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SUMMARY:'Images of "taste" and "tastelessness" in French literature' - Pro
 fessor Alison Finch\, Churchill College
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CONTACT:Dr Elinor Shaffer FBA
DESCRIPTION:This paper discusses the complex ways in which French writers 
 since 1600 have interwoven 'taste' and 'tastelessness' in their works. The
 ir practice has belied the caricatural versions of 'le goût' and 'le dég
 oût' that were promoted\, often for political reasons\, both at home and 
 abroad.\n\nAlison's paper will be followed by questions and discussion. Th
 e meeting will conclude at 6:45pm with drinks. All are welcome!\n\n"*Aliso
 n Finch*":http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/french/staff/amf1000/ read Modern Langu
 ages\, with a PhD on Proust\, at Girton College\, Cambridge. She became th
 e Fellow in French at Churchill College in 1972\, and was subsequently app
 ointed to a University Lectureship in the Cambridge Department of French. 
 Between 1993 and 2003 she was a Lecturer and Fellow at Oxford\, where she 
 became a Professor in the University's Recognition of Distinction scheme\,
  and where she chaired the sub-faculty of French for 3 years. In 2003 she 
 returned to Churchill College as a Senior Research Fellow\, and is an Hono
 rary Professor of French Literature of the University of Cambridge. She ha
 s published widely on post-1800 French literature\; her two most recent bo
 oks are _Women's Writing in Nineteenth-Century France_ and _French Literat
 ure: A Cultural History_\, published by Polity Press in 2010.\n\nFor furth
 er information: http://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/index.php?id=333\n\nDetails
  of how to find the venue can be found at: http://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/
 index.php?id=34\n
LOCATION:Meeting Room\, Clare Hall (main building)\, Herschel Road\, CB3 9
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