Françoise Coulont-Henderson
Marguerite Andrade Professor of Modern Languages

Ph.D. (University of Illinois), Professor of French
L-38 East College
phone: (765) 658-4753
e-mail: fcoulont@depauw.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. French Literature, University of Illinois 1985

MEMBERSHIP IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Pi Delta Phi
President of Epsilon Chapter of Pi Delta Phi 1983-84
Founder of Iota Chi Chapter of Pi Delta Phi 1986
Phi Kappa Phi
American Association of Teachers of French
Consultant reader for Nineteenth Century French Studies
Consultant reader for Modern Language Journal

POST-DOCTORAL WORKSHOPS

"New Dimensions in Academic Advising", June 1986. Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
ACTFL Proficiency Testing Workshop, November 1986. Dallas, Texas
GLCA General Course Design and Teaching Workshop, June 1995. The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio

COURSES TAUGHT

Elementary French I, II
Elementary French II (Intensive)
Intermediate French I, II
French Conversation & Composition ("S" course)
French Phonetics
Nineteenth Century French Literature
Advanced French Syntax & Composition
Advanced French Stylistics
Seminar: The XIXth Century Short Story
Seminar: Le Romantisme
Colonialism and Literature
Introduction to French Literature
Teaching of French & Spanish
Topics: Stendhal
The Novel & the Essay
The Representation of Women in French Literature from the XVIIth Century to the Present
Readings in African and Caribbean Literature of French Expression
Popular Culture since 1950
Stendhal
The Theater of the Absurd
Les Classiques du cinéma
L'Enfance: Littérature et cinéma

RECOGNITION OF TEACHING

Mortar Board Recognition of Excellence in Teaching, December 1993
DePauw Distinguished Professor (2001-2003)

PAPERS DELIVERED

  • "Lucien Leuwen … Nancy: Dialogisme et Ironie." Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 1983, University of Kentucky
  • "Sang, mort et morbidité dans Madame Gervaisais d'Edmond et Jules de Goncourt." CincinnatiConference on Romance Languages and Literatures, May, 1984, University of Cincinnati
  • "Remarques sur le phonocentrisme dans l'oeuvre romanesque de Stendhal." Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium, Vanderbilt University, October 1985
  • "Variations chromatiques dans La Fille aux yeux d'or." Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, May 1986, University of Cincinnati.
  • "Stendhal metteur en scène: remarques sur la théâtralité dans/de son texte." Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium, University of Nebraska, October 1986
  • "Le Rapport voix/passion dans l'oeuvre de Stendhal: modalités d'expression." Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, May 1988, University of Cincinnati
  • "Un Stendhal inattendu: 'Il me faut absolument rechercher les causes du rire'." Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures, May 1990, University of Cincinnati
  • "La Chanson française: Hier et aujourd'hui," Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association, Oct. 1996, Indianapolis.
  • "Planning a Culture Class: How to Avoid Stereotypes and Other Traps," Central States Conference, Indianapolis, April 27, 2001.

CONFERENCE SESSIONS CHAIRED

"Intermediate Course Design," Central States Conference, Minneapolis, March, 1990
"Proficiency-Oriented Instruction across a Five-Level Curriculum," Central States Conference, Indianapolis, March 1991
"Development of the Writing Skill: Analysis of Writing Samples and the ACTFL Guidelines," Denver, CO, March 1995
"Aiming for Proficiency and Authentic Assessment," Central States Conference, Louisville, KY, March 1996

PUBLICATIONS

Articles

  • "Remarques sur la mémoire et les croquis de la Vie de Henry Brulard." Stendhal Club, 102 (Janvier 1984), 141-151.
  • "Sang, mort et morbidité dans Madame Gervaisais d'Edmond et Jules de Goncourt." Nineteenth-Century French Studies, XIII, 3-4 (Spring- Summer 1986), 295-302.
  • "Remarques sur le phonocentrisme dans l'oeuvre romanesque de Stendhal." Stendhal Club, 119 (Avril 1988), 203-208.
  • "Stendhal metteur en scène: remarques sur la théâtralité dans/de son texte." Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 17 (Fall- Winter 1988-1989), 131-139.
  • "Jeux d'extérieur." Indiana American Association of Teachers of French Newsletter, 2 (May 1987).
  • "Le Rapport voix/passion dans l'oeuvre de Stendhal: modalités d'expression." Stendhal Club, 125 (Octobre 1989), 23-31.
  • "Fanny Price: Too Much of a Good Thing" Jane Austen's Regency World (March 2005) pp. 24-27
  • "'Are You Sure They Are All Horrid?' Literary Conversations in Northanger Abbey" Jane Austen's Regency World (January 2007) pp. 12-15.

Books

Le Désir de la voix vive. Etude du "ton" chez Stendhal. Summa Publications (Fall 1990).

Textbooks

Kaléidoscope. Grammaire en contexte. 2nd ed. (New York: Random House), 1988.
Kaléidoscope. Grammaire en contexte. 3rd ed. (New York: McGraw Hill), 1993.

Workbooks

Manuel d'exercices de laboratoire. Kaléidoscope Grammar Review. (New York: Random House), 1984
Manuel d'exercices de laboratoire. Kaléidoscope Grammar Review, 2nd ed. (New York: Random House), 1988
Manuel d'exercices de laboratoire. Kaléidoscope Grammar Review, 3rd ed. (New York: McGraw Hill), 1993.

On-line

Reviews

  • Emile Talbot. Stendhal and Romantic Esthetics in Stendhal Club, Vol. 29, No 114(January 1987) pp. 216-217.
  • Jean Sareil et al. Un Assassin de trop in Modern Language Journal. Vol. 71, No. 3 (Autumn 1987) p. 357.
  • Stendhal-Hefte. 1, Stendhal und Deutschland in Nineteenth-Century French Studies. Vol. 16 (Spring-Summer 1988) pp. 442-443.
  • Eliane McKee. A Votre Portée. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. in Modern Language Journal. Vol. 72 (Autumn 1988) pp. 354-355.
  • James T. Day. Stendhal's Paper Mirror in South Atlantic Review. Vol. 53 (November 1988) pp. 131-132.
  • Chapeau!. Review of First Year French textbook manuscript for Wiley & Sons, Publishers, 1989.
  • Quentin M. Hope. L'Art de lire in Modern Language Journal. Vol. 74, no 3, (Fall 1990) pp. 402-403.
  • Roger Pearson. Stendhal's Violin in Romance Quarterly. Vol. 37,No 4 (1990).
  • Itinéraires Littéraires--XIXe siècle (Paris: Hatier) in The Modern Language Journal.Vol. 74, no 3, (Fall 1990) pp. 398-399.
  • Muriel Augry-Merlino. Le Cosmopolitisme dans les textes courts de Stendhal et Mérimée in Nineteenth Century French Studies. (Vol. 19, no 4 (Summer 1991) p. 614.
  • Stendhal-Hefte, 3, Stendhal und Osterreich in Nineteenth Century French Studies. Vol. 20, nos. 3-4.Spring-Summer 1992, pp.486- 487.
  • USA Today. "Colleges Puzzle over Banning Faculty-Student Dating" April 30-May 2, 1993. (Quoted on Héloïse and Abélard) p. 7D.
  • Joyce Block Lazarus. Parole aux Jeunes in The Modern Language Journal , Vol. 78, no. 4 (pp. 550-551). Winter 1994.
  • Anthony Scavillo. Plaire et Instruire in The Modern Language Journal, Vol. 79, no. 3 (pp. 445-446). Autumn 1995.
  • Joan C. Kessler. Demons of the Night. Tales of the Fantastic, Madness and the Supernatural from Nineteenth-Century France in SFRA Review, no. 224, July-August 1996, pp. 49-52.
  • Berthier, Philippe. Espaces stendhaliens in Nineteenth-Century French Studies, (Vol. 26, nos. 3 & 4 p. 470). Spring-Summer 1998.
  • Stendhal. Correspondance générale. Vol. III. Del
    Litto, ed. in Nineteenth-Century French Studies, (Vol. 28,
    nos 3 & 4 pp. 351-352). Spring-Summer 2000.
  • Capretz, Pierre. Jules et Jim Interactif DVD_ROM. In The Modern Language Journal. Vol. 92, no 2, Summer 2008, pp. 338-339.
  • Rice, Anne-Christine. Cinema for French Conversation. 3rd ed. in The Modern Language Journal. Vol. 92, no 3, (Fall 2008) pp. 492-493.

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