Dr. Marie Claire Vallois

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Marie-Claire Vallois is an Associate Professor of French Literature at Cornell University. She received her Doctorate from the University of Nice and teaches courses in French literature, French culture, and Women's Studies. Her research primarily focuses on eighteenth-century French literature, especially during the Age of Revolution. Vallois has critical interests in semiotics, narratology, and the history of ideologies, particularly in relation to French and Francophone feminist theories and practices. She is the author of the book "Germaine de Stael, Fictions féminines: Mme de Stael et les voix de la sybille" and is currently completing another work titled "Displacing Femininity: Women, Gender, Revolution (1650-1850)." Vallois explores themes in feminist criticism, romanticism, and the rhetoric of ideologies throughout her work.

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