Subject

Modern Languages (French) and Joint Schools

Research Interests

The main focus of my research is on modern French literature and philosophy, and especially the relationship between those domains. My first book, Roger Laporte: The Orphic Text, examined Laporte's writings in the context of the thought of Heidegger, Levinas, Blanchot and Derrida. I have edited a collection of essays on the work of Derrida, co-edited a collection on reading and the senses, and edited a special issue of Forum for Modern Language Studies on the writer and responsibility. In a forthcoming book entitled Marking Time, I examine temporalities of writing and reading in relation to Derrida, Blanchot, Beckett, Des Forêts, Laporte and Klossowski.

Teaching Interests

French language and literature, especially of the 19th and 20th centuries; literary theory; modern French philosophy.

Department Information

http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/french

Contact Information

Email: Dr Ian Maclachlan

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