Join us for a one hour discussion about Guy de Maupassant!
Dr. Céline Brossillon is an Assistant Professor of French and Comparative Literature; Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies
but also Coordinator in Comparative and Global Literatures, at Ursinus College, Pennsylvania. She holds a
Doctorate in nineteenth-century French literature from Université Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle in France.
Prior to the session, she suggests the reading or re-reading of 2 or 3 short stories in order to engage in a discussion in French and
English about Solitude in Maupassant
With the attendees, she will examine : the
transition from sought-after solitude to destructive isolation among singles in Maupassant’s works.
This is the selection of short-stories, letters from Maupassant that Céline recommends you to read before the session
Dr. Celine Brossillon is the Author of Le
Taureau triste: La Solitude du célibataire de Maupassant
(CNRS, 2021), Co-editor of L’Amour des Morts: Love with Ghosts, Vampires and Other Dead(ly) Beings in the Francophone
Nineteenth Century (French
Forum,
47.1, Spring 2022) and Co-editor of Écrire
le huis clos au XIXe siècle(Classiques
Garnier, 2024)
*** WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ***
Day: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
Time: 12:00pm
Duration: 1 hour
Location: HYBRIDE: Zoom AND Alliance Française de Philadelphie, 1420 Walnut St, Suite 700, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Language: French, English
Fee: $10
*** HOW TO REGISTER ***
Register on our website and we will send you a link 12-24 hour before the event to
join the meeting with Dr Brossillon and
the other participants. A replay will also be available to the participants if your are not able to attend on the day.
