Dr. Val Flenga

Associate Professor of French Language & Literature

Educational Background: Maitrise des Sciences de l'Education, Universit é de Bourgogne, Dijon, France; Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies de Litterature Francaise et Comparee, Universit é de Bourgogne, Dijon, France; Ph.D., Romance Languages and Literatures (French), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Arrived at Ramapo College: 1998

Areas of Specialization: 20th century French literature, Literary Theory and Criticism, Post-modem writers, Classical and Modem Drama.

Courses regularly taught: All levels of French language and literature, Literary Theory and Criticism, Modem Novel in France, Existentialism, Black Odyssey, Post-Modernism (Literature Seminar).

Scholarship: "Clamence, metteur en scene" Revue de Lettres Modernes: Albert Camus 15 (1993): 79-93; "Passages: L 'Impromptu de l'Alma ou Le Cameleon du Berger d'Eugene Ionesco," Essays in Theatre/Etudes Theatrales 16.2 (1998): 177-185; "Genet's Political Brothels" Text and Presentation 22 (2001): 23-30; "Theatre-Ruine" Chimeres XXVI (Spring 2002): 41-51. I have also presented my work in national and international conferences.

Points of interest: As a specialist of 20th century French literature and literary theory, I have published on contemporary literary figures such as Camus, Ionesco, Duras and Genet. In my work, I explore the intricate relationship between literary theory and literary practice. My current research and publications focus on the works of Jean Genet. I am working on a book that explores the concept of the political in the fictional and political writings of Jean Genet.