Charles Nunley
Lois B. Watson Professor Emeritus of French and Francophone Studies
- Office
- Le Chateau 115
- Tel
- (802) 443-5240
- nunley@middlebury.edu
- Office Hours
- Spring 2022: Mon & Wed 1:30-2:30; Tues 8:30-10:30 & by appointment
Charles Nunley has his B.A. from Middlebury College and his doctorate from Princeton University. He teaches modern French literature.
He is the lead editor of Course Guide: AP French Language. College Board Press (2009), and his research is on Francis Ponge, prose poetry, and the wartime publications of French poets (1940-44). See below for some of his recent publications.
Courses Taught
CMLT 0700
Upcoming
Senior Thesis
Course Description
Senior Thesis
A senior thesis is normally completed over two semesters. During Fall and Winter terms, or Winter and Spring terms, students will write a 35-page (article length) comparative essay, firmly situated in literary analysis. Students are responsible for identifying and arranging to work with their primary language and secondary language readers, and consulting with the program director before completing the CMLT Thesis Declaration form. (Approval required.)
Terms Taught
Publications
“Sounding the Limits of Resistance Memory: Robert Desnos, Comics and Nursery Rhymes” (forthcoming, The French Review)
“Présences partagées: Design and Implementation of an Advanced-Level Course in French Theater”, chapter forthcoming in MLA volume, Dramatic Interactions
“From West to East: Nancy Huston and the Poetics of (Af)filiation in Tombeau de Romain Gary” forthcoming in an edited volume.
“For the Record: Robert Desnos, Music and Wartime Memory” (SubStance, 2009).
“Surrealist Artist as Objet trouvé”, in Proceedings of Symposium held in honor of Suzanne Nash (forthcoming).