Professor Ian Maclachlan
Tutor in French, Professor of French Literature
Academic Subject(s): Modern Languages and Joint Schools
Teaching
French language and literature, especially of the 19th and 20th centuries; literary theory; modern French philosophy.
Research
The main focus of my research is on modern French literature and philosophy, and especially the relationship between those domains. I have worked on writers and thinkers such as Maurice Blanchot, Jacques Derrida, Samuel Beckett, Roger Laporte, and Jean-Luc Nancy, and on topics that include literary time, reading and the senses, the role of the imagination, and the responsibilities of the writer. Life-writing is another interest of mine, as is reflected in my recent study of the autobiographical works of Louis-René des Forêts.
