Biography
posts held 1967-8 English Language Assistant, École Normale d'Instituteurs
de la Sarthe
1969 Tutoring Trinity College (Oxon) and St Catherine's College
1972 - 86 Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin
1986 - Senior Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin
secondary I studied French, English Language, English Literature, German, History, Mathematics and Latin to 'O' level GCE (taking French and English Language in 4th year) and French, German and English to 'A' level and French and German to 'S' (for 'Special') level. I remained in the 6th form for a 3rd year to take Oxford entrance. I was Head Boy of my school and obtained an L.C.C. travelling scholarship in French (1963) and German (1965) enabling me to spend 3 months in each of the countries.
undergraduate course
To the preliminary examination, French and German; thereafter French including Late Latin and Gallo-Roman texts, Old French, Old French Literature, Old French Texts, Renaissance and Classical Texts, Montaigne, Molière, Voltaire, Flaubert, Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Grammatical Theory in France, Translation from and into French, Essay-writing. I obtained an entrance scholarship (in Oxford, an honorary distinction awarded after a competitive examination) to Trinity College Oxford - my first choice on application - and subsequently obtained a Heath Harrison travelling scholarship (also after competitive examination).
thesis 'Person, tense, voice and some other grammatical features in some of Ramuz's prose works'. After a very traditional undergraduate course which gave me grounding in the classics I am grateful for, I was anxious to do research in the twentieth century. I also wanted, if possible, to link literature and linguistics in a single study. I was supervised by the late Professor Stephen Ullman whose work on stylistics is well known. My initial interest was to see if it was possible to assess the impact of an author's linguistic background on his writing. This research lead me into a number of areas that have remained important for me. Firstly, I have retained a passionate interest in C. F. Ramuz. I have never ceased to have an equal interest for both language and literary study. I retain an interest in stylistics as a critical tool - though my commitment has wavered over the years. My findings lead me increasingly towards narratology, and this remains an interest. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, this research gave me an interest in 'francophone' literatures (the word was new enough to be unknown to me then) which I have since developed, both in the field of French-speaking Switzerland and also of Quebec. The Oxford B.Litt is an object of curiosity: in those days Oxford's doctorate, the D.Phil - an excessive 400-page work - was largely reserved for people from outside the university, and the B.Litt - at 200 - 250 pages was still the usual research vehicle for Oxford graduates.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
David L. Parris, Dédoublements et ambiguïtés identitaires dans Artagal de Christian Ayoub Sinano, Dalhousie French Studies, 102, (Summer 2014), 2014, p33 - 37
David L. Parris, Review of La Nouvelle québécoise, by Gaëtan Brulotte , British Journal of Canadian Studies, 26, (1), 2013, p159
David L. Parris, Review of Memoire des noms de lieu d'origine et d'influences française en Saskatchewan: répertoire toponymique, by Carol Léonard , International Journal of Francophone Studies, 25, (1), 2012, p145/6
David L. Parris, Review of Regards croisés sur le Canada et la France: Voyages et relations du XVIe au XXe siècle, by Pierre Guillaume & Laurier Turgeon (eds) , International Journal of Francophone Studies, 13, (3 & 4), 2010, p665-7
David L. Parris, Albert Adès Et Albert Josipovici ; Ecrivains D'Egypte D'Expression Française Au Début Du Xx Siècle, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2010, 9 - 106pp
David L. Parris, Review of Le Monde amérindien au miroir des Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses, by Adrien Paschoud , International Journal of Francophone Studies, 13, (1), 2010, p158-9
David L. Parris, Review of Le Monde amérindien au miroir des 'Lettres édifiantes et curieuses', by Adrien Paschoud , International Journal of Francophone Studies, Volume 13, (1), 2010, p158-159
David L. Parris, Albert cossery, montreur d'hommes : l'oeuvre en langue française d'un auteur égyptien, Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, New York, Vienna, Peter Lang, 2009, 1 - 164pp
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin, David Parris, Translation and Censorship: Patterns of Communication and Interference, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2009, 5 - 256pp
David L. Parris, Review of Migrance comparée/Comaring migration: les littératures du Canada et du Québec: The literatures of Canada and Quebec, by Marie Carrière & Catherine Khordoc , International Journal of Francophone Studies, 12:1, 2009, p150-151
Introduction in, editor(s)Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin, David Parris , Translation and Censorship: Patterns of Communication and interference, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2009, pp9 - 23, [Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin, David Parris]
David L. Parris, Review of Diplomates écrivains du Canada, by Jean-François de Raymond , International Journal of Francophone Studies, 11, (3), 2009, p460-461
David L. Parris, Amours 'inter-dites': allers (et retours) Maroc-France, International Journal of Francophone Studies, 12, (4), 2009, p655 - 670
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin & David Parris, Translation and Censorship, Dublin, Four Courts Press, 2009, 1 - 256pp
David L. Parris, Amours 'inter-dites': allers (et retours) Maroc-France, International Journal of Francophone Studies, 12, (4), 2009, p655 - 670
David L. Parris, Cent ans de migration littéraire, International Journal of Francophone Studies, Volume 12 , (Issue 2&3), 2009, p405 - 416
David L. Parris, Note on the Death of Albert Cossery (1913-2008), International Journal of Francophone Studies, Volume: 11, (Issue 4), 2008, p653 - 655
Chassés-croisés: Gabrielle Roy and Hélène Grégoire as Translatlantic Travellers to and from Quebec in, editor(s)Máire Áine Ní Mhannín and Elizabeth Tilley , Canada Text and Territory, Cambridge, Cabmridge Scholars Publishing, 2008, pp86 - 96, [David Parris]
David L. Parris, Review of Intimate Strangers: The Letters of Margaret Laurence & Gabrielle Roy, by Paul G. Socken (ed) , International Journal of Francophone Studies, 11, (1 & 2), 2008, p286-287
David L. Parris, Review of Envoyer et recevoir. Lettres et correspondances dans les diasporas francophones, by Yves Frenettes, Marcel Martel & John Willis , International Journal of Francophone Studies, 11, (1 & 2), 2008, p284-285
David Parris, When French-Canadian literature freed itself from the tutelage of Paris, nternational Journal of Francophone Studies, 10, (3), 2007, p425 - 427
David L. Parris, Review of France and the Americas, by Bill Marshall ed) , International Journal of Francophone Studies, 9, (3), 2006, p460 - 432
David L. Parris, Review of Journal de Vaugine de Nuisement, by Steve Canac-Marquis & Pierre Rézeau (eds) , International Journal of Francophone Studies, 9, (3), 2006, p434-435
David L. Parris, Review of La Vie littéraire au Québec: vol. 5 1895-1918, by Denis Saint-Jacques, Maurice Lemire , International Journal of Francophone Studies, 9, (3), 2006, p432-434
David Parris, Review of Albert Cohen: Dissonant voices, by Jack I. Abecassis , Modern Languages Review, 101.2, 2006, p549 - 550
L'écriture juive dans l'aire francophone in, editor(s)Rachel Killick , Uncertain Relations, Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, New York, Vienna, Peter Lang, 2005, pp235 - 250, [David Parris]
David L. Parris, Review of L'Imaginaire du corps amoureux, by Marie-Pierre Andron , Modern Language Review, Volume 100 (part 2) , 2005, p527
David L. Parris, Review of Mariage de raison: Romands et Alémaniques, une histoire suisse, by CHRISTOPHE BÜCHI , Modern Languages Review, Volume 100 (part 2) , 2005, p535
David L. Parris, 'Jusqu'à quand peut-on faire remonter les origines des littératures québécoise et romande?' , Deux littératures francophones en dialogue: du Québec et de la Suisse romande, Lausanne, edited by Martin Doré & Doris Jakubec , Presses de l'Université Laval, 2004, pp21 - 30
David L. Parrus, Review of Lettres ou ne pas lettres: mélanges de littératures française offerts à Roland Beyen, by Jan Herman, Lieven Tack & Koenraad Geldof eds , French Studies, Volume LVII (part 3), 2003
David L. Parris, Le Long et le court: les parties et l'ensemble dans l' uvre de Ramuz', C. F. Ramuz 7: Ramuz et la forme brève, 7, 2003
Peter FOX, Charles BENSON, Paul CORRIGAN (David PARRIS, translator), La Bibliothèque de Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin Press, 2003
David L. Parris, Review of La Suisse et la Savoie de Valery Larbaud., by DOMINIQUE BA]ON , Modern Language Review, Volume 97 (part 3) 2, 2002, p728/9
David L. Parris, La Représentation du juif dans La Québécoite et Babel, prise deux: l'autre et son image, The Irish Journal of French Studies, 2, 2002, p13 - 25
Markus Muller, Robert Cbr. Thomsen, David L. Parris , Passages to Canada: Eighteen Essayistic Routes/Passages vers Ie Canaaa: Dix huit routes essaylstlque: Proceedings of-the European Student Seminars In Graduate Work in Canadian Studies, , Brno, Masaryk University Press, 2002
Casement, Roger, Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II, London & New York, Routledge, 2001, [David L. PARRIS]
Gide, André, Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War I, London & New York, Routledge, 2001, pp180 - 182, [David L. Parris]
Guez de Balzac, Jean-Louis, Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II, London & New York, Routledge, 2001, pp194 , [David L. Parris]
David L. Parris, L'évolution des études québécoises en Irlande, Globe: revue internationale d'études québécoises, vol 4, (numéro 2), 2001, p187 - 199
Villon, François, Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II, London & New York, Routledge, 2001, pp464 - 465, [David L. Parris]
Proust Marcel, Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II, London & New York, Routledge, 2001, pp359 - 360, [David L. Parris]
Tremblay, Michel, Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon,, Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History from World War II to the Present Day, London& New York, Routledge, 2001, pp407 - 408, [David L. Parris]
Jouhandeau, Marcel, Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II, London & New York, Routledge, 2001, pp221 , [David L. Parris]
Mac Liammóir, Micheál, Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History from World War II to the Present Day , London & New York, 2001, pp257 , [David L. Parris]
Green, Julien, Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History from World War II to the Present Day, London & New York, Routledge, 2001, pp169 , [David L. Parris]
Viau, Théophile de, Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II, London & New York, Routledge, 2001, pp461 - 462, [David L. Parris]
Deschauffours, Étienne-Benjamin, Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II, London & New York, Routledge, 2001, pp125 - 126, [David L. Parris]
Saint-Pavin, Denis de, Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II, London& New York, Routledge, 2001, pp391 , [David L. Parris]
David L. Parris, Les frontieres flottantes du cerveau: bilinguisnme et identite dans le roman quebecois, Frontieres flottantes/Shifting Boundaries. Lieu et espace dans les cultures francophones du Canada/Place and Space in theFrancophone Cultures of Canada, Groeningen, edited by Jaap Lindvelt , Rodopi, 2001, pp125 - 133
Crevel, René, Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History from Antiquity to World War II, London & New York, Routledge, 2001, pp110 - 111, [David L. Parris]
Norris, David, Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon, Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History from World War II to the Present Day, London & New York, Routledge, 2001, pp305 - 306, [David L. Parris]
David L. Parris, Review of Le demon de la théorie : Littérature et sens commun, by Antoine Compagnon , Modern Language Review, Volume 95 (part 3), 2000, p853/4
David L. Parris, Review of Impostures intellectuelles, by Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont , Modern Language Review, Volume 94 (part 2), 1999, p603/5
David L. Parris, Review of L'identité culturelle de la Belgique et de la Suisse francophone : Actes du colloque international de Waldegg (Soleure), by Paul Gorgeix , Modern Language Review, Volume 94 (part 1, 1999, p212/3
David L. Parris, Review of Histoire de la littérature en Suisse romande. Vol III, by Roger Francillon , Modern Languages Review, Volume 94 (part 3), 1999, p838/9
David L. Parris, Triste et doux dans la tête, Roman 20 50 , (26), 1998, p17 - 27
Les grandes choses de la vie in, editor(s)Joy Charnley & Malcolm Pender , Images of Switzerland: challenges from the margins, Bern, Peter Lang, 1998, pp53 - 75, [David L. Parris]
David L. Parris, Des Nouvelles du Québec, La Nouvelle hier et aujourd'hui, UCD, 14 September 1995, edited by Johnnie Gratton, Jean-Philippe Imbert , L'Harmattan, 1997, pp277 - 283
David L. Parris, La représentation du bilinguisme dans «La Séparation des races», Les Amis de C. F. Ramuz bulletin, 17, 1997
David L. Parris, Review of Jacques Chessex: Calvinism and the text, by David J Bond , Modern Languages Review, Volume 92 (part 1), 1997, p211/2
David L. Parris, Marcel Lavallé and his Diary: What One Man Was Reading in Québec in the 1970s, British Journal of Canadian Studies, 12, (2), 1997, p273 - 280
David L. Parris, Québec - two views from the Outside: Louis Hémon and J. E. Le Rossignol, British Journal of Canadian Studie, 12, (1), 1997, p41 - 47
David L. Parris, Review of Dictionnaire des écrivains suisses d'expression française, by Alain Nicollier and Henri-Charles Dahlem , Modern Languages Review, Volume 92 (part 1), 1997, p210/2
David L. Parris, Les Signes et les choses , Tours, Les Amis de C. F. Ramuz, 1996
David L. Parris, French Vocabulary - looking for "le mot juste", Teanga , 16, 1996, p73 - 83
David L. Parris, Review of C.F. Ramuz 5: Mythologies ramuziennes. , by Jean-Louis Pierre ed , French Studies, (Volume L (50) (part ), 1996, p471/2
David L. Parris, Review of C.F Ramuz, Adam et Eve. I. Genèse du récit. Étude génétique, édition critique et proposition de lecture , by Adrien Pasquali , French Studies, Volume XLIX (49) , 1995
David L. Parris, Review of C.F. Ramuz: Oeuvre et critique (1982-1988) et complement 1921-1939 a la bibliographie Bringolf Verdan, by Gerard Poulouin , French Studies, Volume XLIX (49), 1995
Le Mot pour vivre d'André Berthiaume, Dictionnaire des uvres Littéraires du Québec, VI, 1976-1980, Montreal, FIDES, 1994, pp551 , [David L. Parris]
David L. Parris, Des Signes aux choses, C. F. Ramuz, la revue des Lettres modernes, 5, 1993, p33 - 44
David L. Parris, La Littérature française revue et corrigée par Berthelot Brunet, British Journal of Canadian Studies, 7, (2), 1992, p376 - 389
Une rencontre dans une gare in, editor(s)Marie-Lyne Piccione , Un Pays une voix, Bordeaux, Éditions de la maison des sciences de l'Aquitaine, 1991, pp85 - 93, [David L. Parris]
David L. Parris, À la recherche de la littérature romande, Écriture, 37, 1991, p211 - 219
David L. Parris, Review of Portraits des héros de la Nouvelle-France: image dun culte historique, by Martin Denis , British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol 5 nb 1 , 1990, p195
David L. Parris, C. F. Ramuz, l'écrivain et la collectivité, C. F. Ramuz, la revue des Lettres modernes, 4, 1990, p177 - 189
David L. Parris, Le thème du voyage dans le roman québécois, Noter og Komemntarer , 85, 1990, p21 - 40
David L. Parris, Review of Letters to a Québécois Friend, by Philip Resnick , British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol 5 nb 1, 1990, p195
David L. Parris, Review of A certain difficulty of being: Essays on the Quebec novel, by Anthony Purdy , French Studies, Volume XLVI (46) , 1990, p367/8
David L. Parris, Review of Écriture franco-ontarienne daujourdhui, by Hédi Bouraoui and Jacques Flamand , British Journal of Candian Studies, Volume 5, number 1, 1990, p254/5
David l. Parris, Review of Cameron Charles Baillairgé, Architect & Engineer, British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol 5 nb 1 , 1990, p171/2
David L. Parris, Les Rapports entre l'église et l'état en Irlande, Raison présente, 94, (deuxième trimestre), 1990, p31 - 56
David L. Parris, Review of Autour de Ferron Littérature, traduction, altérité, by Betty Bednarski , British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol 5 nb 2, 1990, p459
David L. Parris, Review of A history of Canadian literature, by W.H. New , French Studies, Volume XLIV (44), 1990, p106/9
David L. Parris, Review of Französiche Sprache in Kanada, by L. Wolf , British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol 4 nb 2, 1989, p389-90
David L. Parris, Review of Canada External and Detached Dutch Essays on Contemporary Canadian Literature, by C. Forceville, A.Fry, P.J. de Voogd, eds , British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol 4 nb 2, 1989, p364/5
David L. Parris, Cats in the Literature of Quebec, British Journal of Canadian Studies, 3, (2), 1988, p259 - 266
David L. Parris, Images de la crise économique dans la littérature québécoise, Canadian Issues/Thèmes canadiens, VII, 1987, p219 - 228
David L. Parris, Review of La Francophonie, by D.E Ager and J.R French eds , British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol 2 nb 1, 1987, p179-180
David L. Parris, Un lecteur de C. F. Ramuz au Québec: Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Les Amis de C. F. Ramuz Bulletin, 6, 1986, p41 - 74
David L. Parris, Modalités et finalités de l'enseignement des littératures francophones à l'université de Dublin, Dialogues et Cultures , 27, 1985, p215 - 222
David L. Parris, L'état actuel des études ramuziennes dans les pays de langue anglaise, Les Amis de C. F. Ramuz Bulletin, 4, 1984, p37 - 42
David L. Parris, Ramuz et les trois servitudes du verbe, C. F. Ramuz 1, la revue des Lettres modernes, 1983, p129 - 146
David L. Parris, Les activités françaises en Irlande, Écriture française dans le monde, 4, (2), 1982, p59 - 61
David L. Parris, French at Third Level: The Breaking of the Mould, Compass Journal of the Irish Association for Curriculum Development, 11, (2), 1982, p63 - 76
David L. Parris, L'emploi de la vidéo dans l'enseignement du français à l'université de Dublin, Études françaises en Europe non francophone, Romanica Wratislawiensa, (XVII), 1981, p145 - 147
David L. Parris, À propos du centenaire de la naissance de C. F. Ramuz, Ecriture française, n°1, 1979, p17 - 19
David L. Parris, A Quoi Sert le Genre Grammatical en Francais Moderne?, Le Francais dans le Monde, 111, (Feb-Mar 75), 1975, p24 - 30
David L. Parris, Review of ; Cohérence et résonance dans le style de "charmes" de Paul Valery., by Monique Parent , Modern Languages Review, Volume 68 (part , 1973, p424/5
David L. Parris, Review of C.F Ramuz, ouvrier du langage, by Donald R. Haggis , Modern Languages Review, Volume 66 (part 1), 1971, p193/4
David L. Parris, Review of Science Fiction from Quebec: a Postcolonial Study, by Amy J. Ransom , International Journal of Francophone Studies, 14, (1 & 2), p262/3
David L. Parris, A la recherche du Bagdad perdu, Les Francophonies postcoloniales : textes, contextes, Delhi, 7-9 November 2013
David L. Parris, Review of Histoire de la littérature en Suisse Romande. Vol III, by Roger Francillon , Modern Language Review, Volume 95 (part 1), p225/6
David L. Parris, Review of Francophone literatures: An Introductory Survey, by Belinda Jack , British Journal of Canadian Studies, Volume 12, number 1, p149-151
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
David L. Parris, Simultaneously seeking the orient, Th Irish Times, (May 8 & 9), 2010, p12-
David L. PARRIS, Le Marché de Dinard et ses récits, L'Harmattan, 2001
David L. PARRIS, Dem Glauben auf den Zahn gefühlt: Ansichten eines Skeptikers , Angelika Lenz Verlag, 1993
Knud Larsen ; translated by David L. Parris, Joual for domestic use, Series: ASCI monographs ; no. , Dublin, Association of Canadian Studies in Ireland, 1991, 1 - 20pp
David L. Parris, Folens revisited, Bulletin de l'association des professeurs de français en Irlande, 1979/1980, (2), 1980, p25 - 26
David L. Parris, Les auteurs de la diaspora, Ecriture française, n°1, 1979, p89-
David L. Parris, Le Monde vu par un artiste, 24 Heures de Lausanne, 20-SEP-78, 1978, p49
David L. Parris, Need for Forward planning at supradepartment level, 1975, - 8
David L. Parris, JCLA conference in Warwick, Bulletin de l'association des professeurs de français en Irlande, 1981/2, (2), p33 - 35
David L. Parris, Avec Naïm Kattan dans le dédale des théories entourant les marginalités contemporaines : une lecture de L'Écrivain migrant (2001). , SPACE AND BOUNDARIES ESPACES ET FRONTIERES , Galway, 9th to 11th May 2014
Research Expertise
Recognition
Awards and Honours
Fellow Trinity College Dublin (FTCD)
Le Prix du Québec in recognition of my work in the field of Québec Studies
member of the Ordre des Francophones d'Amérique, an Order
Officier de l'ordre des Palmes académiques
Chevalier de l'ordre des Palmes académiques
Memberships
Founding member and twice president of the Association of Canadian Studies in Ireland Member of British Association of Canadian Studies Member of the Association Internationale d'Études Québécoises Member of the Société des Amis de C. F. Ramuz Member of the Société d'Étude de la Littérature Française du XXe siècle (SELF) Member of the Assocation d'Études Françaises et Francophones d'Irlande