Faculty

Mona Takieddine Amyuni

Senior Lecturer, Civilization Sequence Program.

I have always loved reading, writing, and teaching. My basic motivation in teaching is to make my students share my own excitement at great writings. My goal is a shared experience, an informed experience, a larger vision of what it means to be a human being. My reward is to make my students understand with their minds and their hearts the worlds we are exploring, discovering, and interpreting.

Education:

Lebanese & French Baccalaureates, Lycée Français, Beirut, Lebanon.

Master of Arts in English Literature, American University of Beirut (A.U.B.).

Maitrise in French Literature, Ecole Supérieure des Lettres, Beirut, Lebanon.

Doctorat ès lettres, in Comparative English-French Literature, Université de Paris-Sorbonne.

Doctorat ès lettres, in Modern Arabic Literature. Université de Paris - Sorbonne.

Publications

Tayyeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North; a Casebook (ed. AUB, 1985)

La Ville, Source d'Inspiration... (Beirut/Stuttgart, BTS 63, 1998)

And articles in literary journals on "Wounded Beirut" and other Arab and Western poets and novelists.

Translations of poems by Adonis and Nizar Kabbani.

Courses Taught:

CVSP 201 Ancient Near east and Classical Civilizations
CVSP 202 Medieval, Islamic and Renaissance Civilizations
CVSP 203 Enlightenment and Modernity
CVSP 204 Contemporary Studies
CVSP 215 Nineteenth Century French Literature (taught in both English and French)
CVSP 216 Twentieth Century French Literature (taught in both English and French)
CVSP 111 Youth and Rebellion in Modern Literature
CVSP 295 Modern Russian Literature

Research Interest:

Modern Comparative Literature. Arabic-French-English.