Research/teaching interests

• 19th Century French literature, culture and the performing arts
• poetry and novels
• current: the Dreyfus Affair
• New European studies

Most useful journals

• French Forum
• 19th Century French Studies
• PMLA

Intro guides, books

Litterature française series

Dictionaries

Websites

• http://www.unl.edu/ncfs
• http://www.leeds.ac.uk/french/sdn/
• http://www.etudes-romantiques.org
• http://www.ualberta.ca/~aizen/index.html

Research/teaching interests

• francophone lit and culture (esp. Quebec and Caribbean)
• 20th-c French lit; feminist & gender studies
• postcolonialisms

Most useful journals

• Quebec Studies
• Voix et images
• Presence Francophone
• Nouvelles Etudes Francophones
• Notre Librairie

Intro guides, books

• James Arnold, A History of Literature in the Caribbean vols. 1 and 3
• Culler, Jonathan. Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction (the "Further Reading" at the end is an excellent guide to the field)***
• The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
• Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory (U Toronto)
• Lois Tyson Literary Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide
• Seung-Kyung Kim and Carole R. McCann, eds. Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives
• Linda Nicholson, ed The Second Wave: A Reader in Feminist Theory

Dictionaries

• Collins Robert French Dictionary
• Le Petit Robert

Websites

• http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/ile.en.ile [wonderful site for les Antilles especially]
• http://www.cief.info [extensive list of valuable links for francophone studies]

Research/teaching interests

• French eighteenth-century literature and culture; the European Enlightenment
• Prose poetry
• History and theory of translation

Most useful journals

• Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century (= SVEC). Bilingual French/English.
• Eighteenth-Century Studies. In English.
• Revue Dix-Huitieme Siècle. In French.

Intro guides, books

cultural studies:

• Tzvetan Todorov, Nous et les autres
• All of Robert Darnton books on the Enlightenment

literary theory:

• Fontanier, Les Figures du discours. Where to find the names and definitions of all the literary tropes (métonymie, synecdoque, périphrase and co.)
• Gérard Genette, Figures I, II, II; Palimpsestes. Key concepts in narratology to describe how a text functions.
• On translation theory: Antoine Berman, L’épreuve de l’étranger, L’auberge du lointain

general history/cultural background:

• Denis Hollier, ed. "A New History of French Literature" (Harvard UP, 1994). 1,000 pages (in English) covering French literature from medieval to modern times. First-rate, original critical readings of key moments and works. A fabulous resource I use constantly.
• Robert Mauzi, ed. "Precis de littérature française du XVIIIème" (PUF, 1990). A concise, chronological survey of 18th century French literature within its socio-historical context.

Dictionaries

• Harrap’s French/English (the bigger the better)
• Le Petit Robert: A MUST. Excellent for synonyms as well as a great source for citation and word usage.

Websites

• web sites for professional associations are packed with info, announcements on grants and conferences, and book reviews.
• The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) is at http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/.
• La Société Française d’Etude du Dix-Huitième Siècle http://www.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/sfeds/index.html
• Diderot’s multi-volume "Encyclopédie" http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/ARTFL/projects/encyc/
• A comprehensive site on 18th century resources is maintained by Jack Lynch (Rutgers U.) at http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/pro.html