Contact information:
315I GMH
1725 State Street
La Crosse WI 54601

785-8316
poulton.lesl@uwlax.edu

Degrees:
     PhD, Indiana University, 1988
     MA, University of Utah, 1980
     BA,  University of Utah, 1977

Title: Associate Professor

Specialties: 19th and 20th Century French Literature; Literature written by Russian-born French authors

Teaching and Research Interests: French History and French Cultural Studies; Russian History and Russian/Soviet Cultural Studies.

Other interests: Literature of the Exotic (South Pacific); Russian Language and Literature; spectator sports - in particular Pro-Football, Tennis, College Basketball and finally, music and movies!

Recent Classes: French Culture - prehistory to the French Revolution, French Phonetics, Elementary French II, Intermediate French I, Literature in Translation (Russian).  

Publications: The Influence of French Language and Culture in the Lives of Eight Women Writers of Russian Heritage. NY: Edwin Mellen Pr., 2003;  "Elsa Triolet et la démystification des femmes de Tahiti". Les Carnets de l'Exotisme: l'exotisme au féminin. Nouvelle série No. 1. Poitiers : Torii Éditions, 2000.  

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