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<\/a>(in French, with simultaneous translation)<\/p>\nGis\u00e8le Pineau<\/strong> Pineau is the author of several books for children and young adults as well as nine novels, including the acclaimed L\u2019Esp\u00e9rance-Macadam<\/i>\u00a0(1995), the autobiographical\u00a0L\u2019Exil selon Julia<\/i>\u00a0(1996), and the most recent\u00a0Cent vies et des poussi\u00e8res<\/i>\u00a0(2012) and\u00a0Les voyages de Merry Sisal<\/i>\u00a0(2015). Her novels have been praised for their memorable, resilient characters, their humor and optimistic energy, and their engaging non-linear narratives. Each novel explores, among many other themes, race, gender, sexuality, aging, childhood, memory, slavery, and women’s bodies, within the bittersweet realities of Guadeloupe, Martinique and Haiti\u2019s relationships to France.<\/p>\n Florence Ramon Jurney<\/strong> Additionally to the public lecture, THE ROMANCE LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT PRESENTS:<\/strong> \u201cPortraits de femmes d\u2019hier et d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui dans les romans de Gis\u00e8le Pineau\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n (in French, reservations required) Organized by the Department of Romance Languages. Co-sponsored by the OregonHumanities Center, the Office of International Affairs, the Office of the President, the Graduate School, the Center for the Study of Women in Society, the Clarks Honors College, Comparative Literature, European Studies, and Ethnic Studies. With additional support from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Straub Hall Room 245 1451 Onyx St. UO campus Public Lecture: Le sens de l\u2019\u00e9criture de Gis\u00e8le Pineau dans le contexte post-colonial fran\u00e7ais \/ The Meaning of Gis\u00e8le Pineau\u2019s Writing in the French Postcolonial Context (in French, with simultaneous translation)…<\/p>\n
\nBorn in Paris of Guadeloupean parents in 1956, Gis\u00e8le Pineau began her literary studies at the Universit\u00e9 de Paris X Nanterre before becoming a psychiatric nurse in 1979. She moved to Guadeloupe and pursued simultaneously her nursing and literary career starting with\u00a0La Grande drive des esprits<\/i>\u00a0(1994), which won several prizes.<\/p>\n
\nFlorence Ramon Jurney (UO Romance Languages, Ph.D. 2002) is professor of French and chair of her department at Gettysburg College, PA. She is the author of\u00a0Voix\/es libres: Maternit\u00e9 et identit\u00e9 f\u00e9minine dans la litt\u00e9rature antillaise<\/i>” (2006), and\u00a0Representations of the Island in Caribbean Literature: Caribbean Women Redefine Their Homelands<\/i>\u00a0(2009). Professor Ramond Jurney, a Caribbean studies specialist, edited a special issue of\u00a0Nouvelle revue francophone<\/i>\u00a0dedicated to Pineau\u2019s work and interviewed the author in Guadeloupe.<\/p>\n
\n Gis\u00e8le Pineau in dialogue with Professor Florence Ramond Jurney<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nFriday, November 11; 12-1:30 pm
\nErb Memorial Union, 231 Cedar Room RSVP fmoore@uoregon.edu<\/p>\n