Emily Zants

Born a Leo on Aug. 3, 1937, in Tulsa Oklahoma.

Education:
  • Stanford University B.A. '58, French
  • Columbia University M.A. '61, Ph.D. '65, French
  • Univ. Of Hawaii B.Arch., '82 Architecture


    • Professional Experience:
  • Instructor (French), Brooklyn College, 65-67
  • Assistant Professor, Univ. Of California, Davis, 67-72
  • Associate Professor and Professor, Univ. Of Hawaii, Manoa, '72-'96.
  • Chair, French Division, 1988-92,

    • Major publications on French Literature and Film:

  • The Aesthetics of the New Novel in France, Univ. Of Colorado Press, 1968
  • Creative Encounters with French Films Mellen Research Univ. Press, 1993
  • Chaos Theory, Complexity, Cinema, and Evolution of the French Novel, Edwin Mellen Press, 1996
  • Bertrand Tavernier: Fractured Narrative and Bourgeois Values, Scarecrow Press, 1999.
  • "Camus' Deserts and Their Allies, Kingdoms of the Stranger," Symposium 1963
  • "The Relationship of Judge and Priest in La Peste" French Review, 1964.
  • "Dialogue, Diderot and the New Novel in France," Eighteenth Century Studies, winter 1968
  • "The Relation of Epiphany to Description in the Modern French Novel," Comparative Literature Studies winter 1969
  • "Proust and the New Novel in France," PMLA, 1, 1973.
  • "Proust's Magic Lantern," Modern Fiction Studies Summer 1973.
  • "The Comic Structure of A la recherche du temps perdu" French Review 1978
  • "Flaubert's Tentation: An Escape from Power Over Others ," French Review, 1979
  • "Flaubert's Bouvard et Pécuchet: A Socio-Politcal Critique," Folio, 1982.
    • Academic Honors and Grants:
  • French Gov. Scholarship, study in Paris, 1958-9 (for which I had not applied)
  • Fulbright Teaching Assistanship, Paris, 1963-4
  • Mabelle McLeod Lewis Award from Stanford Univ., 1970
  • Principal Humanities Scholar, Film Festival for the Bicentennial celebration of the French Revolution, 1989

    • Current Activities:

  • Santa Fe Council for International Relations, Coordinator, Foreign Visitor Receptions
  • Santa Fe Symphony and Orchestra, Subscriber Appreciation Chair