The Changing Shapes of Trauma in the Fictional Writings of Helene Parmelin (1915-1997)

Authors

  • Maïr Verthuy

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Author Biography

Maïr Verthuy

Mair  Verthuy,  distinguished  professor  emerita,  is  now  retired  from  Le  Departement d'etudes  frarn;aises  of Concordia University,  Montreal,  but  retains  her  Lifetime  Fellow status  with  the  Simone  de  Beauvoir  Institute  of which  she  was  the  first  Principal  and which belongs to  the same university.  Her main teaching and  research  interests were and are French  language literatures from the  l 9th to the 21st centuries, with particular (but not unique)  emphasis  on  women  writers  from  across  the  French-speaking  world,  including those  migrant  novelists  who  have  done  so  much  to  enrich  the  cultures  into  which  they integrate.  Political and  social  issues  almost  always  underlie  her own  writings  but she  is also fascinated by the links between various artistic forms,  painting and literature, camera work  and  literature,  to  name  but  two.  Marr  has  innumerable  articles  and  papers  to  her credit as  well  as  several  books.  Helene Parmelin  was one of her favourite  writers  as  are Jeanne Hyvrard and Assia Djebar. There are also many male writers on her list of articles still  to  be  written:  Alain  Nadaud,  Adrien  Goetz,  Hedi  Khaddour ...  Marr  is  currently working  on  a  non-autobiographical  patchwork  involving  her  own  passage  through  the various societies she has known.

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Published

2021-08-04

Issue

No. 81 (2007): Representations of Trauma in French and Francophone Literature

Section

Articles