Dr David Evans works on French poetry from the 19th century onwards, with a particular interest in questions of rhythm and form. He looks at how aesthetic value is constructed, and how the idea of poetry in France evolves from Romanticism to the present day. He has a twofold interest in music: firstly, how poets use musical metaphors to articulate their poetics, and secondly, how composers respond to those aesthetic reflections when setting the poems to music. He also works on ecocritical approaches to literature, poetic expression from the regions of France, and literary representations of masculinity.
Dr Pauline Souleau joined the University of St Andrews in January 2019 where she teaches French language, literature, and culture and comparative Literature. She completed her PhD in medieval French literature in 2014 at the University of Oxford where she was a lecturer in French language and literature (2013–2018).
Her teaching interests are concerned with translation, comparative stylistics, language and discourse, especially narratology, narrative voices and renewed forms of storytelling: cyclical storytelling (e.g. modern reception and reinterpretation of medieval narratives; francophone bandes dessinées) or collaborative and interactive storytelling (e.g. role-playing games, video-games). She is part of the Creative Writing in French teaching team and is also interested in the relation between language and culture as well as games and languages. She has designed two Honours modules, in collaboration with Dr David Evans - Francophone Vocal Cultures: Song and Identity and Francophone Screen Cultures: Shaping French Identities - and organised two events with Rebecca Sharp and the Centre for Energy Ethics focused on games and sustainability.