Directory Profile

Chloé Vettier

Assistant Professor in French and Francophone Studies
French and Francophone Studies
cvettier@scrippscollege.edu

Pronouns: She/her

Office: Balch 214

Office Hours: T 12-1PM / W 3-4PM

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Personal Website

Academic History

B.A., French Literature, La Sorbonne-Paris IV, 2010

M.A., French, La Sorbonne-Paris IV, 2013

M.A., French, Princeton University, 2016

Ph.D., French, Princeton University-Sorbonne Université, 2022

Academic Focus

18th-21st French and Francophone Literature, Life Writing, Shame and the History of Emotions, Queer Studies, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Literature, Critical and Literary Theory, Environmental Humanities

Courses Taught

FREN002 - Continued Introductory French

FREN033 - Intermediate French

FREN100 - Introduction to French and Francophone Studies

FREN187A - (In)justice environnementale dans le monde francophone

FREN181 - Humans vs. Earth: From Earthquakes to Mines

CORE II - Scaped Subjects: Portraying the Self in the Anthropocene, co-taught with Dr. Amy Alemu

CORE III - Shame: Social Stigma or Moral Pain?

Selected Research and Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

"Retranscrire l’expérience de la honte aux XXe et XXIe siècles : de la confession à l’auto-socio-analyse,” Elfe XX-XXI, 13, 2024

“Les institutions littéraires et la morale: le cas de Maurice Sachs,” Contemporary French and Francophone Studies: SITES, vol. 25.2, 2021.

“La ‘mauvaise honte’ de Rousseau, une émotion sociale et immorale.” In La Palette des émotions: Actes de colloque, Poitiers, Presses Universitaires de Poitiers, 2021.

“Honte et transparence : écrire sa honte, de Rousseau à Genet”, SELF XX-XXI, Journée de jeunes chercheurs “Ombres et transparences” (Solenne Montier dir.), 10 novembre 2018, Université Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle

Academic Book reviews

“Joanne Brueton. Geometry and Jean Genet: Shaping the Subject. Legenda, 2022.” Nouvelles Études Francophones, vol. 38 (1), p. 231-236.

“Postérité du Pacte autobiographique.” Review essay in Acta Fabula, vol. 20, no. 5, May

“Pour une généalogie de la fragilité.” Review essay in Acta Fabula, vol. 19, no. 19, October

Literary Book reviews

“Of Sex and Sects: Environmentalism in French Contemporary Literature,” EuropeNow, 2021, online.