Graduate Studies : Graduate Programs :
French
French
General Information
Admission Requirements
Program Requirements
Co-operative Education And Work Experience
General Information
Faculty members in the Department of French have wide-ranging research and teaching interests in French, Quebec, French-Canadian, African and Caribbean literatures, culture and theory, cinema, theatre, digital humanities and theoretical and applied linguistics.
For more information, please consult our website at <www.uvic.ca/humanities/french>.
Contact Information
Department of French
Location: Clearihue, Room C247
Mailing Address:
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2
Canada
Courier Address:
Clearihue Building,
Room C247
3800 Finnerty Road
Victoria, BC V8P 5C2
Canada
Telephone Number: 250-721-7363
Fax Number: 250-721-8724
Email: french@uvic.ca
Website: <www.uvic.ca/humanities/french>
Chair: Catherine Caws
Email: chairfran@uvic.ca
Phone: 250-721-7364
Graduate Adviser: Catherine Léger
Email: gradfren@uvic.ca
Phone: 250-721-7369
Graduate Secretary: Emmanuelle Guenette
Email: french@uvic.ca
Phone: 250-721-7363
Faculty Members and Areas of Research
Catherine Caws, PhD (UBC)
Second language teaching, computer-assisted language learning, lexicology
Hélène Cazes, Doctorat ès lettres (Paris)
French Medieval and Renaissance literatures and cultures, Humanism, Cultural Legacies
Emile Fromet de Rosnay, PhD (Queen's)
19th to 20th Century French and comparative literature, Romanticism, modernist poetics
Sara Harvey, PhD (Laval-Paris Sorbonne)
Early modern period, history of literary critic and history of press, theatre, cultural history
Emmanuel Hérique, Doctorat de IIIe cycle (Nancy)
French linguistics, translation, phonetics
Pierre-Luc Landry, PhD (Laval)
Québécois and French literatures and cultures, Indigenous literatures, creative writing, research-creation, queer theories
Marc Lapprand, PhD (Toronto)
Literary theory, aesthetics, modernism and avant-garde movements in French literature
Catherine Léger, PhD (UQAM), Graduate Adviser
Syntax, semantics, contact linguistics, French in North America
Sada Niang, PhD (York)
African and Caribbean literatures, African cinema
Associate Member and Areas of Research
Moustapha Fall, PhD (UBC)
Second language acquisition and language pedagogy, Francophone literacy theory
Degrees and Specializations Offered
The Department of French offers a program leading to the degree of Master of Arts in French Literature, Language and Culture.
Facilities
The University's library constitutes a solid resource for graduate research in all areas of French studies. A highly efficient interlibrary loan service offers access to any materials not available locally. The library houses the Digital Scholarship Commons. The department provides office space and computer resources to its graduate students, has a reading room containing reference materials and also has a digital language learning lab.
Financial Support
Consideration for financial aid is automatic upon receipt of applications by February 1. Funding is available through the competitive University Fellowship up to a value of $15,000 and may be held for one year, subject to academic performance and full-time enrolment. All eligible applicants are encouraged to and assisted in applying for funding to provincial, federal, and external sources. Please see the information provided by the Faculty of Graduate Studies at <www.uvic.ca/graduatestudies>. Competitive funding is also available for research and teaching assistantships through the department for incoming and continuing students. The amounts may vary from year to year and students are encouraged to apply early.