Dr. Jean-François Richer
Positions
Associate Professor, French and Francophone Studies
Faculty of Arts, School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures
Contact information
Phone number
Office: +1 (403) 220-6381
Location
Office: CHD-315
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Background
Educational Background
Doctor of Philosophy French Lang &/Or Literature, University of Paris, 2004
Doctor of Philosophy French Lang &/Or Literature, University of Montreal, 2004
Pensionnaire étranger French Literature, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 2001
M.A. French Lang &/Or Literature, University of Montreal , 1995
B.A. French Lang &/Or Literature, University of Montreal, 1993
Biography
A nationally and internationally recognized specialist of 19th-century French novelist Honoré de Balzac, Jean-François Richer published two single-author books, twenty articles, and presented over fifty academic papers in Canada, the United-States, France, England, and Germany. He regularly reviews research papers for national and international journals and in 2014, he won the ACEF-XIX award for “Best Article in 19th Century French studies”. Jean-François Richer taught junior, senior, and graduate courses in Montreal, Baltimore, and Calgary; he won a “Student Union Teaching Excellence Award” in 2019, and the prestigious “University of Calgary Teaching Award for Full-Time Faculty” in 2020. Jean-François Richer served has the Department Head of French, Italian and Spanish, as the Director of the French Centre, as the Chair of the Division of French, and, from 2021 to 2024, as the President of his national association, the ACEF-XIX.
Research
Areas of Research
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| FREN 599.46 | Women in 19th Century Novels | |
| FREN 599.46 | Marginalization in 19th Century French Literature | |
| FREN 599-635 | Le Texte narratif: poétique de la maison | |
| FREN 339 | Concepts littéraires | |
| FREN 411 / 459 | Évolution du roman réaliste | |
| FREN 213 LEC 03 03 | Intermediate French | 2021 |
| FREN 213 LEC 02 02 | Intermediate French | 2021 |
| FREN 598 | Mémoire de bacc. spécialisé | 2021 |
| FREN 63510 LEC 02 02 | Le texte narratif | 2020 |
| FREN 213 LEC 01 01 | Intermediate French | 2020 |
Awards
- SU Teaching Excellence Award nomination, Student Union of the University of Calgary. 2023
- SU Teaching Excellence Award nomination, Student Union of the University of Calgary. 2020
- SU Teaching Excellence Award nomination, Student Union of the University of Calgary. 2020
- University of Calgary Teaching Award for Full-Time Academic , University of Calgary. 2020
- SU Teaching Excellence Award nomination, Student Union of the University of Calgary. 2020
- SU Teaching Excellence Award, Student Union of the University of Calgary. 2019
- SU Teaching Excellence Award nomination, Student Union of the University of Calgary. 2019
- SU Teaching Excellence Award nomination, Student Union of the University of Calgary. 2018
- SU Teaching Excellence Award nomination, Student Union of the University of Calgary. 2014
- Best Article Award, Canadian Association of 19th Century French Studies (ACEF19). 2014
Publications
- Le pied nu, la botte et l’escarpin : les bruits de pas dans La Comédie humaine d’Honoré de Balzac . Richer, Jean-François. Société des Études Romantiques et Dix-neuviémistes (SERD). (2024)
- La Robe et l’éperon : deux bruyants objets de La Comédie humaine. Richer, Jean-François. Convergences francophones. . 37-43. (2020)
- Balthazar Claës, l’anti-Balzac: La Recherche de l’Absolu ou la poétique de l’imperfection. Richer, Jean-François. Dix-Neuf. (2018)
- Entre la Cloche et les sanglots. Sonocritique de La Comédie humaine d’Honoré de Balzac (Forthcoming, 2025). Richer, Jean-François. Presses de l’Université de Montréal. 375.
- Les Boudoirs dans l’œuvre d’Honoré de Balzac. Surveiller, Mentir, Désirer, Mourir. Richer, Jean-François. Éditions Nota Bene. 320. (2012)
In the News
- La modération à bien meilleure goût. La Presse. (2012)
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