
Associate Professor of French
French Area Chair
Faculty Advisor, French Club
World Languages and Literatures, French
Contact
Office: | Clements 308D |
Phone: | 214-768-1691 |
Email: | mfoerster@smu.edu |
Educational Background
Ph.D., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
About
Areas of Interest
- Modern and contemporary France
- Vampirism
- Social Justice
- French Romanticism and Decadence
- Gender and sexuality studies
- French cinema
Publications
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“Chemsex et littérature française,” in Contemporary French Civilization, vol. 47, no. 4, December 2022. 421-442.
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“From Cabaret to the Classroom: Bambi’s Professional Transition,” in‘Taking Up Space’: Women at Work in Contemporary France, eds. Bouamer, Siham and Sonja Stojanovic.University of Wales Press, November 2022. 286-306.
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“Précarité et filiation queer dansEastern Boys, de Robin Campillo” inCFC Intersections, vol. 1, no. 1, Fall 2022.135-145.
- “Rencontre du dandy et de la diva : la momification réinventée dans Le Château des Carpathes, de Jules Verne,” in French Forum, vol. 47, no. 1, Spring 2022. 75-90.
- “Les femmes transgenres face au sida dans Le Gai cimetière de Marie-Pierre Pruvot,” in Contemporary French Civilization, vol. 46, no. 2, June 2021. 197-211.
- “La bromance dans la littérature française au XIXesiècle,” in Littératures, vol. 81, June 2020. 89-102.
- “On Feeling Mighty Real: Devenir gay à Montréal pendant l’ère disco dans Funkytown, de Daniel Roby,” in Contemporary French Civilization, vol. 43, no. 3-4, 2018. 373-389.
- “Découverte de la sexualité dans Le pain nu de Mohamed Choukri et L’armée du salut d’Abdellah Taïa,” in Revue d’Histoire de l’Enfance “Irrégulière, October 2018. 105-122.
- The Politics of Love (2018, University of Massachusetts Press).
Courses Taught
- FREN 3386: Love in French Literature and Philosophy
- FREN 4361: French Decadence
- FREN 4362: Social Justice in 19th-century French Literature
- FREN 4366: Contemporary French Literature
- FREN 4372: Vampirism in French Literature and Cinema
- FREN 4375: French Civilization
- FREN 4377: French Conversation
- FREN 4395: French and Francophone Women Writers
- HIST/HRTS 3317: Sexual Minorities and Human Rights
- WL 3327: Les Misérables