MIT Global Languages

Leanna

Rezvani

Lecturer in French

lrezvani@mit.edu

14N-326

617-253-3067

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Thursday 10am -12 noon and by appointment

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Leanna Bridge Rezvani is a Lecturer in French. Her research focuses on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century women writers with particular emphasis on the Heptaméron, La Princesse de Clèves, the Querelle des Femmes, and Marguerite de Roberval. Her current project explores the influence of hagiographical narratives on Marguerite de Navarre’s writings.

Rezvani has published articles on Marguerite de Navarre, Madame de Lafayette, and Marguerite de Roberval. She has also developed pedagogical websites on Marguerite de Roberval, the Heptaméron and La Princesse de Clèves.

Research Areas / Expertise: Language and Culture Courses; Second Language Pedagogy; Sixteenth-Century and Seventeenth-Century Literature; Marguerite de Roberval and Canadian History; Women Writers; Teaching with Technology

Education:
2005 Ph.D. Boston College
1998 M.A. University of California, Santa Barbara
1995 B.A. Western Washington University

Research

Marguerite de Navarre Society

This society is dedicated to the study of Marguerite de Navarre, her network, and her historical and cultural influence. The main goals of the society are to facilitate scholarly exchange, to encourage collaboration, and to make digital resources available to the wider community.

Teaching Marguerite de Roberval

A pedagogical website for introducing college students to the history and literary works surrounding Marguerite de Roberval's marooning.

Teaching La Princesse de Clèves

A pedagogical website designed for teaching Madame de Lafayette's seventeenth-century masterpiece to intermediate level college students

Teaching the Heptaméron

A pedagogical website for teaching Marguerite de Navarre's novella collection to intermediate level college students

Publications

Articles in Refereed Journals

(Forthcoming) "Pilgrimage and the Prologue of Marguerite de Navarre’s Heptaméron", Romance Notes.
2021 (Forthcoming) "Teaching French During a Pandemic: Lessons in Innovation, Creativity, and Community". French Review, Vol. 94.3.
2017 “Saint Sebastian and the Mule-driver’s Wife: Marguerite de Navarre’s Renaissance Martyr,” L’Esprit Créateur, (57:3), 2017, pp. 46-57.
2014 "Nature and Nourishment, Bodies and Beasts: The Heptaméron's Representation of Marguerite de Roberval's Marooning". Dalhousie French Studies (102), 2014. p. 3-7.
2012 “The Heptaméron’s 67th Tale: Marguerite de Navarre’s Humble Heroine Confronts the Querelle des femmes and Catholic Tradition” Romance Notes, (52:1), 2012, pp. 43-50.
2010 “Marguerite de Navarre’s Heptaméron: The Inspiration Behind La Princesse de Clèves Dalhousie French Studies (92), 2010, pp. 3-9.
2006 “Transcending the Rhetorical Impasse: Madame de Lafayette’s La Princesse de Clèves and the Seventeenth-Century Querelle des Femmes” Romance Notes, Volume XLVI, Number 2, (46:2), 2006, pp. 183-193.

Articles in Non-Refereed Journals

2002 “The Mule-driver’s Wife Meets the Misogynists: The Second Novella of Marguerite de Navarre’s Heptaméron and the ‘Querelle des femmes,’” Romance Review, 12, 2002, pp. 11-17.

Chapters in Books

2007 “Ideas for Teaching the Subjunctive in Intermediate French,” Recipes for Success in Foreign Language Teaching. Edited by Katharine Harrington and Tina Ware. Munich, Lincom Europa Press, 2007, pp. 60-67.

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