
Hélène Julien
Department/Office Information
Romance Languages, Women's Studies- R 3:00pm - 5:00pm (207A Lawrence Hall)
- F 1:00pm - 2:30pm (207A Lawrence Hall)
How do we come to be who we are? How do we tell our own stories? What can we learn from each other? What does it mean to be a human community?
These questions inform both my pedagogy and my scholarly trajectory. Whether we are analyzing the meaning of a text or considering fine nuances of French grammar, I aim to make the classroom a space of individual and collective exploration, critical reflection, and dialogue. The study of literature to which my research is devoted is but another form of this interpersonal engagement. With a specific focus on contemporary French literature and literature from North Africa and its diaspora, I study the ways in which personal and collective selves find their voices in relation to history, memory, gender, race, sexuality, and culture.
Spring 2022 Courses
- FREN 353, Introduction to French Literature III: Literary Innovations in the 20th to 21st Centuries (MWF, 10:20-11:10)
- FREN 455, Francophone Voices from North Africa (MW, 1:20-2:35)