Annabelle Dolidon received her Ph.D. from UC Davis in 20th- and- 21st century French and Francophone literature, with a designated emphasis in Feminist and Critical Theory. She received her master’s degree from the University of Notre Dame in French Studies. Dr. Dolidon specializes in post-WWII novels, film Studies and comics.
In her research, she has explored prose literature by French women such as Monique Wittig, Jocelyne François and Marie Darrieussecq, developing close-text analysis of their novels and studying their approach to gender difference, temporality and the act of writing. Her current work focuses on contemporary French science fiction. She has published articles and an open-source textbook on the topic.
Books
Continuum: 9 French Short Stories in Translation. Ooligan Press, 2024.
Textbooks
Main author – En Avant! 2nd edition, first-year French method with Bruce Anderson (first main author). McGraw Hill Publishing, January 2015.
[Open source]
CITOYEN.NE.S, a conversation textbook for the intermediate French classroom, based on inclusivity, diversity and equity, available on PDXScholar.
Histoires d’Avenirs, with Stéphanie Roulon (a textbook to teach French science fiction based on short stories), available on PDXScholar.
Peer-reviewed articles:
“Des Champs et des enfants : l’utopie littéraire de Catherine Meurisse dans Les Grands espaces” Nouvelles Études Francophones (NEF). Vol. 35, No. 2, 2020, p.245-257.
“Mapping the End of the World: Responses to Climate Catastrophe and the Problematization of Nature in Exodes by Jean-Marc Ligny” The French Review. Vol 93, No. 4, May 2020, p.95-107.
“A Wandering Ship in Utopian Space: “Carte blanche” by Sylvie Lainé” Nottingham French Studies. Vol. 58, issue 1, February 2019, p.14-27.
“Challenging Societies of Control in French Science Fiction: The Work of Sylvie Denis." The French Review. Vol 89, No. 2, December 2015.
“The Postmodern Farmer and the Production of Rural France in The Girl from Paris” The French Review. Vol 86, No. 5, April 2013, pp912-922.
“Être ou « à-paraître » : traces de l’hésitation dans Le Pays et White de Marie Darrieussecq” Australian Journal of French Studies, Vol 49, No. 1, January 2012, pp3-17.
“Barthesian Idiorrythmic Forms of Micro-Resistance in the Work of Jocelyne François” The Forum For Modern Language Studies, Vol 46, No. 3, June 2010, pp 310-320.
“Shifting Wittigian binaries: abstraction and re-materialization of the Lesbian body in Zande Zeig’s The Girl” Feminist Review, Vol 92, No. 1, July 2009, pp.72-90.