Amanda Vredenburgh
Amanda Vredenburgh
Ph.D., French and Francophone Studies, Indiana University
MA in French Literature, New York University
Assistant Professor of French
Department of Modern and Classical Languages
605 Agnes Arnold Hall
Email: ajvreden@central.uh.edu
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Biographical Summary
Amanda Vredenburgh is a scholar of contemporary French and Francophone Studies. She received her PhD from Indiana University-Bloomington and MA from NYU. Her research focuses on the fantastic genre, ecocriticism, and postcolonial studies. She is currently working on a book project that rethinks the fantastic genre through its examination of environmental, political, and social issues in the novels of Marie Darrieussecq, Marie NDiaye, and Antoine Volodine.
Teaching
Dr. Vredenburgh teaches courses on French and Francophone cinema and literature, contemporary France, and advanced language.
Research Interests
The fantastic genre, ecocriticism, postcolonial studies, migration and border studies, the Indian Ocean.
Selected Publications
Recent Articles
- 鈥溾�楥鈥檈st moi, Khady Demba鈥� : genre, identit茅, et migration chez Marie NDiaye.鈥� Nouvelles 脡tudes Francophones, no. 37.2, 2022, p. 86-100.
- 鈥淢ourning the Loss of the Land in Le Cl茅zio鈥檚 鈥榁illa Aurore鈥� and 鈥極rlamonde.鈥欌�� Contemporary French and Francophone Studies: SITES, no. 25.4, 2021, p. 441-449.
- 鈥淢arie Darrieussecq鈥檚 Fantastic Approach to the Environmental Crisis.鈥� Contemporary French and Francophone Studies: SITES, no. 24.5, 2020, p. 651-659.
- 鈥淯n discours 鈥榙e majest茅鈥� : Le sublime royal dans les expressions de l鈥檃bsolutisme sous Louis XIV.鈥� Romanic Review, no. 111.2, Sept. 2020, p. 227-248. (co-authored with Hall Bj酶rnstad)
- 鈥淭he Fantastic Bestialization of the Biopolitical Subject in Marie Darrieussecq鈥檚 Truismes.鈥� Romance Notes, no. 59.1, 2019, p. 163-172.
- 鈥溾�楲a Communication des 芒mes鈥� 脿 travers l鈥檃rt et l鈥檃mour dans La Prisonni猫re.鈥� Bulletin Marcel Proust, no. 67, 2017, p. 79-84.