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Hervé Picherit is an Associate Professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his PhD in French Studies from Stanford University in 2008 and has been a faculty member at UT since 2012. His research focuses on 20th century French literature and cinema, exploring themes of self-fashioning and identity formation in response to traumatic upheavals. He has authored the book "Le Livre des Écorchés: Proust, Céline et la Grande Guerre" and published articles analyzing the works of significant avant-garde figures and filmmakers. His courses include topics such as representations of women in cinema, crises and conflicts in literature, and the impact of World War II on narrative forms. Professor Picherit's work is noted for addressing the intersection of prestigious and popular cultural representations of war.
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