Ileana Chirila
Ileana D. Chirila is an assistant professor of French in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures. She received her Ph.D. in French and Francophone Studies at Duke University, and her research interests include contemporary transcultural/transnational literatures in French, Francophone literatures, French cultural studies, emergent Romani literature in French, and multiculturalism.
Courses Taught
- FREN 401: Elementary French I
- FREN 402: Elementary French II
- FREN 503: Intermediate French I
- FREN 504: Intermediate French II
- FREN 525: Road Trip Through France
- FREN 595: French Practicum
- FREN 632: Adv French Listening/Speaking
- FREN 651: Love, War, and Power
- FREN 651/775: Love, War, and Power
- FREN 652: Greatest Hits of French
- FREN 683: Summer Study in Dijon
- FREN 690: Study Abroad in Dijon France
- FREN 691: Summer Study in Dijon
Research Interests
- Cosmopolitanism
- Diaspora studies
- Francophone and transcultural literatures
- French cultural studies
Artistic Activities & Publications
Chirila, I. D. (2019). "Sous Les Paves, Le Gitan," Or a Romani Counter-Narrative to May 1968. CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES, 23(2), 198-207. doi:10.1080/17409292.2019.1646967
Romani Counter-Narratives: Activism and Arts in Contemporary France (2018).
Chirila, I. (2017). Littérature française, francophone, monde: aporie comparatiste, ou question de méthode?. In Résistances du local et apories du global (pp. 43-60). France: Le manuscrit.
Chirila, I. (2017). Littérature française, francophone, monde: aporie comparatiste, ou question de méthode?. Résistences du local et apories du global, 43-60.
Chirila, I. D. (2017). Writing in a Cosmopolitan Age: Considerations of Ethnicity and Transculturalism in Sino-French Literature. In CONTEMPORARY FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES Vol. 21 (pp. 36-44). doi:10.1080/17409292.2017.1299361
Group encounter with students (2016).
Chirila, I. (2013). Ecrire la Chine en français: l'exemple franco-chinois ou la littérature post-identitaire. In Diasporiques. Mémoires, diasporas et formes du roman francophone contemporain (pp. 231-246). Ottawa: David.
Chirila, I. (2012). La littérature transculturelle franco-chinoise ou comment réinventer la République des Lettres. In Traits chinois/ lignes francophones (pp. 67-83). Montréal: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal.
Chirila, I. D. (2011). Enseigner la littérature franco-chinoise aux États-Unis ou comment relativiser la marginalité. Le Langage et l'Homme: Revue de Didactique du Français, 46(1), 111-118.
Chirila, I. (2011). Francophonie, allophonie et cosmopolitisme: prolégomènes pour une nouvelle littérature contemporaine. Intercâmbio, 2(4), 72-92. Retrieved from http://ler.letras.up.pt/site/default.aspx?qry=id05id1184id2577&sum=sim