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Breitenstein, Renée-Claude
Faculty of Humanities
Breitenstein, Renée-Claude
Degrees granted
Ph.D., French, McGill University (2009)
M.A., French, McGill University (2003)
B.A. (Honours), French, University of Cape Town (2000)
Research area
- French literature of the Renaissance;
- Rhetoric (praise and blame in particular) and argumentation;
- Poetics of literary genres and parody;
- Construction of publics;
- Book history, print culture, iconography;
- Representation of women
Selected publications
Edited books and special issues of journals
“Publics et publications dans les éloges collectifs de femmes à la fin du Moyen Age et sous l’Ancien Régime.” Ed. R.-Cl. Breitenstein. Études françaises 47: 3 (Fall 2011).
Articles
“Traduction, transferts culturels et construction des publics dans deux éloges collectifs de femmes de la première moitié du XVIe siècle.” Études françaises 47: 3 (Fall 2011): 91-107.
“Entre allégorie et auteur(e)s : le façonnement de voix féminines dans les apologies du sexe féminin au XVIe siècle.” Eds. J.-Ph. Beaulieu and A. Oberhuber. Jeu de masques. Les femmes et le travestissement textuel (1500-1940). Saint-Étienne: PUSE, 2011. 37-50.
“Représentation de l’histoire et parole féminine dans Les Femmes illustres ou les Harangues héroïques des Scudéry.” Les Femmes et l’écriture de l’histoire (1400-1800). Eds. J-Cl. Arnould and S. Steinberg, Rouen: PURH, 2009. 341-353.
“De Gargantua à Eudémon: la parole enfantine chez Rabelais.” Histoires d’enfants. Représentations et discours de l’enfance sous l’Ancien Régime. Ed. H. Cazes. Québec: PUL, 2008. 179-189.
Courses taught at Brock University
FREN 1F90 Intermediate French
FREN 2F00 Grammar and Composition
FREN 3P82 Eighteenth-Century French Literature
FREN 4P20 Sixteenth-Century Literature
Departmental Events
Polyglot: Braille / Babel Babbles. Let's See?
April 12, 2013 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
MLLC "Brown Bag" 2013 Film Series - March 7 to April 9
March 7, 2013 - 12:00pm - April 9, 2013 - 2:00pm
2013 SCLA Colloquium
April 2, 2013 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm



