Martine Fernandes, Ph.D.

Dr. Martine Fernandes is originally from France, near Paris. She is a native speaker of French and Portuguese, and also speaks Spanish. She received a PhD in French Literature & Language from the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne and the University of California, Berkeley in 2002. In 1994, she received the Agrégation in French Modern Literature.

Education:

Ph.D. in French, University of California, Berkeley
Doctorat in French, Universite de Paris IV-Sorbonne
D.E.A. (M.A.) in French, Universite de Paris IV-Sorbonne
Licence (B.A.) in French, Universite de Paris IV-Sorbonne
Licence (B.A.) In Portuguese, Universite de Paris IV-Sorbonne

Courses taught:

French I, II, III, IV,
French conversation,
Francophone World, any upper level French course,
French online courses.

Research Interests:

Francophone literatures, immigrant literatures, Portuguese immigration in France (Literature and Film), transnationalism, postcolonialism, cognitive linguistics, and women writers.

Selected Publications:

Les écrivaines francophones en liberté: Farida Belghoul, Maryse Condé, Assia Djebar, Calixthe Beyala. Hybridité identitaire et métaphores cognitives (Preface by Michel Laronde, Paris: L’Harmattan, 2007).