Eric Trudel
Associate Professor of French; Chair of the Division of Languages and Literature
Academic Program Affiliation(s): Foreign Languages, Cultures, and Literatures, French Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Human Rights
Academic Expertise: French Studies
Area of Specialization: 20th-Century French Literature
Biography:
B.A., Concordia University, Montreal; M.A., French literature, McGill University; Ph.D. in Romance languages, Princeton University. Author,
La terreur à l'oeuvre: Théorie, poétique et éthique chez Jean Paulhan (Paris, Presses Universitaires de Vincennes, coll. "L'imaginaire du texte," 2007). Coeditor and translator,
Jean Paulhan on Poetry and Politics (University of Illinois Press, 2008); coeditor,
Figures et Frictions: La littérature au contact du visuel (Etudes Françaises, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2006). Articles on Jean Paulhan, Chris Marker, Remy de Gourmont, and modern and contemporary French poetry. Codirector of GLOBE: Revue internationale d/études québécoises. At Bard since 2002.
Interests:
Research Interests: Poetic discourse; literary theory; the avant-garde; literature and the arts; French cinema
Other Interests: Comparative literature; French philosophy; literature from Quebec
Highlights:
2012 — Publication
Eric Trudel's translation of/introduction to Jean Paulhan's essay on Georges Braque, "Braque le Patron", appears in Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928-1929, edited by Karen K. Butler and published by the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, the Phillips Collection, and Prestel (2013), p. 202-216.
Website: http://www.kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/exhibitions/7553
Contact:
Phone: 845-758-7121
Website: http://inside.bard.edu/french
E-mail: trudel@bard.edu
