Dr Felizitas Ringham
BA, PhD (London)
Associate Research Fellow, Eighteenth Century French Literature, Contemporary French Literature and Semiotics
Contact details
E-mail: hfringham@hotmail.com
Profile
Felizitas Ringham specialises in semiotic theory and its practical application in French literature of the 18th century as well as contemporary French literature.
Recent research includes the definition of semiotic concepts and focuses in particular on the exploration of sensory perception and meaning.
Having worked on the notion of fragrance in literary communication, she is currently engaged in research into blindness and art in general.
Felizitas teaches part-time components on the following courses:
- BA and MA French Studies
- Dissertation
- Mémoire en Français
- Nouveau Roman
Principal publications
BooksKey Terms in Semiotics. London-New York: Continuum, 2006 (with Bronwen Martin).
Dictionary of Semiotics. London-New York: Cassell, 2000 (with Bronwen Martin).
Edited books
Sense and Scent: An Exploration of Olfactory Meaning. Dublin: Philomel, 2003 (with Bronwen Martin).
Articles, chapters in books
‘The Language of Smell’, in Sense and Scent: An Exploration of Olfactory Meaning, ed. by Bronwen Martin and Felizitas Ringham, Dublin: Philomel, 2003, pp.23-34.
‘Les amantes de la fiction au tournant du grand siècle’, in Lectrices d’Ancien Régime, ed.by Isabelle Brouard-Arends, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2003, 677-87.
‘Bertrand, Aloysius (Louis)’ and ‘Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline’, in Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era 1760-1850, ed. by Chris Murray, London-New York: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2003, vol.1, pp. 83-85 and 276-77.
‘L’Oeuvre d’art au miroir: saisie esthétique de l’imperfection dans les carnets de Monsieur Songe’, in Le Chantier Pinget, ed. by Jean-Claude Liéber and Madeleine Renouard, Paris: Editions Jean-Michel Place: 2000, pp.201-13.
‘Vladimir Propp’ in Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism, ed. by Chris Murray, London-New York: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999, 179-81.
‘Le Corps textuel: forme ou substance?’, La Chouette (Birkbeck, University of London), 29 (1998), 9-14.
‘Riquet à la houppe: conteur, conteuse’, French Studies, vol.52, no 3 (July 1998), 291-304.‘Seduction and Commitment: Contractual Strategies in the Paratext’, La Chouette (Birkbeck, University of London), 27 (1996), 29-39.
‘Authority and the Novel at the End of the Reign of Louis XIV’, Seventeenth Century Studies, 14 (1992), 81-96.
