Dr Delphine Grass
Lecturer
Bowland North
Lancaster University
Bailrigg
Lancaster
United Kingdom
LA1 4YN
Email: Email Hidden
Location: B76, Bowland North
My research interests lie primarily in the intersection between literature and cultural theory. I am interested in the relationship between contemporary literature and late-capitalist modes of production (particularly in Michel Houellebecq's works), as well as in the intersection between literary genres, language, and the role of the author in a post-Fordist network society. This has taken the form of two recent articles: "The Disappearing Subject: Language, Transparency and Modern Architecture in Michel Houellebecq's Works" (Contemporary French and Francophone Culture, Routledge, 2010) and "Domesticating Hierarchies, Eugenic Hygiene and Exclusion Zones: The dogs and Clones of Houellebecq's La Possibilité d'une île" (Esprit Créateur, John Hopkins University Press, 2012).
Additionally, I am also very interested in the 20th century multilingual poetry of Alsace-Lorraine and the idea of multilingualism as a poetics in the works of Claude Vigée, André Weckmann, Hans/Jean Arp, Yvan Goll and Eugène Jolas. I have recently translated an extract of Vigée's Schwarzi Sengessle Flackere am Wind from Alsatian into English for Modern Poetry in Translation and am planning to pursue research in this area. I am also a practicing poet (A Verse, Magma, The Black Herald...) involved in the Sorbonne-based A Verse poetry group, and a co-translator of Michel Houellebecq's poetry collection Le Sens du combat (the Art of Struggle) into English with Prof. Timothy Mathews.
Research Grants
My PhD research was funded by the UCL Graduate School Scholarship (Fees and Maintenance Scholarship awarded on merit and excellence accross UCL faculties)
Research Interests
2012
Grass, D. 07/2012 In: Esprit créateur. 52, 2, p. 127-140. 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal ? Journal article
2011
Michel Houellebecq et les préromantiques allemands: une lecture poétique du roman Houellebecqien
Grass, D. 2011 In: Michel Houellebecq à la Une. Clément, M. L. & van Wesemael, S. (eds.). Amsterdam: Rodopi
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings ? Chapter
Review of Hédi Kaddour's Treason, trans. by Marilyn Hacker
Grass, D. 2011 In: Modern Poetry in Translation. 3, 16
Research output: Contribution to journal ? Book/Film/Article review
Review of Rainer Maria Rilke's Orchards, trans. by Peter Oram and Alex Barr
Grass, D. 2011 In: Modern Poetry in Translation. 3, 16
Research output: Contribution to journal ? Book/Film/Article review
Grass, D. 06/2011 In: Contemporary French and Francophone Studies. 15, 3, p. 339-347. 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal ? Journal article
2010
Preface to Houellebecq's The Art of Struggle
Grass, D. (Translator), Mathews, T. (Translator) & Houellebecq, M. 2010 In: The Art of Struggle. Richmond: Herla
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings ? Other chapter contribution
Houellebecq, M., Grass, D. (Translator) & Mathews, T. (Translator) 2010 Richmond: Herla
Research output: Other contribution
2006
Houellebecq and the novel as site of epistemic rebellion
Grass, D. 2006 In: Opticon1826. 1, 10 p.
2012
Domesticating Hierarchies, Eugenic Hygiene and Exclusion Zones: The Dogs and Clones of Houellebecq's La Possibilité d'une île
Grass, D. 07/2012 In: Esprit créateur. 52, 2, p. 127-140, 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2011
Review of Jean Folain, 130 poems
Grass, D. 2011 In: Modern Poetry in Translation. 16, 3
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Michel Houellebecq et les préromantiques allemands: une lecture poétique du roman Houellebecqien
Grass, D. 2011 Michel Houellebecq à la Une. Clément, M. L. & van Wesemael, S. (eds.). Amsterdam: Rodopi
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Review of Hédi Kaddour’s Treason, trans. by Marilyn Hacker
Grass, D. 2011 In: Modern Poetry in Translation. 3, 16
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Review of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Orchards, trans. by Peter Oram and Alex Barr
Grass, D. 2011 In: Modern Poetry in Translation. 3, 16
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
The Disappearing Subject: Language, transparency and modern architecture in the works of Michel Houellebecq
Grass, D. 06/2011 In: Contemporary French and Francophone Studies. 15, 3, p. 339-347, 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2010
Preface to Houellebecq's The Art of Struggle
Grass, D., Mathews, T. & Houellebecq, M. 2010 The Art of Struggle. Richmond: Herla
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Foreword/postscript
Sens du combat
Houellebecq, M., Grass, D. (Translator) & Mathews, T. (Translator) 2010 Richmond: Herla
Research output: Other contribution
2006
Houellebecq and the novel as site of epistemic rebellion
Grass, D. 2006 In: Opticon1826. 1, 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
"Living Translation" event, The University of Bristol
(Speaker) 19/6/2012
Activity: Invited talk
Read more»It Gives us the Other
(Participant) 22/3/2011
Activity: Participation in conference
Read more»Association for the study of Modern and Contemporary France postgraduate study day
(Participant) 30/6/2008
Activity: Participation in conference
Read more»Hermes International Symposium, World Literature and World Culture
(Participant) 30/6/2007
Activity: Participation in conference
Read more»Le Monde de Michel Houellebecq
(Participant) 25/10/2007
Activity: Participation in conference
Read more»Opticon1826
(Editor)
Activity: Editorial activity
Read more»Colloquy
(Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review
Read more»Invitation for poetry reading at the Sorbonne University
(Member) 8/3/2010
Activity: Invited talk
Read more»Contemporary Poetry in Public Spaces
(Participant) 22/5/2013
Activity: Participation in conference
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