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Bruno Thibault

Emeritus Edward Rosenberg and Elizabeth Goodman Professor of French Literature
University of Delaware
225 Jastak-Burgess Hall
Newark, DE 19716
 

Biography

Bruno Thibault is the Edward Rosenberg and Elizabeth Goodman Professor of French Literature at the University of Delaware. He has earned doctorates in French literature and civilization from both sides of the Atlantic: one from the University of Paris and the other from the University of Maryland.

A specialist in 20th century and contemporary French literature, civilization and film, Bruno Thibault is the author of four scholarly books, L'Allure de Morand: du modernisme au pĆ©tainisme (Summa Publications, 1993), DaniĆØle Sallenave et le don des morts (Editions Rodopi, 2003), J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio et la mĆ©taphore exotique (Editions Rodopi, 2009) and Un JĆ©sus postmoderne: les rĆ©critures romanesques contemporaines des Ć©vangiles (Brill, 2016).

Bruno Thibault is also the author of over sixty articles on modern and contemporary French writers and filmmakers (Paul ValĆ©ry, Henri Michaux, Jean Grosjean, Jean-Paul Sartre, J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio, DaniĆØle Sallenave, Pascal Quignard, Jean Rouaud, Olivier Rolin, Emmanuel CarrĆØre, Marie Darrieussecq, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Nicole Caligaris, Ɖric Chevillard, Jean Rolin, Maylis de Kerangal, Tanguy Viel, Arno Bertina, LĆ©onor de RĆ©condo, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette, Tony Gatlif, Andy GuĆ©rif).

Bruno Thibault has also co-edited five volumes of essays on J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio, the laureate of the 2008 Nobel prize in literature : J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio, intertextualitĆ© et interculturalitĆ© (2004) ; J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio, la francophonie et la question postcoloniale (2005) ; Contes, nouvelles & romances : l'art du bref chez J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio (2009) ; J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio : migrations et mĆ©tissages (2011) ; J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio dans la forĆŖt des paradoxes (2012). In 2014 Bruno Thibault served as guest editor for a special issue on DaniĆØle Sallenave's recent writings for the Paris-based literary review Europe and in 2018 he co-edited a volume of essays, DaniĆØle Sallenave, une Ć©criture impliquĆ©e, published by the Presses de la Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Bruno Thibault has served as associate editor for Nouvelles Ɖtudes Francophones from 2005 to 2009. He has served as editor-in-chief for Les Cahiers Le ClĆ©zio from 2009 to 2016. He is a member of the editorial committee of the Collection monographique en littĆ©rature franƧaise contemporaine for Rodopi. Bruno Thibault is currently serving as director of the Chiasma collection, a series on modern and contemporary French and francophone literature, and film, published by Brill.

French Version

Bruno Thibault occupe la chaire Edward Rosenberg et Elizabeth Goodman de littƩrature franƧaise Ơ l'universitƩ de Delaware. Il a obtenu deux doctorats en littƩrature et civilisation franƧaises des deux cƓtƩs de l'Atlantique : le premier de l'universitƩ de Paris-Ouest et le second de l'universitƩ de Maryland.

SpĆ©cialiste de littĆ©rature franƧaise contemporaine, de civilisation et de cinĆ©ma, Bruno Thibault est l'auteur de quatre ouvrages critiques, L'Allure de Morand: du modernisme au pĆ©tainisme (Summa Publications, 1993), DaniĆØle Sallenave et le don des morts (Editions Rodopi, 2003), J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio et la mĆ©taphore exotique (Editions Rodopi, 2009) et Un JĆ©sus postmoderne: les rĆ©critures romanesques contemporaines des Ć©vangiles (Brill, 2016).

Bruno Thibault est aussi l'auteur d'une soixantaine d'articles consacrĆ©s Ć  divers Ć©crivains et cinĆ©astes modernes et contemporains (Paul ValĆ©ry, Henri Michaux, Jean Grosjean, Jean-Paul Sartre, J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio, DaniĆØle Sallenave, Pascal Quignard, Jean Rouaud, Olivier Rolin, Emmanuel CarrĆØre, Marie Darrieussecq, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Nicole Caligaris, Ɖric Chevillard, Jean Rolin, Maylis de Kerangal, Tanguy Viel, Arno Bertina, LĆ©onor de RĆ©condo, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette, Tony Gatlif, Andy GuĆ©rif).

Bruno Thibault a coordonnĆ© la publication de cinq ouvrages collectifs consacrĆ©s Ć  J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio, prix Nobel de littĆ©rature 2008 : J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio, intertextualitĆ© et interculturalitĆ© (2004) ; J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio, la francophonie et la question postcoloniale (2005) ; Contes, nouvelles & romances: l'art du bref chez J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio (2009) ; J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio: migrations et mĆ©tissages (2011) ; J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio dans la forĆŖt des paradoxes (2012). En 2014, Bruno Thibault a dirigĆ© un numĆ©ro spĆ©cial de la revue Europe consacrĆ© aux œuvres rĆ©centes de DaniĆØle Sallenave et, en 2018, il a co-dirigĆ© un volume collectif, DaniĆØle Sallenave, une Ć©criture impliquĆ©e, publiĆ© aux Presses de la Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Bruno Thibault a Ć©tĆ© rĆ©dacteur adjoint de la revue Nouvelles Ɖtudes Francophones de 2005 Ć  2009. De 2009 Ć  2016, il a Ć©tĆ© le rĆ©dacteur en chef des Cahiers Le ClĆ©zio. Il est membre du comitĆ© Ć©ditorial de la Collection Monographique en littĆ©rature franƧaise contemporaine pour les Ć©ditions Rodopi. Bruno Thibault dirige actuellement la collection Chiasma consacrĆ©e Ć  la littĆ©rature moderne et contemporaine franƧaise et francophone, ainsi qu'au cinĆ©ma, pour les Ć©ditions Brill.

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Paris West University Nanterre La DĆ©fense
  • Ph.D., University of Maryland

Publications

  • Books:
  • L'Allure de Morand: du Modernisme au PĆ©tainisme (Birmingham: Summa Publications, 1993).
  • DaniĆØle Sallenave et le don des morts(Amsterdam & New York: Editions Rodopi, 2003).
  • J.M.G. Le ClĆ©zio et la mĆ©taphore exotique (Amsterdam & New York: Editions Rodopi, 2009).

Un JĆ©sus postmoderne Les rĆ©critures romanesques contemporaines des Ɖvangiles

Un JĆ©sus postmoderne offers a thorough discussion of some forty contemporary French novels depicting the life of Jesus within the framework of todayā€™s debate on fundamentalism and secularism. Focusing on the interplay of narrative viewpoints and (anti)theological perspectives, this study scrutinizes the postmodern representation of Jesus for readers who belong to a time marked by incredulity towards meta-narratives. Drawing on Marcel Gauchet and Julia Kristeva, as well as RenĆ© Girardā€™s ā€˜scapegoat theoryā€™, among many others, this study examines Jesus as a ā€˜problematic heroā€™ and a ā€˜conceptual characterā€™ on the threshold of the new millennium. It shows how these novels reflect recent advances in biblical exegesis, religious anthropology, psychoanalysis and theology.

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