Babels du 21e siècle. Quelques notes sur la traduction française d’un poème de Leonard Schwartz

in Palimpsestes (2006), HS

How a French translation can convey the puns and sound effects that are integral in this grim epic on reprisals, this sensual ode to love.

Words Unbound / Mots déchaînés, Anthology of Poetry for Canterbury City Council's 'Makeitreal' international writers' exchange. Poetry from Belgium, England, France and Ireland

Book published by L'Arbre à paroles (2005)

A collection of poems by writers from Kent and Ireland next to francophones poets from Wallonia and Pas de Calais. I translated all those written in English, that is, Caroline Fox, Lynne Rees, Anne-Marie ... [more ▼]

A collection of poems by writers from Kent and Ireland next to francophones poets from Wallonia and Pas de Calais. I translated all those written in English, that is, Caroline Fox, Lynne Rees, Anne-Marie Glasheen and Michael Curtis (Kent) as well as Dairena Ni chineide, Tommy Frank O'Connor and Noel King (Kerry). [less ▲]

La poésie irlandaise aujourd'hui : Michael et Seamus, Medbh et Caitriona

Scientific conference (2004, December)

Le rossignol instrumental: poésie, musique, modernité

Book published by Peeters/Vrin (2004)

Sound as Sense: Contemporary Us Poetry &/In Music

Book published by P.I.E./Peter Lang (2003)

It has often been claimed that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. The general distrust of methods that combine or aggregate knowledge from different research fields, and therefore ... [more ▼]

It has often been claimed that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. The general distrust of methods that combine or aggregate knowledge from different research fields, and therefore tend to elide or smooth out some of their particularities, may account for the paucity of critical writing dealing not only with the role of voice and song in poetry but also with the history of the interdependencies of verbal, textual and musical materials in the broader context of contemporary American literature. The purpose of this book is to develop an informed and imaginative understanding of the interrelationships between poetry and music in a way that reflects the diversity and richness of contemporary artistic practice in the US since the beginning of the 20th century. Related topics such as theories of representation, the aesthetics of rhythm, the material production of literature and music, the links between poetry, politics and popular culture, the making of music from literary texts,or literature from musical models, all provide the focus for a study that deals with the theoretical and practical interrelationships between poetry and music. [less ▲]

Des apprenants autonomes : autorégulation des apprentissages

Book published by De Boeck Université (2000)

Développer l'autonomie des élèves dans l'apprentissage scolaire, tel est l'objectif des auteurs de cet ouvrage. Voici, pour les enseignants, les outils qui leur permettront de développer les compétences ... [more ▼]

Développer l'autonomie des élèves dans l'apprentissage scolaire, tel est l'objectif des auteurs de cet ouvrage. Voici, pour les enseignants, les outils qui leur permettront de développer les compétences scolaires de leurs élèves en leur apprenant à autoréguler leur apprentissage, c'est-à-dire à le gérer eux-mêmes. Partant du principe qu'il faut " apprendre à apprendre ", les auteurs appliquent l'autorégulation à des compétences-clés de l'apprentissage scolaire telles que la compréhension, la synthèse et la rédaction de textes, la prise de notes, sans oublier des aptitudes essentielles comme l'autosuivi et l'organisation du temps d'étude. Les auteurs accompagnent les enseignants dans ce projet de développement de l'autonomie de l'élève grâce à une approche pragmatique et réaliste, basée sur les plus récentes recherches dans le domaine. S'inscrivant dans le contexte de la métacognition, de l'évaluation formative et de l'apprentissage à l'autonomie, ce manuel cherche avant tout à développer la notion d'" élève centré sur l'apprentissage ", une nouvelle approche contrastant nettement avec " l'enseignement centré sur l'apprenant " préconisé dans nos pays francophones. Il convient de responsabiliser les élèves, de leur indiquer comment assumer leur apprentissage et de leur faire prendre conscience que leur rôle en classe est loin de celui de " récepteur passif ". L'élève doit pouvoir construire lui-même son savoir. Cet ouvrage s'adresse à un vaste public : enseignants en exercice et futurs enseignants mais aussi parents et toute personne intéressée par la didactique. [less ▲]

Profil et épaisseur des mots : Kamau Brathwaite RêvHaïti

in Palimpsestes (2000), 12

The article comments on the specifities of Brathwaite's use of language and typography and on the translator's attempt at retrieving them (the translator being also the author of the article).

Anthologies de régions d’Europe : un outil de découverte

in Ballard, Michel (Ed.) Europe et traduction (1998)

This paper points to the usefulness of focused bilingual anthologies of poems produced in sometimes neglected areas as tools of discovery.

Nursery Rhymes

in Delville, Michel; Delrez, Marc (Eds.) More Matter (1998)

combining lines by T.S. Eliot and weel-known nursery rhymes with words adapted to our retiring Professor of American literature, who loves building houses, flying a small airplane, vacationing at Tourtour ... [more ▼]

combining lines by T.S. Eliot and weel-known nursery rhymes with words adapted to our retiring Professor of American literature, who loves building houses, flying a small airplane, vacationing at Tourtour, and playing around with computers when most colleagues were still wary and diffident. [less ▲]

Kamau Brathwaite: A Voice out of Bounds

in Debusscher, Gilbert; Maufort, Marc (Eds.) Union in Partition: Essays in Honour of Jeanne Delbaere (1997)

The article explores the concurrence between innovative forms and hybrid genres in Kamau Brathwaite's works after 1988, the year when his wife died and his archives were destroyed by hurricane Gilbert.