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faculty
Michelle Cheyne, PhD she/her/hers
Professor
Global Languages and Cultures
Contact
508-999-8335
508-910-6646
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Liberal Arts 346
Education
| 2021 | Utrecht University | LLM in Public International Law |
| 2003 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | PhD in French |
| 1992 | Université Lumière-Lyon 2 | DEA in Lettres Modernes |
| 1991 | Université Lumière-Lyon 2 | maîtrise in Lettres modernes |
| 1991 | University of Pennsylvania | MA in French |
Teaching
- French Culture and Language
- European and French Literature (Poetry, Theater, Narrative)
- Performance Arts
- Intercultural Communication
- Health and Society
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Courses
Selected topics in Black Studies. May be repeated with change of content/topic.
A study of selected readings dealing with a special topic chosen by the instructor. Recent special topics include New England Literature, Children's Literature, the Artist in Literature, Black Music, and Black Literature. May be repeated with change of content. Cross-listed as BLS 200; LST 200.
A study of selected readings dealing with a special topic chosen by the instructor. Recent special topics include New England Literature, Children's Literature, the Artist in Literature, Black Music, and Black Literature. May be repeated with change of content. Cross-listed as BLS 200; LST 200.
Essentials of aural-oral, reading and writing usage, with intensive drilling in pronunciation, intonation and grammar.
Continuation of FRN 101.
Review of grammar with composition and aural-oral practice. Introduction to French culture and civilization through intensive and extensive reading.
Continuation of FRN 201
Important works of French literature in translation readings, lectures and discussions in English. No knowledge of the French language is required. Topics will vary; check with instructor listed in COIN for current topic. Past topics have included: Bestsellers vs. Classics in French Literature, Princesses, Harlots, Saints: Women in French Literature, Not All Black and White: Cross-Racial Desire in French Restoration Fiction. Upcoming topics likely to include: Music with Words: French Poetry from the Middle Ages to the Present, World War II in French Film and Literature.
Important works of French literature in translation readings, lectures and discussions in English. No knowledge of the French language is required. Topics will vary; check with instructor listed in COIN for current topic. Past topics have included: Bestsellers vs. Classics in French Literature, Princesses, Harlots, Saints: Women in French Literature, Not All Black and White: Cross-Racial Desire in French Restoration Fiction. Upcoming topics likely to include: Music with Words: French Poetry from the Middle Ages to the Present, World War II in French Film and Literature.
Intensive study or research on a special topic under the direction of a staff member. Hours to be arranged.
Research
Research interests
- French and European Theater, Poetry, and Narrative
- Performance Arts
- Human Rights and Disenfranchisement
- International Law
- European-Bound Migration
Select publications
- Michelle S. Cheyne (2021).
Le chien de Montargis by R-C Guilbert de Pixerécourt, ed. Michelle Cheyne
Théâtre complet : Mélodrames (1792-1835). vol. 5. Roxane Martin, series ed., Paris: Classiques-Garnier, 2021 - Michelle S. Cheyne (2020).
“Leaving Lethe for the Bardo: Staging the Disembodied Voices and Silent Bodies of Lampedusa Migrants in the Underworld of Europe”
Forum Modernes Theater, 31:1 Winter 2020, 198-210. - Michelle S. Cheyne (2020).
“Le Nègre ou Le Fils naturel du théâtre balzacien : la légitimité à l’épreuve”
Théâtre de Balzac, Eric Bordas and Agathe Novack-Lechevalier, eds. Paris: Classiques-Garnier, 2020, 85-105. - Michelle S. Cheyne (2018).
“‘Une action par trop vigoureuse’: writing and re-writing Pyracmond, ou Les Créoles”
Parcours de génétique théâtrale : de l’atelier d’écriture à la scène, Ana Clara Santos, Sophie Proust, Ana Isabel Vasconcelos, eds. Paris: Le Manuscrit, 2018, 213-223. - Michelle S. Cheyne (2014).
“La mémoire coloniale censurée : Pyracmond, ou les Créoles de Jacques-Louis Lacour (1826)”
Personnage historique de Théâtre, Ariane Ferry and Sylvain Ledda, eds., Paris: Classiques-Garnier, 2014, 363-379.