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Alina Clej

Name: Alina Clej

Title(s):

  • Associate Professor of French

Contact Information: 734.647.2331 , aclej@umich.edu

Website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/rll/deptdir/facultyprofiles.html

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CES-EUC

Department Affiliation(s):

  • Romance Languages & Literatures
  • Program in Comparative Literature

Education Background: Ph.D., French, English, Swedish, Dept. of Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley, 1986; M.A., French & English, Dept. of Comparative Literature, UC, Berkeley, 1984; B.A./M.A., English, Romanian, French, University of Bucharest, 1974

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

  • European Studies

Related Countries:

  • France

Research/Teaching Specialization: 19th-20th century French literature, comparative literature

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Literature & Ethnography, The Imaginary Self, Lit of the Fantastic, The City in Modern French and Francophone Culture, Artificial Paradises: Pessimism and Dystopia in Fin-de-siècle France, Nationalism, Multiculturalism, Hybridity, 19th-Century Literature

Publications:

  • A Genealogy of the Modern Self: Thomas De Quincey and the Intoxication of Writing. 1995. (Authored Book)
  • The Long Shadow of the French Revolution: Historical Memory and Cultural Experiences in Modern France. 2000. (Authored Book)