About
Specialist in 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Literatures
My dissertation, “Beur, Blanc, Black: The Banlieue Talks Back in Novels, Films, and Graphic Novels,” examines representations of the French banlieue in autobiographical and autofictive novels, films, and graphic novels published between 1999 and 2015 and produced by persons who grew up in the banlieue. With an eye to the specificity of each medium, I analyze how the authors leverage the unique creative possibilities of each medium to challenge the mythology of the cité as an urban ghetto. Education
University of Texas, Austin, TX. August 2012-Present
Ph.D. Candidate in French Studies
Dissertation: “Beur, Blanc, Black: The Banlieue Talks Back in Novels, Films and Graphic Novels”
Dissertation Co-Chairs: Hervé Picherit (French) and Benjamin Brower (History)
Rice University, Houston, TX. August 2007-May 2011
BA in French Studies and History
Senior Honors Thesis: “Changing Attitudes Towards Mosque Construction in France, 1926-2011” Publications
Wright, Jocelyn. “Pleasures of Linguistic Creativity: Faïza Guène’s Kiffe kiffe demain (2004) and Her Legacy of Pop Culture Polyphony.” Book chapter in Women’s Pleasures. Peter Lang, publisher. Eds. Carrie Tarr, Maggie Allison, Gillian Ni Cheallaigh, Elliot Evans. Under publisher review.
Wright, Jocelyn. “Une femme d’Alger dans son appartement: Identity, Métissage, and Ekphrasis in Leïla Sebbar’s Shérazade.” CELAAN Review 13.2: Special Issue on Leïla Sebbar. Nov. 2016. Ed. Ida Kummer. 158-169. Memberships
MLA
