Dr. Lucie Bourassa

Biography

Lucie Bourassa graduated from the University of Paris VIII (D.E.A.) and the University of Montreal (Ph.D.). She was appointed professor at the University of Montreal in 1994. Her courses cover literary theory, modern and contemporary poetry, author poetics, and the relationships between poetry and music. Her research explores poetics, understood as a set of modes of meaning specific to particular discourses. Her early work focused on the problem of rhythm, resulting in two books: 'Rythme et sens, des processus rythmiques en poésie contemporaine' (1993) and 'Henri Meschonnic. Pour une poétique du rythme' (1997). She has also examined modes of structuring and representing time in contemporary prose and poetry, culminating in the publication of 'L'entrelacs des temporalités. Du temps rythmique au temps narratif' (2009). Bourassa's interests extend to author poetics, translation, and rhythm, supported by a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for her project 'Philippe Jaccottet et André du Bouchet, lecteurs et traducteurs de Hölderlin'. Her work is situated in the fields of literary studies, comparative literature, and poetics, focusing on the interaction of various media within the literary domain.

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