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Irène Oore

Professor

IreneOore
Department of French

Email: izoore@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-6813
Mailing Address: 
Room 1107, Marion McCain, 6135 University Avenue
PO Box 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Quebec literature
  • French language
  • French language pedagogy
  • Francophone literature


Office Hours

Tuesday, Thursday from 9:30-10:00 and 1:00-2:00, or by appointment <izoore@dal.ca>

Education

  • BA (Tel-Aviv)
  • MA (Waterloo)
  • PhD (Western)

Biography

I received my BA from the University of Tel-Aviv (Israel) with a double major in French Literature and American Literature. I did my MA at the University of Waterloo (Ontario) and wrote my thesis on a Quebec novelist, André Langevin. My PhD is from the University of Western Ontario (London) and my thesis was on the work of Quebec writer, Marie-Claire Blais. I have written on Anne Hébert, André Giroux, Sergio Kokis, Monique Bosco, Aki Shimazaki, Lise Tremblay and many others.

In both my MA and my PhD, a central topic was expression through the arts in general, and through writing in particular. In my research, I often inquire about the interrelationships between various arts (writing, visual arts, music). At Dalhousie I teach courses in French language and French literature, as well as courses in Quebec contemporary culture.

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