Dr Melanie Maillot
Lecturer Level B French
School of Humanities
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
My research interests include C20th-21st French and Francophone poetry, women's writing, and language pedagogy.
My current major research project focuses on the meditative potential of poetry, concentrating on French-Egyptian writer Andrée Chedid and Algerian poet Jeanne Benguigui.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2022 - ongoing Lecturer in French Studies The University of Adelaide 2018 - 2021 Casual Tutor The University of Adelaide -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review French Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Italian Can read, write, speak and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2021 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2018 Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne France MPhil Sociolinguistics 2017 Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris III France MPhil Comparative Literature 2015 Université de Strasbourg France BA
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Journals
Year Citation 2021 Maillot, M. (2021). La poétique de la menstruation selon Emma Santos et Séverine Daucourt. Women in French Studies, 29(1), 32-45.
2020 Maillot, M. (2020). Réflexion métaphysique en lien aux représentations non-normatives du corps dans les poèmes d’Andrée Chedid et de Jeanne Benguigui. Women in French Studies, 28(1), 59-69.
2020 Maillot, M. (2020). L’univers de la prédation dans La vraie vie d’Adeline Dieudonné: une matérialisation des valeurs socioculturelles constitutives de la pensée spéciste. Zizanie Review, 4(1), 82-101. 2019 Maillot, M. (2019). Représentations de la mère nature: Une lecture écoféministe de la poésie de Jeanne Benguigui. Australian Journal of French Studies, 56(3), 335-347.
2019 Maillot, M. (2019). La plage comme espace de l’écriture intime dans La vie pieds nus d’Alan Pauls. Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, 29(1), 19-40.
| Date | Project | Funding Body | Amount |
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| 2022 | Uvean ecopoetics: artistic responses to climate change in Wallis and Futuna | Research Maintenance Grant (University of Adelaide) |
$2,000 |
| 2022 | Pedagogy of creative writing in the language classroom | Learning and Teaching Professional Development Grant (University of Adelaide) | $2,500 |
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Raining Poetry in Adelaide |
Adelaide City Council |
$2,000 |
| 2019 | Raining Poetry in Adelaide | Australia Council for the Arts Literature Board Presentation & Promotion |
$2,000 |
| 2018 | Poetics of Neutrality and the Question of Being in the Poetic Work of Andrée Chedid and Jeanne Benguigui | Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (International) | $183,000 |
2022 Semester 1:
FREN1002 - French IA
FREN2201 - French IIA
2022 Semester 2:
FREN2202 - French IIB
FREN2204 - Francophone Poetry
Previous years:
French IA, IB (2018, 2019, 2020)
French IIISA Language Laboratory (2019)
French for Grape Growers and Wine Makers (2020)
Australia in French literature (2018)
French and Francophone Autobiography (2019)
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2022 - ongoing Member Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities Australia 2022 - ongoing Member The Society for French Studies United Kingdom 2019 - ongoing Member Women in French Association United States 2018 - ongoing Member Australian Society for French Studies Australia -
Community Engagement
Date Title Engagement Type Institution Country 2018 - 2022 Project Associate - Raining Poetry in Adelaide festival Public Community Engagement J. M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice Australia -
Review, Assessment, Editorial and Advice
Date Title Type Institution Country 2021 - ongoing Editor Editorial The Saltbush Review Australia
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