Meet Our Graduates
Michèle Anne Schaal-Tessonnier
PhD, French Literature (ABD)
mischaal @umail.iu.edu
Associate Member,Frankreich-Zentrums der Freien Universität Berlin, Germany
Degrees earned
Maîtrise d'anglais, Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France, 2001
MA, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2004
Scholarly interests
20th/21st century francophone women writers
Women’s writing
Gender studies
Contemporary feminism
Achievements include
Conference presentations
« Genre féminin et performance : implications du « je » comme « jeu » dans Truismes » Contemporary Women’s Writing Seminar Day on the work of Marie Darrieussecq, Institute for Germanic and Romance Studies, University of London, England, June 27, 2009.
"Bye Bye Blondie von Virginie Despentes: Lebenserfahrung als Punk Rock Feministisches Märchen.“ (Virginie Despentes’s Bye Bye Blondie: Life Experience as a Feminist Punk-Rock Fairy Tale.) Invited lecture at the Forschungskolloquium der Technischen Universität Berlin, Französische Philologie, Germany, May 21, 2009.
“Parenthood as (gendered) performance in Virginie Despentes’ Teen Spirit.” Points of Exit: (Un)conventional Representations of Age, Parenting, and Sexuality. 10-year Anniversary Conference, Centre for Gender and Diversity at the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, March 19, 2009.
« De la mascarade de la féminité dans la littérature francophone contemporaine ». Invited lecture at the Forschungskolloquium des Frankreich-Zentrums der Freien Universität, Berlin, Germany, January 28, 2009.
"Détective et princesse, typologie sexuelle composite dans Piège pour Cendrillon de Sébastien Japrisot." presented at the 16th GSO Colloquium, Indiana University, Bloomington, April 13-15 2007.
"From alterity to hybridity: The theatricality of femininity in four contemporary francophone novels." presented at the FRIT Student-Faculty Forum Series, Indiana University, Bloomington, December 1, 2006.
Awards
2009-2010: Recipient of the Office of the Vice President for International Affairs Graduate Exchange Program Grant.
2003 Grace P. Young Graduate Award in recognition of excellent achievement in French Literary Studies. Department of French and Italian. Indiana University, Bloomington.
2003 French Assistant Instructor Award: certificate of excellence. Department of French and Italian. Indiana University, Bloomington.
Dissertation title
Altérité, performance, hybridité : une esthétique littéraire de la troisième vague féministe
Dissertation Director
Prof. Margaret Gray
