Benedicte Boisseron - ( Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures )
Research Interests:
Creole Literatures and Cultures; North African and Sub-Saharan African Literature; Twentieth Century French Literature; Postcolonial Studies; Literary Theory; French Popular Culture
Education:
2006 Ph.D. in French Literature, University of Michigan
1997 M.A. in English Literature, Université Paris VII— Jussieu
Selected Publications:
“A Creole Line of Escape: The Story of a Becoming-Dog”, Sites, April 2006 ;
“‘Je est un Autre’: cherchons l’intrus dans l’écriture d’Amélie Nothomb co-authored with Frieda Ekotto, Etudes Francophones, Fall 05;
“Pays mêlés, chiens créoles: pour une écriture relais,” Etudes francophones, Summer 04 ;
“Jean Genet’s The Blacks: ‘And Why Does One Laugh at a Negro?,” co-authored with Frieda Ekotto, Genet (ed. by Mairéad Hanrahan), Edinburgh University Press, 2004 ;
“Post-Coca et Post-Coïtum: la logique logo chez Jerry Seinfeld et Guillaume Dustan,” L’Esprit Créateur: “L’intermedium Littéraire,” Summer 03;
“Cellules contaminées dans Mon frère de Jamaica Kincaid: le sida circule dans la famille,” Tessera, vol. 33/34: “Le sang,” Winter 03
