"Learning a new language is like opening a window on a new world, culture, and people. It helps us to realize that we are not alone on earth and that we have so much to learn from others.
Learning French is a window not only on France,
but also on so many and so different countries.
Speaking French gives a connection with Québec, Martinique, Viet-Nam, Ile de la Réunion, Mali, Sénégal, Tahiti, and so many others."


 
 
Marie Martine Kaya
 
 

Marie Martine Kaya is greatly passionate about French and francophone art and culture. She studied art history in France and earned a B.A. and a M.A. in African cultural anthropology with a minor in Melanesian anthropology at the University of Bordeaux, France. After two years studying and teaching French language at Bryn Mawr College, she is presently a Ph.D. candidate at Cornell University.
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Education:
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987: B.A. University of Bordeaux
1988: M.A. University of Bordeaux
2006: Ph.D. candidate, Cornell University

Research topics:
Violence, Memory and Witness in French Poetry
Sexuality and Gender in French and Francophone Fairy Tales
Aesthetic Representation of Women's Identity in the Cinema of Sembène Ousmane
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Courses Taught:
Intermediate French


Last updated: 09/11/2006

 
Lecturer in French

mkaya@wells.edu
315.364.3486
Cleveland 210