Abstract The figure of the flâneur haunts the pages of Charles Baudelaire’s Le Spleen de Paris. A... more Abstract The figure of the flâneur haunts the pages of Charles Baudelaire’s Le Spleen de Paris. As first-person narrator, man, woman, protagonist, or passer-by, the flâneur presence lends continuity to this collection of fifty seemingly disparate prose poems. The flâneur has also become almost inseparable from the backdrop of the city and its streets, which in mid-nineteenth-century Paris were crowded, muddy, and smelly. The purpose of this essay is to rethink the Baudelairean flâneur, and the prose poems, through olfactory perception. Odours inhabit intimate spaces and invade public environments, thus facilitating a process of mutual permeation, or, to use a word favoured in Baudelaire’s writing, a mutual penetration. An analysis of both the theory and practice of flânerie in the prose poems reveals that smell and flânerie function similarly as experiences of volatility, transience, intimation, and penetration in Le Spleen de Paris. Here textual references to the olfactory go beyond mimetic realism, contributing to a poetics of flânerie central to the prose poem experiment.
Cet article se concentre sur la presence aromatique de deux lettres fictives que nous lisons dans... more Cet article se concentre sur la presence aromatique de deux lettres fictives que nous lisons dans le cadre des pratiques sociales du xixe siecle relatives au parfum. Ces episodes epistolaires mettent en scene la complexite de l’interpretation des odeurs socialement dechiffrables, en reliant la fragrance au desequilibre physique et psychologique. Comme les ecrits extra-litteraires de l’epoque, ces romans expriment une confusion sournoise entre les miasmes et les fragrances cosmetiques, qui reflete et alimente des attitudes contradictoires a l’egard de la femme qui se parfume.
... Like Patricia Franchini, the study abroad student in Godard's Breathless who... more ... Like Patricia Franchini, the study abroad student in Godard's Breathless who betrays her gangster lover, they want to know what “dégueulasse” means.3 These young women are determined not so much to “embrace irresponsibility”—James Baldwin's idea about the ex-patriate ...
Abstract The figure of the flâneur haunts the pages of Charles Baudelaire’s Le Spleen de Paris. A... more Abstract The figure of the flâneur haunts the pages of Charles Baudelaire’s Le Spleen de Paris. As first-person narrator, man, woman, protagonist, or passer-by, the flâneur presence lends continuity to this collection of fifty seemingly disparate prose poems. The flâneur has also become almost inseparable from the backdrop of the city and its streets, which in mid-nineteenth-century Paris were crowded, muddy, and smelly. The purpose of this essay is to rethink the Baudelairean flâneur, and the prose poems, through olfactory perception. Odours inhabit intimate spaces and invade public environments, thus facilitating a process of mutual permeation, or, to use a word favoured in Baudelaire’s writing, a mutual penetration. An analysis of both the theory and practice of flânerie in the prose poems reveals that smell and flânerie function similarly as experiences of volatility, transience, intimation, and penetration in Le Spleen de Paris. Here textual references to the olfactory go beyond mimetic realism, contributing to a poetics of flânerie central to the prose poem experiment.
Cet article se concentre sur la presence aromatique de deux lettres fictives que nous lisons dans... more Cet article se concentre sur la presence aromatique de deux lettres fictives que nous lisons dans le cadre des pratiques sociales du xixe siecle relatives au parfum. Ces episodes epistolaires mettent en scene la complexite de l’interpretation des odeurs socialement dechiffrables, en reliant la fragrance au desequilibre physique et psychologique. Comme les ecrits extra-litteraires de l’epoque, ces romans expriment une confusion sournoise entre les miasmes et les fragrances cosmetiques, qui reflete et alimente des attitudes contradictoires a l’egard de la femme qui se parfume.
... Like Patricia Franchini, the study abroad student in Godard's Breathless who... more ... Like Patricia Franchini, the study abroad student in Godard's Breathless who betrays her gangster lover, they want to know what “dégueulasse” means.3 These young women are determined not so much to “embrace irresponsibility”—James Baldwin's idea about the ex-patriate ...
Despite long-standing assertions that languages, including French and English, cannot sufficientl... more Despite long-standing assertions that languages, including French and English, cannot sufficiently communicate the experience of smell, much of France’s nineteenth-century literature has gained praise for its memorable evocation of odours. As French perfume was industrialized, democratized, cosmeticized, and feminized in the nineteenth century, stories of fragrant scent trails aligned perfume with toxic behaviour and viewed a woman’s scent as something alluring, but also something to be controlled.
Drawing on a wealth of resources, Perfume on the Page in Nineteenth-Century France explores how fiction and related writing on olfaction meet, permeate, and illuminate one another. The book examines medical tracts, letters, manuscripts, posters, print advertisements, magazine articles, perfume manuals, etiquette books, interviews, and encounters with fragrant materials themselves. Cheryl Krueger explores how the olfactory language of a novel or poem conveys the distinctiveness of a text, its unique relationship to language, its style, and its ways of engaging the reader: its signature scent. Shedding light on the French perfume culture that we know today, Perfume on the Page in Nineteenth-Century France follows the scent trails that ultimately challenge us to read perfume and literature in new ways.
A contemporary guide to language teaching, this book presents the latest developments and issues ... more A contemporary guide to language teaching, this book presents the latest developments and issues in the field of applied linguistics. Written by scholars with expertise in theoretical linguistics, literary and cultural studies, and education, the book encourages readers to examine their beliefs about language teaching and to compare these perspectives with the tenets of current research-supported frameworks and approaches. It also leads instructors to make vital connections between theory and practice while linking language and content pedagogy so that they may develop innovative lesson plans, classroom activities, and course materials that align with the specific contexts in which they teach. Serving as a textbook for teaching methods courses, as well as a reference for instructors with varying levels of experience and diverse specializations, the book is applicable to all levels of instruction and provides guidelines and models that prepare instructors to teach in a rapidly evolving field.
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Mise en scène: Cinéma et lecture uniquely motivates s... more Co-Athors: Dolly Weber and Brigitte Martin
Mise en scène: Cinéma et lecture uniquely motivates students to build and practice their French language skills through the study of film by balancing attention to content, culture, and communication. Using authentic films and readings created for French-speaking audiences, Mise en scène guides students to expand their capacity to use French as they engage independently with these materials and interactively with fellow students and native speakers.
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Drawing on a wealth of resources, Perfume on the Page in Nineteenth-Century France explores how fiction and related writing on olfaction meet, permeate, and illuminate one another. The book examines medical tracts, letters, manuscripts, posters, print advertisements, magazine articles, perfume manuals, etiquette books, interviews, and encounters with fragrant materials themselves. Cheryl Krueger explores how the olfactory language of a novel or poem conveys the distinctiveness of a text, its unique relationship to language, its style, and its ways of engaging the reader: its signature scent. Shedding light on the French perfume culture that we know today, Perfume on the Page in Nineteenth-Century France follows the scent trails that ultimately challenge us to read perfume and literature in new ways.
Mise en scène: Cinéma et lecture uniquely motivates students to build and practice their French language skills through the study of film by balancing attention to content, culture, and communication. Using authentic films and readings created for French-speaking audiences, Mise en scène guides students to expand their capacity to use French as they engage independently with these materials and interactively with fellow students and native speakers.