Article Publication: “The ‘French’ in French and Francophone Studies.” Romanic Review 114:3 (December 2023). 601-608. 2023
In this polemical essay, I share my understanding of, and issues with, the disciplinary contours of French and Francophone Studies. Furthermore, I share my thoughts on upcoming challenges to field, as well as its strengths.
Essay Publication: “Né-cri-tude; Ou, Le Cri et Aimé Césaire.” Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Languages. 2024 (in review)
This paper considers the resonances and divergences between the “cri,” or scream, in the works of Aimé Césaire and in the theoretical archive of the “cri"
in the Black Atlantic. In particular, I trace the occurrences of the “cri” in Césaire’s œuvre and question what his contributions to the archive of the “cri”, despite a literary and theoretical context that has evolved and surpassed Césaire’s today.