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CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

KRIS VASSILEV

Associate Professor

William Paterson University of New Jersey

300 Pomton Rd.

Wayne NJ, 0701

973-720-2709

vassilevk@wpunj.edu  

            Specialization in Nineteenth Century French Literature

            Special interest in Narratology and Literary Theory

Rutgers University

            Ph.D. in French, September 1997

            Committee: François Cornilliat, Uri Eisenzweig, Claude Mouchard (Paris 8, France)     

Middlebury College & Université Paris 10 (France)

            M.A. in French, 1992

St. Cyril and St. Methodius University (Bulgaria)

            B.A. in French Philology and Literature, 1985

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books:

           

Le Récit de vengeance au XIXe siècle : Mérimée, Dumas, Balzac, Barbey  -- Presses Universitaires du Mirail (l’Université de Toulouse, France) March 2008. 

 

Articles in Refereed Journals:

 

• “Solitaire sociable : l’œuvre poétique de Konstantinov” -- Poésie (Paris: Belin) forthcoming, June 2008.

• “Le Père absent et le problème de la croyance dans ‘Un Coeur simple’” -- Nineteenth-Century French Studies (University of Nebraska) 34, 1&2, Fall-Winter 2005-2006: 89-106.

• “Actions et récit dans La Vengeance d’une femme de Barbey d’Aurevilly” -- French Studies (Oxford University Press), vol. LIX, 4, Oct. 2005: 467-80.

• “Représentation et signification sociale de la vengeance dans un texte réaliste: l’exemple de La Cousine Bette” -- Romantisme (Paris: Armand Colin), 127, 1, March 2005: 44-57.

• “L’Art poétique de Levtchev” -- Poésie (Paris: Belin) 106, Dec. 2003: 56-63

• “La Poésie calme de Tzanev” -- Poésie (Paris: Belin) 106, Dec. 2003: 64-74

• “La Poésie de Boris Christov” -- Poésie (Paris: Belin) 101, Sept. 2002: 20-29.

• “Fiction théorique: la planche anatomique de l’écriture dans La Jalousie” -- Romanic Review (Columbia University) 92, 3, May 200: 297-322.

• “Vengeance et récit dans le Comte de Monte-Cristo” -- French Forum (University of Pennsylvania) 26, 2, 2001: 43-66.

“Une Vendetta entre le classicisme et le romantisme” -- Revue d’Histoire Littéraire de la France (Paris : Presses Universitaires de France) Oct.- Nov. 2000: 1311-1336.

 

 

Translations:

 

“Le Dernier testament de Flaubert” (original title: “Flaubert’s Last Testament” by Lionel Trilling) -- translation from English (with J. Mouchard) -- Translations (Université Paris 8) Summer 2003: 86-112.

• Translation (in English) of the articles’ abstracts for the issues 123 (2004) and 127 (2005) of the French refereed journal Romanitisme, (Paris: Armand Colin).

 
Creative Publications:

 

• “Ici et là”, “Mode d’emploi” (poems in French) -- Umbriate: Journal of Poetry and Prose (Winter 2004).

• “Fable” (poem in French) -- Umbriate: Journal of Poetry and Prose (Summer 2003).

• “Clair”, “Trous” (poems in French) -- Umbriate: Journal of Poetry and Prose (Winter 2003).

• “Le Suicidaire manqué” (poem in French) -- Umbriate: Journal of Poetry and Prose (Summer 2001).

“Grisaille” (poem in French) -- Umbriate: Journal of Poetry and Prose (Summer 2000).

           

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

William Paterson University, Associate Professor (2004-present)

William Paterson University, Assistant Professor (1998-2003)

Rutgers University, Teaching Assistant (1992-96), Lecturer (1996-98)      

Saint Michael’s College, Lecturer (Spring 1991)    

 

 

 
 
If you have any questions concerning French & Francophone Studies Program contact: vassilevk@wpunj.edu