales." Thirty-Sixth International Congress on Medieval Studies,
Kalamazoo, MI, May 2001 (with Professor Lisa Bansen-Harp, University of Pittsburgh).
"Thirteenth-Century French Literature." Thirty-fifth International Congress on Medieval
Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 2000 (two sessions).
"Thirteenth-Century French Literature." Thirty-fourth International Congress on
Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 1999.
"Studies in Old French Prose." Thirty-third International Congress on Medieval Studies,
Kalamazoo, MI, May 1998.
"The Old French Prosimetrum (Mixed-Form) Text." Thirty-Second International
Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 1997.
EDITORSHIP:
The Medieval Review, an international online review journal on medieval studies
(http://www.hti.umich.edu/b/bmr/tmr.html), 2004-06.
WORK IN PROGRESS:
Wauchier de Denain’s Vie seint Marcel de Lymoges. Translation.
“Rutebeuf’s Personal Poetry.” Translation.
The Book Detective. Fiction for young adults.
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III. SELECTED SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES:
FRENCH SECTION:
Pi Delta Phi Moderator and induction ceremony coordinator, 2005-present.
Coordinator of study abroad alumni publicity videos for Department website, 2010.
Major/Minor Advisor, 1993-present.
French Section Head, 2003-10. Duties included French course scheduling, observation of
pre-tenure tenure-track faculty, and assessment planning and reporting.
Curricular revision of French major, 2003-04; 2009-10.
Course coordination of FREN 1000-1010, 2003-05. Duties included interviewing
potential instructors and participating in hiring decision with Department Chair,
observation and supervision of instructors, training of instructors when
appropriate, and preparation/coordination of course materials.
Co-producer of student newsletter Quoi d'Neuf, 2004-08.
Co-producer of alumni newsletter French Accents, 2005.
French Studies Round Table committee, 2005.
Study Abroad Director, Lyon Program, 2001.
High School visits for purposes of outreach, 2000-01.
French Table Coordinator, 1993-95.
DEPARTMENT OF WORLD LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES (FALL 2003-PRESENT):
Staff Search Committee, 2010.
AAUP Representative, 2008-2010.
Program Planning Academic Review Ad hoc Committee, 2007-08.
Master's Degree Proposal Committee, 2005-07.
Governance Committee, 2005-10; 2003-04.
Department Representative to College of Arts and Sciences Promotion Committee, 2009present; 2003-05.
Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2003- present.
French Faculty Search Committees, 2007-08; 2004-05.
Japanese Faculty Search Committee, 2003-04.
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES (FALL 1993-SPRING 2003):
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Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2000-03.
Governance Committee, 2002-03; 1996-97.
Travel-Study Abroad Committee, 1999-2003.
Salary and Budget Committee, 1994-2003.
Language Laboratories/Library Committee, 1996-2001.
Elections Committee, 1995-2001 (Chair, 1996-97).
French Faculty Search Committee, Fall 1999.
Curriculum Committee, 1995-97.
Merit Committee, 1994-97.
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MEDIEVAL INSTITUTE:
Medieval Institute Board Member, 2009-present ; 2004-07; Winter 2000, 1996-98 (Chair,
Winter semester 1998).
Curriculum and Assessment subcommittee, 2011-present.
By-laws subcommittee, 2009-2011.
Abstract Reader for General Session submissions on Old French language and literature,
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 1993-present.
Medieval Institute Assessment Committee, 2005-07.
Session Presider, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 1993-2010.
Medieval Institute Graduate Admissions Committee, 2000.
Revised curriculum of Undergraduate Medieval Studies Minor, 1999.
OTHER UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
Translation of text for images accompanying a musical composition by Jean-Marc
Boudet, performed by the Western Brass Quintet, October 2010.
Translation of letter to Mr. Vladimir Cosma on behalf of Professor Stephen Jones of the
Western Brass Quintet, July 2010.
Faculty Senate Professional Concerns Committee, 2007-09.
Phi Beta Kappa Selection Committee for members in course, 2005-07; 1997-99.
Invited Session Presider at "Medieval and Modern Metamorphoses of the Sanshô Dayû
Legend," held at the Forty-First International Congress on Medieval Studies,
Kalamazoo, MI, May 2006.
College of Arts and Sciences Women's Caucus, 2004-06.
Faculty Research and Creative Activities Support Fund Screening Committee, 2003-05.
Faculty Observer, Medallion Scholarship Competition, February 10, 1996.
MEMBERSHIPS:
International Marie de France Society
Medieval Association of the Midwest