Published on Brock University (http://www.brocku.ca)
El-Hoss, Tamara
Degrees Granted
Ph.D., French Literature, University of Toronto (2005)
M.A., French Literature, University of Toronto (1997)
B.A., French Studies, York University (1989)
Research Interests
- Francophone Literatures (Maghreb, Caraïbes, Afrique noire).
- "Beur" literature and film.
- Gender roles, the representation of women, identity.
- Cultural and linguistique métissage .
Selected list of publications
“Am I the ‘Monster’, or Are You? The Representation of the (In)Human in Mathieu Kassovitz's La Haine ”, eBook of the 7th Global Conference on Monsters and the Monstrous: Myths and Metaphors of Enduring Evil, September 14-17, 2009, Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford. (In print)
“L’usage des italiques dans L’Amour, la fantasia d’Assia Djebar: une écriture hybride”, in La Rhétorique au féminin. Ed. A. Hayward, Quebec, Éditions Nota bene, 2006, pp.347-361.
“Veiling/Unveiling in Tahar Ben Jelloun’s The Sand Child : Disguise and Deception of the Female Protagonist”, in Image and Imagery: Disguise, Deception, Trompe L’Oeil. Ed. Leslie Boldt-Irons, Corrado Federici, Ernesto Virgulti. New York: Peter Lang, 2009, pp.149-160.
“The Zombie’s ‘Great Escape’ in René Depestre’s Hadriana dans tous mes rêves”, in Monstrous Deviations in Literature and the Arts. Ed. Adriana Spahr and Cristina Santos. Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, England. (In print)
Selected list of courses taught at Brock
- FREN 2F03 Literature and Culture: The French-Speaking World
- FREN 2P65 Culture and Civilization of France to 1700
- FREN 2P95 Francophone Cultures and Civilizations
- FREN 3P53 Twentieth-Century French Literature to 1935
- FREN 3P65 Culture and Civilization of France from 1700 to the Present
- FREN 3P83 African Literature in French
- FREN 3P84 Caribbean Literature in French
- FREN 3P87 Maghrebian Literature in French
- FREN 4P80 “Beur” Literature and Film
- FREN 4P96 Critical Theory and Methodology
