Dr Klem James
Lecturer, School of Arts
Qualifications
Ph.D. in French, University of Manchester, 2010; P.G.C.E. Secondary (MFL, French and German), University of Wales, Bangor, 2004; M.A. European Languages and Culture (French and German), University of Manchester, 2002; B.A. (Hons) French and German, University of Manchester, 2001.
Contact
| Email: | klem.james@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Arts (E11) 213 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2395 (or +61 2 6773 2395 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3735 |
Areas of Teaching
French and German language and translation
French literature and culture
Research interests
Twentieth century
Dada and Surrealism (esp. the writings of André Breton and the painting of Salvador Dalí), The literature of transgression and the works of Georges Bataille, Postmodernism
Nineteenth century
Romanticism (and the works of Gérard de Nerval), Literature of the Fin de siècle
Psychoanalysis
Translation
Pedagogy and e-learning
Publications
James, K. ‘Dalí, Surrealism and the Problem of Postmodern Camp’ in Display and Disguise. Essays in French Literature, Thought and Culture Modern French Identities Series (Peter Lang, 2011)
James, K. ‘Surrealism and the Sublime or the Vertiginous Plunging into the Real’ in The Beautiful and the Monstrous. Essays in French Literature, Thought and Culture. Modern French Identities Series (Peter Lang, 2010)
James, K. ‘Breton, Bataille and Lacan’s Notion of “Transgressive” Sublimation’ in E-pisteme, vol. 2(1), Boundaries (Feb, 2009)