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Hello! Welcome to the French program at Montclair State University. I am the Deputy Chair of the department of World Languages & Cultures, as well as the undergraduate advisor for French majors and minors.

At MSU, I teach courses at all levels of our curriculum, from beginning and intermediate French, to major courses in translation, conversation, composition, and grammar, and undergraduate and MA courses in early modern literature and civilization.

Contact me about all of our programs in French!

Course Descriptions for summer and fall 2022 can be found here:
https://www.montclair.edu/modern-languages-and-literatures/2022/03/12/summer-and-fall-2022-french-course-descriptions/

I am also a co-convener of MSU's Medieval and Early Modern Studies Seminar. More information available here: http://www.montclair.edu/chss/mems/

Check out my website dedicated to a Virtual Exchange project undertaken in collaboration with the Université Bordeaux Montaigne: https://loysenk.wixsite.com/virtualexchange

Specialization

I specialize in research on the French short story of the fifteenth through the seventeenth century. More broadly, I am the department specialist in late medieval, Renaissance, and classical French literature and civilization. Additional teaching specialties include: women’s literature; narrative and narratology; early modern book and reading history; translation.

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Office Hours

Spring

Monday

9:45 am - 10:45 am

12:45 pm - 1:45 pm

Thursday

9:45 am - 10:45 am

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• MSU Department of World Languages & Cultures
• MA in French, Concentration in Translation
• MSU Medieval and Early Modern Studies Seminar
• Post-BA Certificate in Translation