Lucienne Frappier-Mazur

Background

Lucienne Frappier-Mazur was born on April 1, 1932 in Marseilles, France. She is the daughter of Jean Frappier, a professor, and Jeanne (Serres) Frappier, a high school teacher.

Education

Lucienne studied at Paris-Sorbonne University and attained Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in 1973.

Career

Lucienne started her career as an assistant professor in 1962 at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, United States and held the position till 1971, when she became an associate professor. In 1979 Lucienne became a professor of French. She held the position till 1996.

Beginning from 1985 to 1988 Lucienne was a member of editorial board at University of Pennsylvania Press in Pennsylvania, United States. Frappier-Mazur also acted as a member of editorial boards of French Forum, Nineteenth Century French Studies and Symposium.

Lucienne started to serve as a visiting professor in 1987 at University of California in Santa Barbara, United States. Two years later, in 1989, she held the same post at Yale University. In 1991 Lucienne lectured at Paris Diderot University.

Frappier-Mazur worked as an associate director of French Institute in 1995. The next year she became a professor emerita.

She also served as an educator and lecturer at other colleges and universities, including Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Princeton University, San Diego State University, University of Michigan, University of Southern California and University of Wisconsin.

Lucienne Frappier-Mazur is a referee for councils and periodicals, including French Forum Publications, Journal of the History of Sexuality, Mosaic, National Endowment for the Humanities, Publications of the Modern Language Association of America etc.

Frappier-Mazur is considered to be a contributor to periodicals and journals, such as Cahiers de l’Association Internationale des Etudes Françaises, Computers and the Humanities, Dalhousie French Studies, Eighteenth-Century Studies, French Forum, French Review, Incidences etc.

Achievements

• Lucienne obtained grants from different organizations, such as American Philosophical Society (1970), French Ministry of Education Nationale (1976), American Council of Learned Societies (1978 and 1980), National Endowment for the Humanities (1979), Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (1985), French Ministry of Culture (1992) and University of Pennsylvania Research Fund (1992).

Works

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  • L'expression métaphorique dans la Comédie humaine 1976
  • Writing the Orgy: Power and Parody in Sade (New Cultural Studies) 1996
  • Sade et l'écriture de l'Orgie 1991
  • Autobiography, Historiography, Rhetoric. A Festschrift in Honor of Frank Paul Bowman 1994

Membership

Lucienne is a member of the following organizations: Academy of Literary Studies, American Association of Teachers of French, American Comparative Literature Association, Association Internationale des Etudes Françaises, Centre de Recherches Révolutionnaires et Romantiques, Groupe International de Recherches Balzaciennes, Société des Etudes Romantiques, Société des Professeurs Français en Amérique, Société d’Histoire Littéraire de la France etc.

• member of executive committee, Division on Nineteenth-Century French Literature

  Modern Language Association of America , United States

  1982 - 1985

Connections

Lucienne married Oleh Mazur on April 7, 1962. On October 31, 1996 Oleh died. The couple had one child: Francois-Ihor Mazur.

Father:

Jean Frappier

Mother:

Jeanne (Serres) Frappier

child:

Francois-Ihor Mazur

husband:

Oleh Mazur