Dr Aude Campmas MPhil (Trinity College, Dublin), DEA (Paris 7), Doctorat (Paris 7)
Lecturer in French Studies and Film
Dr Aude Campmas is a Lecturer in French Studies within Film and Modern Languages at the University of Southampton.
Francophone Literature and Film
Following studies in Semiology and History of Science at Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7 and Trinity College Dublin, my PhD dealt with the relationship between these two disciplines. The thesis - "Le Monstre et l'hybride" - concerns the often subversive use of classificatory systems and terminology from Natural History within French literature in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It focuses specifically on novelistic descriptions of biological oddities, especially exotic flowers. Since then, I have published articles on these themes in relation to novels by Joris-Karl Huysmans and Émile Zola. I have extended my interest in themes of the monstrous and the alien to contemporary Francophone writing and notably in relation to the works of Wajdi Mouawad. I am currently embarking on new projects that tackle the representation of minorities in Francophone cinema.