Coline Blaizeau

I am a PhD candidate in medieval French literature and philosophy, supervised by Dr Thomas Hinton and Prof Michelle Bolduc. My research, graciously funded by the Niklaus-Cartwright scholarship, focuses on what I call the ‘metafictive marvellous’ in Perceforest - that is, the way in which this late medieval narrative text uses the marvellous to explore concepts of reality and fiction and self-reflect on its status as a product of literature.

I am also involved in a number of related activities, as member of the organising committee for the conference ‘Le Perceforest dans un siècle moral : questions d’éthique et de didactique à la fin du Moyen Âge’ (due October 2021), Teaching Associate at the University of Exeter (MLF1121, MLF2001, SMLM157), editor-in-chief of Xanthos: A Journal of Foreign Literatures and Languages, and book reviewer for French Studies.

Prior to my arrival in Exeter I completed an MSt in French at the University of Oxford, where I graduated with Distinction. I also hold an MA in English from the University of Paris-Sorbonne IV, a BA in Spanish from the University of Nantes, and a BA in English from the Institut Catholique d'Etudes Supérieures (ICES).

You can follow me on Twitter @Coline_Blaizeau.