Jean-Paul Sermain is a French academic teaching at the
University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle. A specialist of the eighteenth century, his research concerns the
18th-century French literature
18th-century French literature is French literature written between 1715, the year of the death of King Louis XIV of France, and 1798, the year of the coup d'État of Napoléon Bonaparte, Bonaparte which brought the Consulate to power, concluded ...
, the poetics of the novel and
fairy tale
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, household tale, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful bei ...
s. He also leads studies on works by
Marivaux,
Prévost and
Diderot
Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominent figure during t ...
.
Bibliography
*1999
''Le Singe de don Quichotte : Marivaux, Cervantes et le roman postcritique'' Oxford : Voltaire Foundation
*2002
''Métafictions 1670-1730. La réflexivité dans la littérature'' Paris,
*1985: ''Rhétorique et roman au dix-huitième siècle : l’exemple de Prévost et de Marivaux (1728–1742)'', Oxford, Voltaire Foundation at the Taylor Institution
*2005
''Le conte de fées du classicisme aux lumières'' Paris, Desjonquères, ,
Prix Ève Delacroix.
Prix Ève-Delacroix
on the site of the Académie française
*2009: ''Les Mille et une nuits entre Orient et Occident'', Paris, Desjonquères
References
External links
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21st-century French historians
Academic staff of Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3