Michele Bacholle

Biography

Michèle Bacholle is a world-renowned scholar in contemporary French and Francophone women’s literature, on which she has published many books and numerous articles. Her research interests also include the Algerian war of independence and immigrant literature. As the only full-time French professor, she teaches language, culture, cinema, and literature courses. She also regularly teaches in the First Year Program.

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Research Interests

• Contemporary French and Francophone women writers
• Algerian war of independence

Of Note

Dr. Bacholle has been a CSU Professor since 2019. In 2018 she received the Distinguished Professor award.

Teaching Interests

• Contemporary French and Francophone Women Writers
• Contemporary French Cinema
• French Cultural Studies

Publications

Récits contemporains d’endeuillés après suicide : Les Cas Fottorino, Vigan, Grimbert, Rahmani, Charneux et Delaume [Contemporary Narratives by Suicide Survivors : Fottorino, Vigan, Grimbert, Rahmani, Charneux et Delaume]. Amsterdam : Brill, 2018.

Un appelé dans la guerre d’Algérie, témoignage photo-textuel [A Conscript in the Algerian War: A Photo-textual Testimony]. Paris : L’Harmattan, 2016.

Paroles d’auteurs jeunesse : Autour du multiculturalisme et des minorités visibles [In Youth Writers’ Words : On Multiculturalism and Visible Minorities]. Amsterdam/Atlanta, GA : Rodopi, 2013.

Annie Ernaux de la perte au corps glorieux [Annie Ernaux: From Loss to the Glorious Body]. Rennes : Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2011.

Linda Lê, l’écriture du manque [Linda Lê: Writing the Lack]. Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2006.

Un Passé contraignant. Double bind et transculturation [A Binding Past: Double Bind and Transculturation]. Amsterdam/Atlanta, GA: Rodopi, 2000.