Languages and Cultures

West Chester University

Dr. Jerome Williams
109 Main Hall
West Chester, PA 19383
Phone: 610-436-2700
Fax: 610-436-3048
Jerome Williams


Roxane Petit-Rasselle

Roxane Petit-Rasselle

M.A. English, Univ. Jean Moulin, Lyon

MAFLL, French, Univ. of Delaware

Ph.D., Penn State University

Roxane Petit-Rasselle

COURSES TAUGHT

French

  • Elementary, Intermediate, Conversation and Composition French
  • French Civilization and Literature
  • 19 th–Century and early 20th–Century Literature

Italian

  • Beginning, intermediate, conversation and composition Italian

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

19th–century prose and poetry
19th–century and early 20th–century popular literature
Alexandre Dumas père
The Three Musketeers as a literary myth
Umberto Eco

RECENT AND FORTHCOMING ARTICLES

"From the Literary Myth to the 'Lieu de Mémoire': Alexandre Dumas's Contribution to the French National Identity(ies)" (41 pp), The Black Musketeer: Reevaluating Alexandre Dumas within the Francophone World. Ed. Eric Martone. Toronto: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, forthcoming in 2012 – invited.

"Production d'un roman d'aventures: de l'utilité du cheval dans Les Trois Mousquetaires" (14 pp), Aller(s) et Retour(s): Collected Essays. Ed. Loïc Guyon and Andrew Watts. Amsterdam: Rodopi, forthcoming in 2012.

"Le problème du héros dans Les Trois Mousquetaires," The French Review 84 (April 2011): 978-90.

"Enseigner le mythe littéraire: pour une approche interdisciplinaire des Trois Mousquetaires" (24 pp), Synergies Canada (University of Guelph, February 2010) at http://synergies.lib.uoguelph.ca/issue/ view/92.

OTHER INTERESTS

  • Family and friends time
  • Sports : swimming, running, karate, skiing and ping-pong
  • Cooking : anything savory, healthy and quick