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Marc Blanchard
In Memoriam (1942-2009)
Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature
Ph.D., University of Paris (Agrégé de Lettres)
2009 Recipient, Distinguished Teaching Awards for Graduate/
Professional Teaching
Email: meblanchard@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 530.752.4787
Office: 503 Sproul Hall
Office Hours
Introduction
Marc Blanchard taught at Yale and Columbia before joining the UC Davis faculty
in 1970. He trained as a classics scholar, but his longstanding
research interests are in Comparative Literature, Theory, Semiotics and
the Critique of Culture. He was co-founder of the Comparative
Literature Program in 1971, the founding Director of the Critical
Theory Program in 1985 and of the Humanities Program in 1987. His
articles and books include, La Revolution et les Mots, Description: Sign, Self,
Desire: Critical Theory in the Wake of Semiotics, In Search of the City
and Trois portraits de Montaigne.
He has published more than seventy articles in major journals on topics
of Theory, European, Latin American, Caribbean and especially Cuban
Literature. He has held several visiting professorships (NYU, CCNY, UNC
Chapel Hill, Stanford, the Ruhr Universitaet, Bochum, Germany) and
received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984. In 2007, he was awarded the prestigious
title of Distinguished Professor Comparative Literature
Research and Teaching Interests
- Comparative Literature
- Theory, Semiotics and the Critique of Culture
Education
- Ph.D., University of Paris (Agrégé de Lettres)
Selected Publications
- La Revolution et les Mots
- Description: Sign, Self, Desire: Critical Theory in the Wake of Semiotics
- In Search of the City
- Trois Portraits de Montaigne
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Marc Blanchard
Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature 2009 Recipient, Distinguished Teaching Awards for Graduate/ Professional Teaching Email: meblanchard@ucdavis.edu |
Introduction
Marc Blanchard taught at Yale and Columbia before joining the UC Davis faculty
in 1970. He trained as a classics scholar, but his longstanding
research interests are in Comparative Literature, Theory, Semiotics and
the Critique of Culture. He was co-founder of the Comparative
Literature Program in 1971, the founding Director of the Critical
Theory Program in 1985 and of the Humanities Program in 1987. His
articles and books include, La Revolution et les Mots, Description: Sign, Self,
Desire: Critical Theory in the Wake of Semiotics, In Search of the City
and Trois portraits de Montaigne.
He has published more than seventy articles in major journals on topics
of Theory, European, Latin American, Caribbean and especially Cuban
Literature. He has held several visiting professorships (NYU, CCNY, UNC
Chapel Hill, Stanford, the Ruhr Universitaet, Bochum, Germany) and
received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984. In 2007, he was awarded the prestigious
title of Distinguished Professor Comparative Literature
Research and Teaching Interests
- Comparative Literature
- Theory, Semiotics and the Critique of Culture
Education
- Ph.D., University of Paris (Agrégé de Lettres)
Selected Publications
- La Revolution et les Mots
- Description: Sign, Self, Desire: Critical Theory in the Wake of Semiotics
- In Search of the City
- Trois Portraits de Montaigne