NATHALIE  DROUGLAZET

  nathaliedrouglazet@yahoo.fr

 

462 rue de la République

50 460 Tonneville

France

02.33.03.44.49

 

 

TEACHING INTERESTS

• French language courses from elementary to advanced: building language proficiency and promoting cross-cultural understanding

• Thematic survey of French literature, with emphasis on the 20th century

• Revisiting French masterpieces in theater and film

• Contemporary French culture through literary texts, film, songs, and media

• Introduction to Francophone literature and culture

• Reading Algeria from both sides of the Mediterranean

• Cultural and literary theory (Bhabha, Derrida, Fanon, Moura, Lacan)

 

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D.        Boston College, awarded May 2004
Emphasis: French Literature; Francophone and Anglo-Irish postcolonial narratives

Dissertation: La langue blessée d’Echo ou qu’est-ce que la littérature d’expression française? [Derrida, Camus, Kateb]

Dissertation director: Dr. Kevin Newmark

 

M.A.         Boston College, May 1998
Emphasis: French Literature and Culture

 

Maîtrise   Université de Caen, Normandy, June 1994

                  Emphasis : Lettres et Arts: Anglo-Irish Literature

Thesis:  Subversion: The Meaning of Silence [John McGahern]

Thesis directors:  Dr. Declan Kiberd (University College, Dublin)

          and Dr. Caroline MacDonogh (Université de Caen)

 

Licence    Université de Caen, Normandy, June 1992
Emphasis : Lettres et Arts: English Linguistics, Culture and Literature

 

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Courses taught from Elementary to Advanced

 

  Elementary French, Simmons College (2004-2005)

• Designed and taught new course for beginners (FREN 101 & FREN 102) around French method Débuts, an integrated film-based introductory course

• Introduced weekly video and discussion lab activities to increase contact hours

• Coordinated instruction of Elementary sections and labs

  

  Elementary French, Alliance Française, Boston et Cambridge (2003-2004)

• Redesigned syllabi for beginners courses (101, 102, 103, 104 & I-110, I-120,

    I-130, I-140) around French method Reflets 1

• Coordinated teaching body for absolute beginners sessions (101 & I-110)

• Prepared and taught intensive beginners workshops (Work-out 100)

 

Elementary French, Colby College (2002-2003)

• Designed new course for true beginners (FR125) around French method Tempo 1 and helped coordinate syllabi for second semester course (FR126)

• Introduced new methods for assessing students’ oral production (recorded sound files; videotaped oral examination)

 

Elementary French, Boston College (1994-1995, 1997-1998)

• Focused on development of language proficiency, with special emphasis on listening skills

• Encouraged exploration of cultural difference through Internet activities, film, music, art and print media

• Coordinated activities with La Maison Française (cuisine; visites au musée; journal télé; films)

 

Intermediate French, Simmons College (2004-2005)

• Worked closely with Dr. Eduardo Febles, coordinator of this WebCT course, emphasizing placement and assessment across sections

• Strengthened students reading and written command of French

 

Intermediate French, Boston College (1996-1998)

• Strengthened students’ critical skills in reading and self-expression

• Participated actively in curricular design and test writing around method À votre Tour

• Continued exploration of French and Francophone culture through Internet activities, film, music, art and print media

   

 

 

 

Intensive Intermediate French, Boston College (Summer 2002)

• Improved on-line curricular design for the College of Advancing Studies

• Explored history and culture of France (RL109) and of French-speaking Africa, the Caribbean and Asia (RL110) through films, news articles, poems and web-page activities  [Films: La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille, Lucie Aubrac, Le Dîner de cons, Rue Cases-Nègres, Pièces d’identités, Indochine]

 

Conversation and Composition in French, Colby College (Spring 2003)

• Designed course (FR131) specifically for students wishing to develop oral skills

• Used method Quant à moi… : Témoignages des Français et des francophones for review

  Assigned group presentations: revue de presse, critique cinématographique of French and Francophone films, critique théâtrale, journaux télévisés

• Emphasized preparation for weekly débat d’idées, with additional practice in writing short compositions (thèse, anti-thèse, synthèse)

 

French Conversation, Composition and Reading, Boston College (1998-2001)

• Strengthened students command of French while introducing them to a variety of approaches to French and Francophone studies through film critiques, cultural analysis, explication de texte, pastiches, revue de presse. 

• Coordinated activities with La Maison Française (troupe de théâtre; exposés; conférences)

• Worked with the Center for International Studies to prepare students for study abroad and summer internships in Strasbourg

      

Theme Class: La Francophonie, Alliance Française (Spring 2004)

   • Designed with Senegalese faculty member Agnès Tounkara, specialist in Economics, an 11-week syllabus on Francophone countries (Ivory Coast, Belgium, Switzerland, Senegal, Vietnam, Cameroon, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia), emphasizing economy, culture, literature, music and cuisine.

   • Peer-teaching of advanced conversation classes based on Qu’est-ce que la Francophonie? by Michel Têtu (1997) and various media (poetry, short-story, newspapers, cinema, recipes and songs)

 

The Golden Age of French Cinema: The Films of Marcel Carné, Alliance Française, Boston et Cambridge (February 2004)

   • Peer-taught with Barbara Bouquegneau, Film specialist at the French Library, a series of advanced conversation classes around the life, career, and works of Carné:  Drôle de Dame (1937), Le Jour se lève (1939), Les Visiteurs du soir (1942) et Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)

   • Designed thematic worksheet (pre-screening activities) each week : I-Vocabulaire et études de thèmes; II-Grammaire: Citations et exercices; III- Étude de scènes

 

 

 

Advanced French, Alliance Française (Spring 2004)

   • Reviewed syllabi (301, 302) designed around Reflets 3 with experienced faculty in order to give more space to débats in class and focus on advanced composition skills

   • Teaching advanced conversation classes (301)

 

Contemporary French Literature in Translation: Alienation of the Self, Boston College (Spring 1999)

• Designed new course for the College of Advancing Studies:  prepared syllabus, lectures, class discussion and essay topics

• Focused on the “Alienation of the Self” and the expression or subversion of identities and differences, examining various forms of violence (war, exile, racial and sexual discrimination, colonization and language) [Readings: Sartre, Beckett, Ionesco, Camus, Fanon, Camara Laye, Ben Jelloun, Djebar]

 

Contemporary France, Colby College (Spring 2003)

• Peer-taught this course with Senior Faculty, Dr Jonathan M. Weiss, providing students with a comparative (generational, gendered, political, cultural) framework on issues such as laïcité (secularism), l’exception française (state protection of the arts), politics, education, health care, justice system, and EU

• Assigned weekly readings from the French press and daily French news (TV5)

 

Fables, Fairy Tales, and the Emergence of the Short Story, Simmons C. (Spring 2004)

• Taught this popular course, with new emphasis on the feminine voice as subject or object of the tale

• Compared the strength of various literary forms as vehicles of expression: lai breton, Roman de Renart, fabliau, fable, novella, conte, nouvelle

• Developed 1) recognition of stylistic and aesthetic qualities in ostensibly simple genres and 2) appreciation of different sources of transmission and traditions of story-telling (African, European, North American) [“Texts”from Bodel, Cocteau,    Dadié, Daudet, Djebar, Dutourd, La Fontaine, Marie de France, Perrault, Maupassant]

 

Guest lecturer

Reading in Cultural Contexts, Colby College (Spring 2003)

   • Introduced poet Pham duy Khiêm (1908-1974) and Vietnam through a literary study of “L’ombre et l’absent” (1944), Légendes des terres sereines (1958), and analysis of Indochine by Régis Wargnier (1991)

   • Organized literary introduction with textual/cinematographic analysis (FR131)

 

Masterpieces of French Literature, Boston College (Fall 1995; Fall 1996; Fall 2000)

• Presented talks on “Balzac et Sarrasine,”  “Exotisme et féminité: Senghor et la femme africaine,” “Le Cid et la France de 1636,” “Le surréalisme: Breton et Buñuel”

           

Director of Education

   French Library and Cultural Center, Alliance Française de Boston

       et Cambridge  (August 2003)

• Manages human resources of Education Department (administrative personnel, teaching body, corporate services, community outreach)

• Responsible for both adult and children’s classes on three sites (Beverly, Boston, Newton): administrative structure, curriculum development, training and supervision of faculty, $70,000 annual budget

• Lectures in connection with French and Francophone events (Boston Lyric Opera, Museum of Fine Arts, Sine Nomine)

• Organizes workshops on Cross-Cultural Understanding in Marketing for MBA students (Suffolk University)

• Organizes pedagogical workshops (Professional Development Points) for French instructors of the greater Boston area

• Organizes workshops for school superintendents

• Participates in Pedagogical Committees of Federation of Alliances Françaises, USA: French Methods for adults and children

• Assisted in coordinating the Federation of Alliances Françaises, USA, Annual Meeting (October 29-November 1, 2003)

 

Director French House

La Maison Française, Boston College (1995-1997)

• Coordinated activities, concerts and guest lectures; excursion to Quebec

• Led weekly linguistic and cultural programs, edited monthly calendar of events

 

 

FELLOWSHIPS and HONORS

Fellowships and Research Grants

Fulbright Selection Committee member, Colby College (Fall 2002)

Dissertation Fellowship, Boston College (2001-2002)

Grant recipient, Graduate Student International Forum, Center for International Studies (2000-2001)

Graduate Fellowship-in-Residence, Boston College (1995-1997)

Colby College Scholarship, offered by the Université de Caen (1993-1994)

Erasmus Scholarship, University College, Dublin (1992-1993)

 

Honors and Distinctions

Doctoral Comprehensive Examination passed with Distinction (May 2000)

Donald White Teaching Excellence Award, Boston College (May 1997)

Pi Delta Phi, French National Honor Society (May 1997)

Maîtrise, Université de Caen: Mention Bien (June 1994)

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

“De jeu de porte(s) en jeu de miroir(s) : échos camusiens contre les langues terroristes

  dans ‘Le Renégat ou un esprit confus’  (1957).”  Actes du 6ème  Colloque International   de Poitiers sur Albert Camus. Amitiés Camusiennes (à paraître).

 

La L/langue blessée (ou les cris/l’écrit) d’Echo : de la théorie derridienne à l’esthétique

 katebienne (II).” Actes du Colloque International en Hommage  à Charles Bonn : CICLIM (à paraître).

 

“‘Un train peut en cacher un autre’: Nedjma, palimpseste katebien.” Romance Review 12 (2002).

 

“ Identities Given, Identities Claimed” (Translation of study by ethno-psychiatrist Hamid Salmi, Université de Paris VIII).” Newsletter of the Amazigh Cultural Association in America (2002).

 

 “Video Worksheets.”  Contacts: Instructor’s Resource Manual. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

 

“La langue blessée (ou l’écrit/les cris) d’Echo:  de la théorie derridienne à l’esthétique katebienne.” Romance Review 10 (2000).

 

“Presentation in the Temple.” Reflections on the Connolly Book of Hours. Eds. Timothy Sullivan and Rebecca Valette. Chestnut Hill: UP of Boston College, 1999.

 

“Empty Words on the Twilight: Conversation with Poet, Writer and Calligrapher Hawad. [Interview directed by S. Chevalier and F. Boirdais of the Institute of Political Studies of Aix-en-Provence, January 1995.] On-line translation: www.ee.umd.edu/~sellami/AVoice.html, contribution to the Amazigh Cultural Association in America, 1998.

 

(With Andrea Javel) “Test Bank.” Discovering French: Rouge.  Evanston, Illinois: McDougal Littell, 1998.

 

Associate Editor. Romance Review 7-8 (1997-1998).

 

 

PRESENTATIONS and WORKSHOPS

 

Presentation : “Echo’s Wounded Tongue; or, what is Literature of ‘French expression’?/La langue blessée d’Echo ou qu’est-ce que la littérature ‘d’expression française’ ?” International Conference: “Boundaries & Limits of Postcolonialism: Anglophone, Francophone, Global.” Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies & The Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies. Florida State University, USA. Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2006. (pending)

 

Presentation : “Echo’s Wounded Tongue: De-centering and Grafting of  “The Storyteller Devoured by His Words” (Tahar Ben Jelloun, The Sand Child, chapter 10).” International and Interdisciplinary Conference: “Space, Haunting, Discourse.” English Department, Karlstad University. Karlstad, Sweden. June 18-15, 2006.

 

Presentation : “ ‘Si ton chant n’est pas plus beau que le silence, tais-toi’

ou l’exigence de parole(s) camusienne et dibienne.“ Symposium International : Albert Camus et les Lettres algériennes.” Université d’Alger—Université Paul Valery Montpellier III.  Alger-Tipasa, Algeria. April 24-28, 2006. (by invitation)

 

Presentation : “De jeu de porte(s) en jeu de miroir(s) : échos camusiens contre les langues terroristes dans ‘Le Renégat ou un esprit confus’  (1957).”  Sixth  International Colloquium in Poitiers : “Albert Camus et la femme.” Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France. May 26-28, 2005.

 

Presentation : La L/langue blessée (ou les cris/l’écrit) d’Echo : de la théorie derridienne à l’esthétique katebienne (II).” Colloque International en Hommage  à Charles Bonn : “Maghreb--France : La mémoire en partage.” Organisé  par la CICLIM. Palais des Congrès, Fès, Maroc. 21-23 avril 2005. (by invitation)

 

Discussant : “Agents of Socialization in French Society.” Invited by Professor Kurk Beattie for his course on Comparative Political Science.  Political Science & International Relations. Simmons College. April 6, 2005.

 

Roundtable participant:  “The Universal Feminist : A forum devoted to the question of universal feminism.” Feminist Week at Simmons College, sponsored by The Feminist Union. Simmons College. March 29, 2005.

 

Presentation: “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité et hijab?” Sine Nomine Meeting on Contemporary Issues. Lasell College, Newton. April 3, 2004.

 

Moderator: “Reaching Out to Children,” with Annick Evrard Mercanti and Florence Dwyer. Alliance Française de Boston et Cambridge. Federation of Alliances Françaises, USA, Annual Meeting. Boston. November 1, 2003.

 

Workshop: “Energizing your AF Classes?,” with Rebecca Valette. AF de Boston et Cambridge. Federation of Alliances Françaises, USA, Annual Meeting. Boston. October 31, 2003.

 

Workshop: “Reaching Out to the Superintendents’ Needs: Reasons and Resources to Teach French in your Schools.” French Library and Cultural Center/Alliance Française de Boston et Cambridge. Boston. October 31, 2003.

 

Presentation: “Literary Landscape at the Time of Gauguin: an Introduction.” Slide lecture devoted to late-nineteenth-century literature and the visual arts. Museum of Fine Arts and French Library and Cultural Center. Boston. September 30, 2003; October 2, 2003.

 

Presentation: “Echo’s Wounded Tongue: From Derrida’s (Pros)thesis to Literary Grafting of French Expression (on Camus’s “The Renegade”). Social Sciences and Humanities Colloquium. Colby College. November 2002.

 

Presentation: “‘Un train peut en cacher un autre’ : Nedjma, palimpseste katebien.” Cryptic Cartographies:  A Symposium on Literature and Space. University of Oregon. October 16, 2002.

 

Chair: Panel on Marius et Jeannette. Pi Delta Phi French Film Festival (co-sponsored by a FACSEA grant). Boston College. January 28, 2002.

 

Presentation: “The De-centering of the Subject Position within Postcolonial Literature.” Thirteenth Annual Graduate Irish Studies Conference. Boston College. October 2001.

 

Roundtable participant: “Who’s the Other in Our Field? — Projection and Representation.” Center for International Studies. Boston College. April 2001.

 

Workshop: “Promoting Cross-Cultural Understanding:  Cultural Analysis in the French Class through Literature, Film and Student-led Interviews.” Southwest Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. San Francisco, California. March 2001.

 

Chair: Panel on Twentieth-century French Literature: “L’art de la reprise:  réécriture ou transcription?” Ninth Annual Graduate Conference on Romance Studies. Boston College, March 2001.

 

Presentation: “Echo’s Wounded Tongue: From Derrida’s Theory to Kateb’s Aesthetics.” Eighth Annual Graduate Conference on Romance Studies. Boston College. March 2000.

 

Roundtable participant: “Literary Theory: A Resistance to History?” Eighth Annual Graduate Conference on Romance Studies. Boston College. March 2000.

 

Workshop: “Un petit souffle africain:  Incorporating Francophone Culture from North and Sub-Saharan Africa into the First, Second and Third Year University Curricula.” New England Regional Conference, American Association of  Teachers of French. Worcester, Massachusetts. April 1999.

 

Presentation: “‘Le conteur dévoré par ses phrases’ou le statut métanarratif de L’Enfant de sable de Ben Jelloun.” Seventh Annual Graduate Conference on Romance Studies. Boston College. March 1999.

 

Workshop: “Un petit souffle africain: Voices from Africa.” American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Chicago, Illinois. November 1998.

 

Roundtable participant: “Postcolonial Issues and Debates.” Sixth Annual Graduate Conference on Romance Studies. Boston College. March 1998.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Modern Language Association (MLA)

American Association of Teachers of French (AATF)

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)

Massachusetts Foreign Languages Association (MaFLA)

Southwest Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (SWCOLT)

Amazigh Cultural Association in America (ACAA)

 

 

LANGUAGES: French, native speaker; English, near-native speaker; Spanish,

German, and Latin, advanced reading skills

 

 

REFERENCES

Rebecca Valette, Professor Emerita of French, Boston College (Foreign Language Pedagogy)

 

Matilda Bruckner, Professor of French, Boston College (Dissertation Committee)

 

Kevin Newmark, Associate Professor of French, Boston College (Dissertation Director)

 

Arthur D. Greenspan, Professor of French, Colby College (Chair, Department of French and Italian)

 

Jonathan Weiss, Professor of French, Colby College (Junior Faculty Mentor)

 

Kalpana Seshadri-Crooks, Associate Professor of English, Boston College (Postcolonial Theory and Literature)                                                                                                              

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

 

Feb. 2006