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Details for Professor Tim Unwin
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| Name | Professor Tim Unwin | ||||
| Job title | Emeritus Professor of French |
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| Department | Department of French University of Bristol |
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| Personal web page | http://www.bristol.ac.uk/french/staff/unwin | ||||
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| Qualifications | M.A.(Cantab.), M.A., Ph.D.(Exon.) | ||||
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| Membership of professional bodies | Former President, AUPHF (Association of University Professors and Heads of French) Founder President (2001-08), Society of Dix-Neuviemistes Member, Society for French Studies Member, Australian Society for French Studies Member, AHRC Peer Review Panel 5 (Modern Languages and Linguistics), and AHRC Peer Review College |
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| Keywords | Flaubert Verne Maupassant nineteenth-century France French novel nineteenth-century travel nineteenth-century technology narrative theory |
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| Areas of expertise | The French novel, particularly of the nineteenth century, with special reference to Gustave Flaubert, Jules Verne and Guy de Maupassant. Specifically, my interest is in self-reflexive modes of writing, and in the enquiry pursued throughout nineteenth-century French literature about the nature of writing. This enquiry includes the relationship between literature and science, literature and pedagogy, literature and history, and literature and travel. A particular focus of my interests is on travel, technology and discovery in the nineteenth century. |
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| Media experience | Radio and TV interviews (BBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |
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