Profile
Good writers are good readers. As a teacher, Rose R茅jouis encourages her students to explore literary history broadly while committing themselves to close readings. Lately, she and her students have been extending their close readings into the realm of audio-visual storytelling and mixed media.
Prominent critical reviews of my work:
鈥⑻ essay by Leonard Michaels of the translation with of Patrick Chamoiseau's novel, Texaco.
鈥听of the translation of Patrick Chamoiseau's novel,听Texaco.听
鈥⑻齩f "N茅gritude," an听art exhibit I curated at.听 In this听experimental multi-media and multi-disciplinary听show听听(supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Council for the Humanities), I presented the work of听听and听, as evidence of听the history of "dark play" embodied in Aim茅 C茅saire's practice of N茅gritude.
鈥⑻ to听the translation of Patrick Chamoiseau's novel, Texaco.
鈥⑻ the translation听of Patrick Chamoiseau's novel,听Solibo Magnificent.
鈥⑻ of the translation of Patrick Chamoiseau's Solibo Magnificent
鈥⑻ of the translation of Patrick Chamoiseau's Texaco
鈥⑻ of the translation of Patrick Chamoiseau's Texaco.
Degrees Held
Ph.D., Romance Languages and Literatures, Princeton University.
B.A., Amherst College, French and English.
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OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES
Ecole Normale Sup茅rieure (dissertation research, semester as externe while doing PhD at Princeton)
Universit茅 de Paris-Sorbonne (Etudiante Etrang猫re - one semester, while a B.A. student at Amherst)
Institut d鈥橢tudes de Sciences Politiques (Etudiante Etrang猫re - one semester,听while a B.A. student at Amherst)
Professional Affiliation
Modern Literary Association
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Recent Publications
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鈥⑻ Essays in N+1: 听"Circle of Visibility," "In Thrall," (2021), "Hidden Fortress," Ogresse" (2019), "You can't read,"(2018), "Letter to Freud" (2018)听
鈥"Wild Solidarity," in听Untranslatability Goes Global听edited by Jill Levine and Katie Jan (forthcoming from Routledge Press)
鈥⑻"Tasks Without Solutions: 听Why Freud's听The Interpretation of Dreams听Matters to Translation Culture,"听Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism,听Number 45 (November 2014). 听听
鈥⑻"Dark Horse Poetics: 听L茅vi-Strauss, Benitez-Rojo, and Caribbean Epistemology,听Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism, Volume 18, Number 43 (March 2014).
鈥⑻ 鈥淣茅gritude as Dark Play,鈥 an essay for the catalogue of the听, 鈥淣茅gritude,鈥 I curated at听听(New York, May 20-July 25, 2009).
听French Literature Series, 2009. 听
鈥 鈥淪harp Minds, Raw Hearts,鈥 preface to听Love, Anger, Madness听by Marie Vieux-Chauvet, translated by听R茅jouis/Vinokur听(New York: Modern Library, 2009). 听
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I also write regularly for the French journal, Esprit.听
鈥. 'Black Face et Encre Invisibile," F茅vrier 2020.听
鈥⑻鼸SPRIT, June 2018
鈥听ESPRIT, March 2018. 听
鈥⑻ESPRIT, March 2018. 听
鈥⑻.听听ESPRIT, January 2018.听
鈥⑻ESPRIT, January 2018.
鈥 ""听ESPRIT, March/April 2017:听听
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BOOK
鈥⑻齕Wakes for Words] :听Aim茅 C茅saire, Patrick Chamoiseau et Maryse Cond茅听(Paris: Karthala,听2005).听
TRANSLATIONS
鈥⑻听, three novellas by Marie Vieux-Chauvet (New York:听Modern Library, August 2009).听
鈥⑻, novel by Patrick Chamoiseau (New York: Pantheon Books, 1997), (London: Granta, 1998), (New York: Vintage Books, 1998). Reviewed by John Updike (New Yorker),听听), Caryl Phillips听(New Republic); reviews in听NYT, LA Times, TLS, London Review, Chicago Tribune, etc.
鈥⑻, novel by Patrick Chamoiseau (New York: Pantheon Books, 1997), (New York: Anchor Books, 1999), (London: Granta, 2000).听,听,听Salon, African American Review,听etc.
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Performances and Appearances
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鈥 听 As part of the听Literary Translation听series organized by Susan Bernofsky.听 Columbia University, April 2018.听听
鈥⑻鼼uest on discussion panel for a discussion of听The Complete Poetry of Aim茅 C茅saire, La Maison Fran莽aise, Columbia University, November 2017.听 Organizer:听 Brent Hayes Edward.听 听
鈥 "Freud's Cracked Mirror."听 An essay framed by Leonard Baskin's quote: "Our human frame, our gutted mansion, our enveloping sack of beef and ash is yet a glory.听 I hold the cracked mirror up to man."听听Association for Jewish Studies, 2016.听
鈥 鈥淒ark and Dangerous Fiction: A discussion between Rose R茅jouis and Edwidge Danticat." 听Introduction by Tiphanie Yanique. Organized by听Miriam Ticktin and the听Gender Studies Program at 麻豆传媒色情片 (February 2014).
鈥⑻鈥淭ranslating the Savage: L茅ry and L茅vi-Strauss,鈥 La Maison Fran莽aise, New York University (Spring 2013).听 Organized by Emmanuelle Ertel.
鈥 鈥淔reud鈥檚 Moses and C茅saire鈥檚 Toussaint Louverture鈥 UC Davis (February 2012).
鈥 鈥淐elebrating Marie Vieux-Chauvet鈥檚 Reading of her own Work,鈥 听keynote address at Florida Atlantic University conference: Haiti and the Americas (October 2010).听 Organized by Raphael Dalleo.
鈥 鈥淪taging Sacrifice: Reading Marie Vieux-Chauvet Again,鈥 Yale University (spring 2010).听 Organized by Chris Miller.听听
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Research Interests
Rose R茅jouis is interested in African oral law and literature, African mythology, cultural politics and translation, childhood narratives, visual storytelling, as well as French and Caribbean literature. She studies the narrative strategies of ethnic and social insider-outsiders, particularly as those narratives veer between history and romance, utopia and dystopia. As a literary critic, she immerses herself in the "deep play" between ideas and literary structures; and her translations offer insights into the fruitful tensions between idiomatic and idiosyncratic uses of language.
Awards And Honors
American Translation Association Lewis Galanti猫re Prize for Best Book
Princeton University Fellowship
Amherst College Fellowship
The Amherst College Frederick King Turgeon Prize (For a senior who has done particularlary distinguished work in French)
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