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Teaching

  • FREN 1200 - French 1   
  • FREN 2770 – Littératures francophones d’Afrique et des Antilles
  • FREN 2820 – Cinéma africain (biopic and history in cinema)  
  • FREN 2910 – Expression écrite 1
  • FREN 3840 / FREN 7580 – Le roman urbain africain 
  • FREN 3920 – Enjeux majeurs en littérature francophone postcoloniale 
  • FREN 7580 – Littérature francophone et écologie

Biography

Étienne-Marie Lassi is a Professor of French and Francophone studies at the University of Manitoba. His research and teaching interests include French language and francophone literature and cinema. His on-going research projects are in posthumanism, namely the interactions of humans and non-humans in African literature and culture and on the expression of African social imaginaries in literature and popular culture. 

Education

  • PhD (Francophone literature and cinema), University of Ottawa, 2009 
  • MA (Francophone African literature), University of Calgary, 2005 
  • Licence (bilingual studies), University of Yaoundé, 1990

Research

Research interests

  • Francophone African literature and cinema  
  • Film adaptation and novelization 
  • Postcolonial theories 
  • Literature and environment 
  • Literature and popular cultures 

Selected publications

Awards

  • 2016 -  Falconer Emerging Researcher rh Award, Humanity Category

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