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Michelle Cheyne

faculty

Michelle Cheyne, PhD she/her/hers

Professor

Global Languages and Cultures


Contact

508-999-8335

508-910-6646

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Spruce Hall 0168

Education

2021Utrecht UniversityLLM in Public International Law
2003Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyPhD in French
1992Universit茅 Lumi猫re-Lyon 2DEA in Lettres Modernes
1991Universit茅 Lumi猫re-Lyon 2ma卯trise in Lettres modernes
1991University of PennsylvaniaMA in French

Teaching

  • French Culture and Language
  • European and French Literature (Poetry, Theater, Narrative)
  • Performance Arts
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Health and Society

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Essentials of aural-oral, reading and writing usage, with intensive drilling in pronunciation, intonation and grammar.

Essentials of aural-oral, reading and writing usage, with intensive drilling in pronunciation, intonation and grammar.

Essentials of aural-oral, reading and writing usage, with intensive drilling in pronunciation, intonation and grammar.

Continuation of FRN 101.

Continuation of FRN 101.

Review of grammar with composition and aural-oral practice. Introduction to French culture and civilization through intensive and extensive reading.

Important works of French literature in translation readings, lectures and discussions in English. No knowledge of the French language is required. Topics will vary; check with instructor listed in COIN for current topic. Past topics have included: Bestsellers vs. Classics in French Literature, Princesses, Harlots, Saints: Women in French Literature, Not All Black and White: Cross-Racial Desire in French Restoration Fiction. Upcoming topics likely to include: Music with Words: French Poetry from the Middle Ages to the Present, World War II in French Film and Literature.

Important works of French literature in translation readings, lectures and discussions in English. No knowledge of the French language is required. Topics will vary; check with instructor listed in COIN for current topic. Past topics have included: Bestsellers vs. Classics in French Literature, Princesses, Harlots, Saints: Women in French Literature, Not All Black and White: Cross-Racial Desire in French Restoration Fiction. Upcoming topics likely to include: Music with Words: French Poetry from the Middle Ages to the Present, World War II in French Film and Literature.

Oral and written reports. Practical application of grammar, vocabulary-building and introduction to style.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

Essentials of aural-oral, reading and writing usage, with intensive drilling in pronunciation, intonation and grammar.
Register for this course.

Continuation of FRN 101.
Register for this course.

Research

Research interests

  • French and European Theater, Poetry, and Narrative
  • Performance Arts
  • Human Rights and Disenfranchisement
  • International Law
  • European-Bound Migration

Select publications

  • Michelle S. Cheyne (2021).
    Le chien de Montargis by R-C Guilbert de Pixer茅court, ed. Michelle Cheyne
    Th茅芒tre complet : M茅lodrames (1792-1835). vol. 5. Roxane Martin, series ed., Paris: Classiques-Garnier, 2021
  • Michelle S. Cheyne (2020).
    鈥淟eaving Lethe for the Bardo: Staging the Disembodied Voices and Silent Bodies of Lampedusa Migrants in the Underworld of Europe鈥
    Forum Modernes Theater, 31:1 Winter 2020, 198-210.
  • Michelle S. Cheyne (2020).
    鈥淟e N猫gre ou Le Fils naturel du th茅芒tre balzacien : la l茅gitimit茅 脿 l鈥櫭﹑reuve鈥
    Th茅芒tre de Balzac, Eric Bordas and Agathe Novack-Lechevalier, eds. Paris: Classiques-Garnier, 2020, 85-105.
  • Michelle S. Cheyne (2018).
    鈥溾楿ne action par trop vigoureuse鈥: writing and re-writing Pyracmond, ou Les Cr茅oles鈥
    Parcours de g茅n茅tique th茅芒trale : de l鈥檃telier d鈥櫭ヽriture 脿 la sc猫ne, Ana Clara Santos, Sophie Proust, Ana Isabel Vasconcelos, eds. Paris: Le Manuscrit, 2018, 213-223.
  • Michelle S. Cheyne (2014).
    鈥淟a m茅moire coloniale censur茅e : Pyracmond, ou les Cr茅oles de Jacques-Louis Lacour (1826)鈥
    Personnage historique de Th茅芒tre, Ariane Ferry and Sylvain Ledda, eds., Paris: Classiques-Garnier, 2014, 363-379.

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