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Biography

Warren Motte received an A.B. in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania, a Ma卯trise in Anglo-American Literature from the Universit茅 de Bordeaux, and an A.M. and Ph.D. in French Literature from the University of Pennsylvania. Professor of French and Comparative Literature, he specializes in contemporary writing, with particular focus upon experimentalist works that put accepted notions of literary form into question. He is the author of听The Poetics of Experiment: A Study of the Work of Georges Perec听(1984),听Questioning Edmond Jab猫s听(1990),听Playtexts: Ludics in Contemporary Literature听(1995),听Small Worlds: Minimalism in Contemporary French Literature听(1999),听Fables of the Novel: French Fiction Since 1990听(2003),听Fiction Now: The French Novel in the Twenty-First Century听(2008),听Mirror听Gazing听(2014),听French Fiction Today听(2017), Pour une litt茅rature critique (2021),听and the translator and editor of听Oulipo: A Primer of Potential Literature听(1986; rev. ed. 1998, rpt. 2007). His most recent book is听Reading Contemporary French Literature听(2022). He has received awards for teaching, for service, and for scholarship. In 2015, he was named Chevalier dans l鈥橭rdre des Palmes Acad茅miques. In 2016, he was named College Professor of Distinction. In 2018, he was named Distinguished Professor.

Publications

Books

• The Poetics of Experiment: A Study of the Work of Georges Perec听(Lexington: French Forum Monographs, 1984)
• Questioning Edmond Jab猫s听(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990)
• Playtexts: Ludics in Contemporary Literature听(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995)
• Small Worlds: Minimalism in Contemporary French Literature听(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999)
• Fables of the Novel: French Fiction Since 1990听(Champaign: Dalkey Archive Press, 2003)
• Fiction Now: The French Novel in the Twenty-First Century听(Champaign: Dalkey Archive Press, 2008)
• Mirror Gazing听(Champaign: Dalkey Archive Press, 2014)
• French Fiction Today听(Victoria: Dalkey Archive Press, 2017)
• Pour une litt茅rature critique (Lincoln: Zea Books, 2021)
• Reading Contemporary French Literature听(Lincoln: Zea Books, 2022)

Edited Volumes

• Oulipo: A Primer of Potential Literature听(Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1986, revised edition: Normal: Dalkey Archive Press, 1998, rpt. 2007)
• Literary Ludics听(special issue of听L鈥橢sprit Cr茅ateur, 31.4, 1991)
• Alteratives听(Lexington: French Forum Monographs, 1993, with Gerald Prince)
• Jacques Jouet听(special issue of听SubStance, 96, 2001)
• Pereckonings: Reading Georges Perec听(special issue of听Yale French Studies, 105, 2004, with Jean-Jacques Poucel)
• The French Novel Now听(special issue of听SubStance, 111, 2006)
• The Editions P.O.L听(special issue of Review of Contemporary Fiction, 30.3, 2010)
• Marie NDiaye鈥檚 Worlds/Mondes de Marie NDiaye听(special issue of听L鈥橢sprit Cr茅ateur, 53.2, 2013, with Lydie Moudileno)
• Christine Montalbetti (special issue of Review of Contemporary Fiction, 35.1, 2015)
• Experimental Writing听(special issue of听American Book Review, 37.5, 2016, with Jeffrey Di Leo)
• Experimental Literature: A Collection of Statements (Aurora: JEF Books, 2018, with Jeffrey Di Leo)
• Lydie Salvayre, maintenant m锚me (Lincoln: Zea Books, 2021)

AV名湿 Interests

• Contemporary French Literature
• Comparative Literature
• Theory of Literature
• Literary Experimentalism