Kinga Zawada
Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts
Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures
Toronto, Ontario
kzawada@torontomu.ca
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(416) 979-5000 ext. 552743
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Dr. Kinga A. Zawada is Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. She joined Ryerson in 2007 after receiving her PhD. in French Literature from the University of Toronto. Her areas of expertise include French and Francophone contemporary theatre, theories of oth...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Kinga A. Zawada is Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. She joined Ryerson in 2007 after receiving her PhD. in French Literature from the University of Toronto. Her areas of expertise include French and Francophone contemporary theatre, theories of otherness in literary discourse, French gastronomy in literature and Second Language Acquisition. Her monograph Personnage fou au théâtre du XXe siècle, external link focuses on the construction process of fictional characters by readers/spectators and the perception and reception of madness by contemporary audiences. She has published extensively on eccentric, “hors-norme”, strange figures in Tremblay’s work, and adaptations of Dionysian myths (god of wine, theatre and madness) in Camus’ writing.
Her current research focuses on French gastronomy and cultural identity, its representation in literature and inclusion in FSL curriculum. Her most recent co-edited collection Francijas Garša: Gastronomija un Kultūra. Goût de France: Gastronomie et Culture, external link invites the reader to experience taste as a phenomenon of reception and evaluation of cultural otherness, explore gastronomy as a component of cultural identity, and examine its place and its influence in literature, theatre, poetry and other arts.
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Her current research focuses on French gastronomy and cultural identity, its representation in literature and inclusion in FSL curriculum. Her most recent co-edited collection Francijas Garša: Gastronomija un Kultūra. Goût de France: Gastronomie et Culture, external link invites the reader to experience taste as a phenomenon of reception and evaluation of cultural otherness, explore gastronomy as a component of cultural identity, and examine its place and its influence in literature, theatre, poetry and other arts.
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