Marion Duval
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Associate Professor and Department Chair of French and Francophone Studies
Phone: 330-263-2059
Office: Kauke 205
Degrees
- B.A. The University of Picardie (France) 2000
- M.A. The University of Picardie (France) 2004
- M.A. The University of Iowa, 2005
- Ph.D. The University of Iowa, 2011
Originally from France, Marion Duval arrived in the United States to study at the University of Iowa in 2001. After earning her Master’s in French-English translation from the University of Picardie in 2004, she pursued her second Master’s Degree and then began her Doctoral Studies at the University of Iowa. She obtained her Ph.D. in 2011 and began teaching at the College of ۿ۴ý, serving as a Visiting Professor. From 2012 to 2014, she contributed to the Department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies at Salisbury University in Maryland before happily returning to the College of ۿ۴ý.
Professor Duval’s academic pursuits center on exploring the memory of the Second World War in French and Francophone culture, encompassing literature, film, theater, and bandes-dessinées (comic books/graphic novels). She navigates the intricate narratives of authors who depict the harrowing events of World War II through the eyes of the perpetrators (Nazis and collaborators), and also dissects the portrayal of sexuality within the realm of literary villains. In her latest research, Professor Duval investigates the enduring presence of colonial imagery in contemporary Franco-European comics. Her work highlights the critical oversight in confronting issues related to representation and the prevalence of racist imagery within the comic book industries of France and Belgium.
- FRENCH 101-102: Beginning French
- FRENCH 201: French Conversation
- FRENCH 203: French Composition
- FRENCH 216: Advanced French – Creative Writing
- FRENCH 310: French Theater (XVII – XXI Centuries)
- FRENCH 315: Tracing Colonial Racism in Franco-European Comic Books
- FRENCH 330: Remembering War – WWI, WWII, Algerian War
- FRENCH 399: Applied Linguistics
- First-Year Seminar: Female Villains in Literature and Cinema
- “Un cowboy dans le coton : Lucky Luke prend pour cible le racisme” in Figures de l’Art, Numéro spécial “Art & Décolonialité”, 42, – Forthcoming 2024
- “La figure du Noir ou la persistance de l’imagerie coloniale dans les aventures d’é” in French Cultural Studies, 33(4), 328–344, Mai 2022.
- “Mais qui a encore peur du Grand Méchant loup” in Revue des Lettres Modernes, Série Figures du mal dans la fiction jeunesse, Vol. 10, 2020.
- “Starring Hitler! Adolf Hitler as the Main Character in Twentieth-First Century French Fiction” in Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature, Vol. 43.2. Article 44, October 2019.
- “Parfaire sa prononciation française par le théâtre : la liaison, le “e” caduc et l’intonation sur le devant de la scène” (co-authored with Aurore Mroz) in French Review, Vol. 91.4, May 2018.
- “Cranes,” preface by Daniel Bourne to Chantier naval, Florence de Guitarre, French translation by Marion Duval, livre-objet containing photographs of Gdansk shipyards, published in conjunction with artist’s exhibition at European Centre for Solidarity (), Gdansk, Poland, October 2017
- “When Real Life Isn’t ‘Evil Enough’ for Fiction: An Analysis of French Postwar Literature and the Relationship Between Evil and Sexuality” in The Functions of Evil across Disciplinary Contexts. Lexington Books, February 2017.
- D’un Salaud l’autre: Nazis et collaborateurs dans le roman français. Tours : PUFR. Collection Perspectives Littéraires, 2015.
- Ada Louise Ballard and Seashore Fellowship 2008-2009
- Gillespie Visiting Assistant Professor – College of ۿ۴ý 2011-2012