Melanie Giraud
Lecturer I, French
Irby 426
(501) 450-5643
Educational Background
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University (2008)
M.A. Bryn Mawr College (2002)
Maîtrise de Français Langue Étrangère, U.F.R. of Nantes (France, 1999)
Licence de Lettres Modernes, U.F.R. of Nantes (France, 1998)
Speciality Fields
19th and 20th Century French literature
Francophone hard-boiled novels and films (romans and films noirs)
Research Interests
Victor Hugo and Émile Zola
Francophone literature
Travel literature (African romans noirs, and train poetry)
Labyrinth literature
Salvador Dalí and the surrealist Revue Minotaure
Current focus
Marie NDiaye novels
French, Korean, and Japanese Naturalism
Post-colonial African romans noirs