Charles J. Stivale
Charles Joseph Stivale | |
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| Born | 1949 Bloomfield, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Knox College, Sorbonne-Paris IV, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| Thesis | Oeuvre de sentiment, oeuvre de combat: La Trilogie Jacques Vingras de Jules Vallès (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert J. Nelson |
| Academic work | |
| Era | 1980–present |
| Discipline | French literature, critical theory |
| Institutions | Wayne State University |
| Main interests | 19th-century French novels, contemporary critical theory and cultural studies, and writings of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari |
Charles Joseph Stivale (born 1949) is an American scholar of French literature and critical theory, author, literary critic, and academic. Stivale is particularly known for his work on Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of French at Wayne State University (WSU).
As a professor of French literature, Stivale has contributed to the narrative study of the nineteenth-century French authors Stendhal, Jules Vallès and Guy de Maupassant. He also studied Louisiana's cultural heritage in Cajun dance and music. His work on Deleuze and Guattari has included critical studies, translations, and he currently serves as co-director (with Daniel W. Smith) of the Deleuze Seminars project.