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Éric Trudel

William Frauenfelder Professor in the College; Director, French Studies; Codirector, Center for Faculty and Curricular Development

Academic Program Affiliation(s): Foreign Languages, Cultures, and Literatures, French Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Human Rights, Literature

Academic Expertise: French Studies

Area of Specialization: 20th-Century French Literature

Biography:

Professor Trudel is the author of La terreur à l’œuvre: Théorie, poétique et éthique chez Jean Paulhan (Paris, Presses Universitaires de Vincennes, coll. “L’imaginaire du texte,” 2007). He coedited Poétiques de la liste et imaginaire sériel (Nota Bene, 2019), "Tout peut servir". Pratiques et enjeux du détournement dans le discours littéraire des XXe et XXIe siècles (Presses de l'Université du Québec, 2011), Jean Paulhan on Poetry and Politics (University of Illinois Press, 2008), and oversaw special issues of the journals LHT (Crises de lisibilité, 16, 2016, online) and L'Esprit Créateur (“Avant-garde and Arrière-garde in Modernist Literature”, 53/3, 2013). Professor Trudel is also the author of many articles on 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century French and Francophone literatures.

BA, Concordia University, Montreal; MA, French literature, McGill University; PhD, Romance languages, Princeton University. 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

Contact:

Phone: 845-758-7121
Website: http://french.bard.edu
Email:
Location: Hopson
Office: 102
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30 Campus Road
PO Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504-5000
Phone: 845-758-6822
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