Founded: 1983
Full Time:1
Part Time:
Budget: 99,869.00
Director: Dr. Pius Ngandu Nkashama
425 Hodges Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4101
Telephone: 225/578-6589 FAX: 225/578-6620 E-Mail:nngand1@lsu.edu
Research Areas:
Diverse aspects of French and Francophone cultures, transcultural exchanges involving the uses of language, the production and interpretation of literatures, the formation and intermixing of cultures. Specific areas of inquiry include: -- the uses of the French language in francophone areas of the world, France, Belgium, Canada, and of French and French based creoles in Louisiana, the Caribbean, and Africa; --French and colonial world; --multilingualism and translation, as means of transcultural communication; --the teaching of French language and Francophone cultures in Louisiana and Throughout the world; --study of the formation and circulation of francophone cultures and their interaction and mixing (metissage or creolisation) with other cultures, as local and global phenomena.
Areas of Expertise:
Special Capabilities and Facilities:
Literary Criticism; Cultural Criticism (Francophone Cultures in Louisiana, Canada, Caribbean, Africa, Europe); Ethnolinguistic Study of Francophone Languages and Cultures (Louisiana, Canada); Teaching of French Language; Translation
Keywords:
03122030 French ( and Francophone) Language & Literature
0305002 Literary Criticism
0410000 Linguistics
0502016 Foreign Language Education
041001 Language Acquistion and Development
0304005 Translation
0305004 Theatre/Flim Criticism
0309046 Cultural History