Kirk Anderson
Associate Professor of French
Office: Meneely 212
Phone: 286-3628
Email: kanderso@wheatoncollege.edu
Degrees
M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University (1991)
B.A., St. Olaf College (1983)
Main Interests
French pop music, Paris World's Fairs, Occupation and Collaboration, Historiography as Literature, Beckett, Céline, Sarraute
Research Interests
Currently investigating the influence of Anglo-American popular music in 1960's France, beginning with a quantitative analysis of the French pop charts.
Teaching Interests
software applications for language pedagogy, the Enlightenment, French civilization, 20th century French literature, translation
Other Interests
Participant in NEH summer seminar on "Images of Nation in Interwar France," University of Iowa, June-August 1994. Wheaton Faculty intern at the Yupparaj Wittayalai school in Chiang Mai, Thailand, May-July 1993.
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
"Vive Voix," a www site for French poetry, both text and sound. (http://wheatoncollege.edu/Academic/academicdept/French/ViveVoix/Home.html)
"Writing the Expo: Parisian literati and the 1900 World's Fair", paper delivered at Carleton College, 14 Jan 2000.
"'Familistère rénové or 'Révolution moyenneuse': a Utopian Céline?" The French Review, April 1995.