B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Iowa), Ph.D. (Toronto)
PaulÌýSockenÌýis a specialist in French-Canadian literature, particularly in the novel. He has done research on the thematic and stylistic aspects of Gabrielle Roy and is currently publishing in the area of mythology and French-Canadian literature.
ÌýHe has published a concordance of Gabrielle Roy'sÌýBonheur d'OccasionÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýMyth and Morality in Alexandre Chenevert,Ìýand more recently,Ìýthe Myth of the Lost Paradise in the Novels of Jacques PoulinÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýThe French They Never Taught You.
Professor Socken's latest bookÌýGabrielle Roy Today/Gabrielle Roy aujourd'huiÌý(Les Editions des Plaines, 2003) commemorates the 20th year since the death of this great Canadian novelist with commentary from 18 scholars from all over the world.
His forthcoming book (McGill/Queen's University Press, 2013) is titled "The Edge of the Precipice: Why Read Literature in the Digital Age?"
Representative Publications
BooksÌý
Intimate
Strangers
(2004)
Gabrielle
Roy
Today
/
Gabrielle
Roy
aujourd'hui
(2003)Ìý
The
French
They
Never
Taught
YouÌý(with
José
Binamé)Ìý(2002)Ìý
Patrimoines:
La
Francophonie
en
Amérique
du
nordÌý(with
P.H.
Dubé
and
Ann
Dubé)Ìý(1992)Ìý
The
Myth
of
the
Lost
Paradise
in
the
Novels
of
Jacques
Poulin
(1993)Ìý
Concordance
de
Bonheur
d'occasion
de
Gabrielle
Roy
(1982)Ìý
Myth
and
Morality
in
Alexandre
Chenevert
by
G.
Roy
(1987)
Chapters/Articles
in
BooksÌý
Gabrielle
Roy.
An
Annotated
BibliographyÌýinÌýThe
Annotated
Bibliography
of
Canada's
Major
Authors
(1979)
SelectedÌýProfessional
and
Community
AffiliationsÌý
Association
of
Quebec
and
Canadian
StudiesÌý
Association
of
Canadian
Studies
in
the
United
StatesÌý
Association
française
d'études
canadiennes