Research

Faculty in 大象传媒's Department of French are strong researchers with expertise in the areas of local and global Francophone affairs, French as a Second and official Language in a minority context, and multidisipilinary approaches to French language, French and Francophone literatures and cultures. To see details on these areas, as well as areas of research by faculty member, please see below. For specific selected publications by our faculty, visit Faculty Publications.

Francophone World: from the local to the global; francophonie

Africa
France, Europe
North America

French as a Second and official Language in a Minority Context

Linguistic Structure of the French language
Language Teaching and Learning
Second Language Acquisition (French)
Language and Identity; French Varieties

Multidisciplinary approaches to French language, French and Francophone Literatures and Cultures

Medievalism, 17th Century French Literature, 20^th Century French Literature, Contemporary French Literature; Culture, History and Politics in these periods
French and Francophone Sociolinguistics and Cultures
French and Francophone Cinema and Theatre
French and Francophone Political and Linguistic History
Francophone World Literature

Areas of Research by Faculty Member

Linguistics

Dr. Christian Guilbault Associate Professor / Professeur agr茅g茅 guilbaul@sfu.ca
Dr. R茅jean Canac-Marquis Associate Professor / Professeur agr茅g茅 rcanacma@sfu.ca
Ga毛lle Planchenault Graduate Chair & Professor / Directrice des 茅tudes sup茅rieures & Professeure titulaire gplanche@sfu.ca

Literature

Dr. Joel Akinwumi Assistant Professor / Professeur adjoint jakinwum@sfu.ca
Dr. Jorge Calder贸n Associate Professor / Professeur agr茅g茅, Department Chair / Directeur du d茅partement calderon@sfu.ca
Dr. Sarah Henzi Assistant Professor / Professeure adjointe shenzi@sfu.ca
Dr. Stephen Steele Associate Professor / Professeur agr茅g茅 ssteele@sfu.ca

大象传媒

Department of French / D茅partement de fran莽ais