Fabien Siles
Credentials: PhD Candidate in French
Email: fsiles@wisc.edu
- Spring 2025 Office Hours
- Mondays and Wednesdays 2:30-3:30 pm or by appointment
Education
- Master recherche ECMA spécialisation linguistique – Aix-en-Provence (France)
- Licence LLCER – Aix-en-Provence (France)
- Baccalauréat général
Research Interests
I mainly focus on contemporary literature. I look at the way authors interact with the spaces they inhabit. More specifically, I am interested in the concept of “territoire” and how these authors express a certain discomfort regarding the state policies of space-planning (aménagement du territoire) whether it be gentrification of city centers, desertification of rural regions, etc. Some of the authors I study are Michel Houellebecq, Sylvain Tesson, Hadrien Bels, Marie Darrieussecq, and Annie Ernaux.
Courses Taught
- French 101 (Taught and Head TA)
- French 102
- French 204
Conference Presentations
- La désertification progressive de l’agentivité humaine dans Notre vie dans les Forêts (2017) April 2023, 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies International Colloquim, Tuscon, AZ.