Dr Philip Anderson
Biography
I did my undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne and did post-graduate studies at the Universit de Provence (Aix-Marseille I). I spent some years as Lecteur d'anglais at the Universit d'Aix-Marseille III and also taught English at the Institut d'tudes politiques d'Aix-en-Provence. Before coming to Monash University, I taught at La Trobe University.
Teaching responsibilities
In the French Studies program, I coordinate and teach French Studies 3 and 4. I coordinate and teach the following option units:
- French Noir: dark visions of self and society in post-war France;
- Telling tales: an introduction to French narrative fiction;
- 20th Century Poetry;
- Contemporary Francophone Fiction;
- In conjunction with the Visual Arts Program, I coordinate and teach France on Film, a unit for students of Visual Arts and French Studies.
- I contribute to the teaching of courses in the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies and the Centre for European Studies.
Contact details
Menzies Building (Building 11), Clayton Campus, Room W517
Phone: (03) 9905 2221 (international: +61 3 9905 2221)
Fax: (03) 9905 5437 (international: +61 3 9905 5437)
Email: Philip.Anderson@arts.monash.edu.au
Mailing Address:
Mr Philip Anderson
French Studies Program
School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Building
11
Monash University VIC 3800
Australia
Research interests
My research interests lie in 20th
Century poetry and fiction, with publications and conference papers
on Francis Ponge, Louis Brauquier, Annie Ernaux, Jean-Luc Benoziglio
and Jean-Patrick Manchette. I co-edited with Anne Freadman and Brian
Nelson Telling Performances (University of Delaware
Press).
I have done a number of article-length translations
in the area of Lacanian psychoanalysis.