Autor: Heliane Ventura Francoise Besson Claire Omhovere

Françoise Besson is Professor of Literature in English at the University Toulouse 2-Le Mirail. Her research focuses on the relationship between landscape and writing in English, Native American and Canadian literature. She has published extensively on those subjects. She is also the author of several collections of poems, tales and short stories.Claire Omhovère is Professor of English and Commonwealth Literature at University Paul Valéry–Montpellier 3. She is the current editor of Commonwealth Essays and Studies. She has published articles in French and Canadian journals and contributed book chapters on the novels of Robert Kroetsch, Rudy Wiebe, Jane Urquhart and Miriam Toews.Héliane Ventura is Professor of Contemporary Literature in English at the University Toulouse 2-Le Mirail, and her research is mainly centered on the short story written by women in the contemporary English-speaking world, exploring the rewriting of the canon, the resurgence of images and the emergence of transatlantic literatures. She has recently devoted her research to Aboriginal writing and written articles on Pauline Johnson, Eden Robinson and Tomson Highway. Since 2010, she has edited several volumes, mainly focusing on Alice Munro and Jane Urquhart.