
Magdalene College 海角社区 CB3 0AG
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Hugues Az茅rad specialises in comparative literature, modernisms, romanticism, aesthetics and postcolonial theory.
He is the author of听L'Univers constell茅 de Proust, Joyce et Faulkner: le concept d'茅piphanie dans l'esth茅tique du modernisme听(Lang, 2002); of articles on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature in, among others,听French Studies,听Dalhousie French Studies,听Modern Language Review,听Journal of Romance Studies,听Irish Journal of French Studies,听听(Purdue University),听New Comparison,听; of chapters in, among others,听Joyce in Trieste听(U. Press of Florida, 2007);听Romantic Border Crossings听(Ashgate, 2008);听Making听听Sense: For an Effective Aesthetics听(Lang, 2011);听American Creoles: The Francophone Caribbean and the American South听(Liverpool UP, 2012);听Proust and the Visual听(UP Wales, 2013);听Thinking Poetry听(Palgrave, 2013);听Proust in Context听(CUP, 2013);听New 海角社区 Companion to William Faulkner听(CUP, 2015);听脡douard Glissant, l鈥櫭ヽlat et l鈥檕bscur, (Presses universitaires des Antilles, 2020).
He is the co-editor (with Peter Collier) of听Twentieth-Century French Poetry:听A Critical Anthology听(海角社区 University Press, 2010); (with Emma Wagstaff, Michael G. Kelly and Nina Parish) of a听double issue of听French Forum,听"Poetic Practice and the Practice of Poetics in French since 1945鈥 (2012), and of听Chantiers du po猫me. Pr茅misses et pratiques de la po茅sie moderne et contemporaine听(Lang,听2013); (with Michael G. Kelly) of a special issue of听L鈥橢sprit Cr茅ateur,听"La Po茅sie 脿 l鈥櫯搖vre: Poetry, Philosophy, Politics鈥 (2015);听(with Lo茂c C茅ry, Sylvie Glissant, Dominique Aur茅lia and Laura Carvigan-Cassin) of听听(Editions de l鈥橧nstitut du Tout-Monde, 2020);听(with Lo茂c C茅ry) of听Les P茅dagogies d'脡douard Glissant听(脡ditions de l'Institut du Tout-Monde, 2023). 330 pp.
He is co-editor (with Marion Schmid) for the book series听European Connections: Studies in Comparative Literature,听听(Peter Lang, Oxford)听and the editor of the modern and contemporary听French poetry and fiction sections of听
He is currently subject consultant for听, aimed at providing supercurricular resources to school-aged students looking to go beyond the school curriculum and discover their passion for a subject.听
In 2010, he co-organized an international conference "", held in London and 海角社区.
In 2013, he co-organized (with Michael G. Kelly) a听, which is part of the AHRC Poetry network.
In 2020, he organised a study-day on 脡douard Glissant and听Le Discours antillais.
He was the 2017 winner of Best Undergraduate Supervisor Award 听(Arts and Humanities) (CUSU Student-Led Teaching Awards). In 2019, he was short-listed for the same award.
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Nineteenth-century to twenty-first-century French and Francophone literature, culture, and thought.
Modernisms, world literature, poetry, world cinema.
Visual culture.
Language (culture and grammar modules, documentaries and translation, Outreach workshops).
MPhil in European Literature and Culture (ELAC) (MMLL/ English Faculty).
PhD supervision in French and comparative literature.
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Comparative literature (Nerval, Proust, Reverdy, Joyce, Faulkner, Bonnefoy, Glissant, C茅saire, Benjamin, Adorno, Ranci猫re, Ric艙ur, Wynter).
Modernisms, Caribbean modernisms, world literature, aesthetics, postcolonial theory, utopian studies, eco-criticism.
Visual culture and poetry.
He currently works on a book about Glissant, politics, aesthetics and literary theory.
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脡douard Glissant and F茅lix Guattari; Caribbean/Planetary Modernisms; Aesthetics/politics of the image in world cinema.
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(selection):
鈥溾赌樷, in special issue of Contemporary French & Francophone Studies: SITES, Caribbean Generations, ed. by Maeve McCusker, Laura Kennedy, and Martin Munro (Summer 2024), 426-444.
鈥溾 (with Marion Schmid), in Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, 47.2 (Spring 2024), 8-19.
听鈥淎pprendre avec 脡douard Glissant: Pour une p茅dagogie de l'errance鈥, in P茅dagogies d'脡douard Glissant, ed. Hugues Az茅rad and Lo茂c C茅ry (脡ditions de l'Institut du Tout-Monde, 2023), 45-69.
,听French Studies, Volume 74, Issue 3, July 2020, 420-437.
"Quand le 'cri du monde devient parole'.听Relire 'A虁 partir du cri' accompagne虂 de Sylvia Wynter,听d鈥橢dward Kamau Brathwaite et de Jacques Coursil鈥, in听脡douard Glissant et le Discours antillais. La source et le delta, Editions du Tout-Monde, 2020, 431-451.
"鈥,听TRANS, 25 (2020)
鈥溾,听Dalhousie French Studies, 113 (2019), 111-122.
鈥溾,听Irish Journal of French Studies, 17 (2017), 95-124.听
鈥溾,听L鈥橢sprit cr茅ateur,听 55-1 (2015), 152-66.