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Faculty Profiles
Renée Kingcaid
Professor (Emerita)
Modern Languages and Cultures
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Education
PhD, The Ohio State University
MA, The Ohio State University
BA, Ohio Dominican College
Research Interests
- Narrative prose, particularly the novel in French
- Psychoanalytic theory, particularly as it informs how we tell stories
- French philosopher and feminist Simone de Beauvoir
- French novelist Rachilde (Marguerite Emery-Vallette)
- French fin-de-siècle (19th to 20th) history, culture and literature
Courses Recently Taught
- MLFR 111: Intermediate French I
- MLFR 112: Intermediate French II
- MLFR 304: French language and reading II
- MLFR 305: Advanced French composition
- MLFR 306: Advanced French conversation
- MLFR 440: Contemporary France
- MLFR 457: 20th century French novel
- HUST 463: Colloq III: early-modern literature
- HUST 464: Colloquium IV
Professional Experience
- Dijon, France, Saint Mary's College study abroad program, founder and on-campus director, 2002-2012
- Published fiction and scholarly writer, currently engaged in writing a memoir
- Sunset Coast Writers, active member engaged in the production of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and plays
Creative and Scholarly Work
- Neurosis and Narrative: The Decadent Short Fiction of Proust, Rachilde, and Lorrain. Carbondale: Southern Illinois Press, 1992.