Michèle Perret is a French linguist and novelist who was born in 1937 in

Oran Oran () is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers, because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance. It is w ...

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

Background and education

She lived in Algeria until 1955, first on a farm near to Sfissef (once known as Mercier-Lacombe), and then in Oran. Towards the end of her secondary education she settled in Paris. After qualifying as an ''agrégée'' in modern literature, she went on to a doctorate in literature and humanities.

Career

Her academic career has almost all been spent as a professor of medieval language at

Paris West University Nanterre La Défense Paris Nanterre University (), formerly University of Paris West, Paris-X and commonly referred to as Nanterre, is a public research university based in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France, in the Paris metropolitan area. It is one of the most pres ...

. After a dissertation about shifters in

Middle French Middle French () is a historical division of the French language that covers the period from the mid-14th to the early 17th centuries. It is a period of transition during which: * the French language became clearly distinguished from the other co ...

her subsequent research has included: promoting, editing and translating of medieval tales;

Narratology Narratology is the study of narrative and narrative structure and the ways that these affect human perception. The term is an anglicisation of French ''narratologie'', coined by Tzvetan Todorov (''Grammaire du Décaméron'', 1969). Its theoretica ...

, especially earlier narratology (12th to 15th centuries); the linguistics of

utterance In spoken language analysis, an utterance is a continuous piece of speech, by one person, before or after which there is silence on the part of the person. In the case of oral language, spoken languages, it is generally, but not always, bounded ...

; and history of the French language. Her literary work is mainly concerned with the colonial and postcolonial

Maghreb The Maghreb (; ), also known as the Arab Maghreb () and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world. The region comprises western and central North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. The Maghreb al ...

, particularly Algeria.

Bibliography

Academic works and translations

* ''Introduction à l'histoire de la langue française'', Paris SEDES, 1998 (4th edition,

Armand Colin Armand Colin is a French publishing house founded in 1870 by Auguste Armand Colin. It specializes in publishing works concerning human sciences, economics and education. Among its best-known publications are the "U" collection begun in 1968, and ...

, Cursus, 2014, 240 p). * '' Renaut de Beaujeu, Le Bel Inconnu'', text and translation Michèle Perret, Paris, Champion, 2003, 340 p. * ''L'énonciation en grammaire du texte'', Paris, Nathan (128), 1996 * ''Renaud de Beaujeu, Le Bel Inconnu'', translated from Old French by Michèle Perret and Isabelle Weill, Paris, Champion, 1991, 112p. * ''Le signe et la mention : adverbes embrayeurs CI, CA, LA, ILUEC en moyen français (XIV-XV° siècles),''Genève, Droz, 1988, 294 p. * ''

Jean d'Arras Jean d'Arras ( 1392–1394) was a 14th-century writer from Northern France about whom little is known. He collaborated with Antoine du Val and Fouquart de Cambrai in putting together a collection of stories entitled ''L'Évangile des quenouilles ...

, Mélusine, roman du XIV° siècle''. Preface by

Jacques Le Goff Jacques Le Goff (; 1 January 1924 – 1 April 2014) was a French historian and prolific author specializing in the Middle Ages, particularly the 12th and 13th centuries. Le Goff championed the Annales School movement, which emphasizes long-term ...

, translation and afterword by Michèle Perret, Stock, 1979, 334 p.D. Lagorgette et M. Lignereux "Bibliographie", LINX, N° spécial 2002 "Comme la lettre dit la vie : mélanges offerts à Michèle Perret" (pp.15-18) (Published by Paris West - Nanterre La Défense)

Literary works

* ''La légende de Mélusine,'' Paris,

Flammarion Flammarion may refer to: * Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), French astronomer and author * Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1877–1962), French astronomer, second wife of Camille Flammarion * Sylvie Flammarion (1836-1919), French feminist and paci ...

, (Castor poche senior), 1997. (children's literature). * ''Terre du vent, une enfance dans une ferme algérienne (1939-1945),'' Paris,

L’Harmattan Éditions L'Harmattan, usually known simply as L'Harmattan (), is one of the largest French book publishers. It specialises in non-fiction books with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. It is named after the Harmattan, a trade wind in ...

, 2009. (autobiographical fiction). * ''D’ocre et de cendres, femmes en

Algérie Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, M ...

(1950-1962),'' Paris, L’Harmattan, 2012. (short stories). * ''Erreurs de jeunesse'', The Book, 2013 (poetry). * ''La véridique histoire de la fée Mélusine'', Tertium éditions, 2014 (children's literature). * ''Les arbres ne nous oublient pas'', Chèvre feuille étoilée, 2016 (story, testimony)

Contributions to collections

* ''Histoires minuscules des révolutions arabes'', edited by Wassyla Tamzali, Montpellier, Chèvre feuille étoilée, 2012. * ''L'enfance des Français d'Algérie avant 1962 '', edited by

Leïla Sebbar Leïla Sebbar (born 1941) is a French-Algerian author. Early life Leïla Sebbar was born on 9 November 1941, in Aflou. The daughter of a French mother and an Algerian father, she spent her youth in French Algeria before leaving aged seventeen f ...

, Saint-Pourçain, Bleu autour, 2014.

Works about Perret

* ''Comme la lettre dit la vie. Mélanges offerts à Michèle Perret'', edited by Dominique Lagorgette and Marielle Lignereux, special issue of ''LINX'', novembre 2002. * ''Littérature et linguistique: diachronie / synchronie. Autour des travaux de Michèle Perret'', cd-rom produced by Dominique Lagorgette and Marielle Lignereux, Université de Savoie, UFR LLSH, Chambéry, collection: Languages, 2007

References

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