Sudarsan Rangarajan

S. Rangarajan
Professor & Coordinator of French
Department of Languages
ADM 279
907-786-4061
srangarajan@alaska.edu

Education

  • Ph. D., French, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1995.
  • M. A., French, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1993.
  • M. A., French, Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad, India, 1984.

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced French.   
  • Introduction to French Literature
  • Masterpieces in French Literature

Professional & Department Service

Chair/Coordinator

  • Mentoring Committee (Co-chair), 2015-18.
  • Coordinator, Degree Progress and Completion, 2015-present.
  • Promotion and Tenure Peer Review Committee (Humanities), 2013-14, 2010-11, 2010-11, and 2019鈥20.
  • Elizabeth Tower Endowment Committee, 2013- present.
  • Undergraduate Research Grants Review Panel (Humanities), 2011-present.
  • Recruitment, Retention and Mentoring Subcommittee, 2009-10.
  • Department of Languages (Acting chair), three summers: 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Member of Committees

  • Academic Dispute Resolution Committee, 2020.
  • 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Mentoring Program, 2015-18.
  • Japanese Term Instructor Search Committee, 2015-16.
  • Curriculum Coordination Committee, Department of Languages.
  • Curriculum Coordination Committee, International Studies.
  • Promotion and Tenure Peer Review Committee (Humanities), 2008-09, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17.
  • Journalism and Public Communications Tenure Track Search Committee, 2012-13.
  • Russian Term Instructor and Coordinator Search Committee, 2012-13.
  • Boren Scholarship Committee, 2010-11.
  • Scholar鈥檚 Council, College of Arts and Sciences, 2009-10 and 2010-11.
  • Dean鈥檚 Advisory Council on Research and Creative Work, 2007-08.
  • Academic Dispute Resolution Committee, Arts and Sciences, 2007-08 and  2011-12.
  • Faculty Senate Diversity Committee, 2003-13.
  • Search Committee, Assistant Professor of Spanish, 2004-05.
  • Steering Committee, International Studies Major, 2006-07.         
  • Technology Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 2003-13.
  • Self-study, Program Review, Department of Languages, 2003-04.

Other Service Activities

  • Advisor of French Majors.
  • Coordinator of the French Program (Adjuncts, Tutors, and Language Learning Center).
  • Technology coordinator, Department of Languages.
  • Organizer, La Table fran莽aise, 2003-12; Advisor, French Club, 2012-present.
  • Advisor, International Studies (Canada track).
  • Principal Investigator, Canadian Studies Program Enhancement Grant, 2009-10.
  • Budget Coordinator, Department of Languages, 2003-08.
  • Judge, Statewide championship, Alaska Native Oratory Society, 2005.

Publications

Book

Critical Essays on Michel Butor鈥檚 L鈥橢mploi du temps. Peter Lang: New York, 2012.  ISBN: 978-1-4331-2104-3 . Pp. 184.

A collection of eight essays, the book examines the different aspects of the novel from a postmodern perspective. Engaging contemporary theorists鈥擲artre, Foucault, de Man, Benjamin, and Prince among others,鈥攖he essays encompass diverse areas: narratology, rhetoric, genre studies, existentialism, and postcolonialism.

Articles 

鈥淭丑别 Mind-Body Dualism in Cyrano de Bergerac: Anticipating Artaud.鈥 The French Review, vol. 95, no. 2 (Forthcoming in December 2021).

鈥淒isillusionment and Death in Ourika and 鈥楲a Noire de....鈥欌 Dalhousie French Studies, vol. 119 (Forthcoming).

Cyrano de Bergerac and the Fairy Tale: Between Illusion and Disillusion.鈥 The French Review, vol. 94, no. 2, 2020, pp. 111鈥26.

鈥淭丑别 Eternal Wait for 鈥楪odot鈥 in Garc铆a M谩rquez鈥檚 No One Writes to the Colonel.鈥 Romance Notes, vol. 59, no. 3, 2019, pp. 535鈥46.

Le Rouge et le noir and the Fairy Tale: Motifs and Affinities.鈥 The French Review, vol. 92, no. 1, 2018, pp. 144鈥56.

鈥淭丑别 Poetics of the Hand in Le Rouge et le noir.鈥 The French Review, vol. 91, no. 2, 2017, pp. 48鈥 61.

鈥淗ospitality Gone Awry in Gide鈥檚 La Symphonie pastorale.鈥 Romance Notes, vol. 57, no. 2, 2017, pp. 169鈥78.

鈥淭丑别 Anacoluthon in Le Rouge et le noir: Cutting Cords and Tying Knots.鈥 Neophilologus, vol. 101, no. 3, 2017, pp. 387鈥97.

鈥淪ons of Abusive Fathers and their Bildung: Le Rouge et le noir and Une vie de boy.鈥 Dalhousie French Studies, vol. 108, spring 2016, pp. 67鈥81.

鈥淕颈诲别鈥檚 La Symphonie pastorale as a Bildungsroman.鈥 Neophilologus, vol. 97, no. 4, 2013, pp. 641-52.

鈥淭丑别 Poetics of Silence in Maria Chapdelaine.鈥 Neophilologus, vol. 96, no.1, 2012, pp. 33-46.

鈥淭丑别 Roman d鈥橝ventures as a Subgenre in Maria Chapdelaine.鈥 The French Review, vol. 83, no. 4 (2010): 767-83.

鈥淭丑别 Virtual Embedded Narratives in Butor鈥檚 La Modification.鈥 Neophilologus,vol. 93, no. 1, 2009, pp. 35-41.

鈥淎 Foucauldian Study of Space and Discourse in G茅rard Bessette鈥檚 Le Libraire.鈥 Cincinnati Romance Review, vol. 27,  2008, pp. 125-34.

鈥淟ies and Betrayals: Rhetoric in Butor鈥檚 L鈥橢mploi du temps.鈥 Symposium, vol. 60, no. 4, 2007, pp. 247-65.

鈥淣arratees in Butor鈥檚 L鈥橢mploi du temps.鈥 The French Review, vol. 80, no. 3, 2007, pp. 579-93.

鈥淗eterotopias and Collections in Butor鈥檚 L鈥橢mploi du temps.鈥 Symposium, vol. 57, no. 1,  2003, pp. 27-48.

鈥淭丑别 Journalistic Discourse in Butor鈥檚 L鈥橢mploi du temps.鈥 Neophilologus, vol. 87, no. 3, 2003, pp. 385-97.

鈥淢usic, Metals and Metaphors: The 鈥楽irens鈥 Episode in Joyce鈥檚 Ulysses.鈥 Explicator, vol. 57, no. 4, 1999, pp. 223-24.

鈥淭丑别 Image of Charon in Conrad鈥檚 Heart of Darkness.鈥 Explicator, vol. 56, no.3, 1998, pp. 139-     40. 

"Autorit茅, narration et s茅duction: 顿别驳谤茅蝉 de Michel Butor et Le Semestre de G茅rard Bessette."  Dalhousie French Studies, vol. 34, spring 1996, pp. 119-25.

"Discours et pouvoir: Le Libraire et Les P茅dagogues de G茅rard Bessette." Francographies (Nouvelle s茅rie), vol. 3, 1994, pp. 103-10.

"Narrative Voice(s) and Authotirity in Butor's La Modification." Notes on Contemporary Literature, vol.22, no. 5, 1992, pp. 4-6.