Jennifer Carr
Visiting Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies
Jennifer Carr holds a PhD in French literature and has additional training in translation and second language acquisition. Her research focuses on contemporary French fiction, with a particular emphasis on experimental writing practices and feminist thought. Other interests include cultural representations of gender, theories and practices of translation, and the intersection of literature and the visual arts. She is also committed to inclusive language pedagogy that centers the cultural, racial, and geographic diversity of the French-speaking world. Her current book project shows how contemporary French women writers have used constrained writing techniques to interrogate gender and sexual identity, furthering materialist feminist insights into the constructed-ness of social categories through structurally and formally inventive prose.
Education
- B.A., University of California, Berkeley
- M.A., American University of Paris
- Doctorate, Yale University
Current and upcoming courses
Beginning French II
FREN102
Systematic training in all the language skills, with special emphasis on communication, self-expression, and cultural insights. Classes are supplemented by regular assignments in a variety of video, audio, print, and Web-based materials to give students practice using authentic French accurately and expressively. Three meetings weekly.
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French Language, Literatures, and Cultures
FREN202
Reading, writing, and speaking skills and critical thinking are developed through analysis and discussion of cultural and literary texts. Issues of cultural diversity, globalization and identity are considered. Thorough grammar review. Three meetings weekly.