Background
Smith, Roch Charles was born on April 1, 1941 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada. Son of James Joseph and Hermine (Lalonde) Smith.
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Gaston Bachelard: Philosopher of Science and Imagination (Suny Series in Contemporary French Thought)
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Gaston Bachelard, one of twentieth-century France's most original thinkers, is known by English-language readers primarily as the author of The Poetics of Space and several other books on the imagination, but he made significant contributions to the philosophy and history of science. In this book, Roch C. Smith provides a comprehensive introduction to Bachelard's work, demonstrating how his writings on the literary imagination can be better understood in the context of his exploration of how knowledge works in science. After an overview of Bachelard's writings on the scientific mind as it was transformed by relativity, quantum physics, and modern chemistry, Smith examines Bachelard's works on the imagination in light of particular intellectual values Bachelard derived from science. His trajectory from science to a specifically literary imagination is traced by recognizing his concern with what science teaches about how we know, and his increasing preoccupation with questions of being when dealing with poetic imagery. Smith also explores the material and dynamic imagination associated with the four elements--fire, water, air, and earth--and the phenomenology of creative imagination in Bachelard's Poetics of Space, his Poetics of Reverie, and in the fragments of Poetics of Fire.
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The Erotic Dream Machine by Anthony N Fragola (2006-06-15)
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The Erotic Dream Machine: Interviews with Alain Robbe-Grillet on His Films by Associate Professor Anthony N. Fragola (1995-09-14)
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The Erotic Dream Machine: Interviews with Alain Robbe-Grillet on His Films
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In a revealing series of interviews, Anthony N. Fragola and Roch C. Smith examine all nine of Robbe-Grillet’s films, specifically exploring the cultural milieu to which the films are closely related. Readers are encouraged to view Robbe-Grillet from a variety of perspectives: as the auteur who probes various stylistic techniques and devices, especially the use of eroticism as a structural metaphor; as the international artist; as the detached observer; and as the impassioned creator. The nine films covered are Last Year at Marienbad, L’Immortelle, Trans-Europ-Express, The Man Who Lies, Eden and After, N Took the Dice, The Progressive Slidings of Pleasure, Playing with Fire, and La Belle Captive. Along with interviews available nowhere else, this book includes a gallery of illustrations from Robbe-Grillet’s films as well as a filmography and bibliography of work by and about Robbe-Grillet.
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Gaston Bachelard (Twayne's world authors series)
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the man and his times; THE NEW SCIENTIFIC MIND; FIRE AND WATER; AIR, EARTH;
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Le Meurtrier Et La Vision Tragique Dans Les Romans de Malraux (Essais Et Critiques) (French Edition)
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Roch Charles Smith
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, U. Florida, 1962; Master of Arts in Teaching, U. Florida, 1965; Master of Arts, Emory University, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Emory University, 1971.
Career
Lecturer Romance language, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, 1970-1971;
assistant professor French, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, 1971-1975;
director honors program, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, 1975-1978;
associate professor French, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, 1977-1982;
professor French, U. North Carolina, since 1982;
head department Romance Language, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, 1981-1985;
associate dean College Arts and Sciences, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, 1985-1987;
associate vice chancellor academic affairs, U. North Carolina, Greensboro, 1988-1990. Visiting professor Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1987. Consultant Florida Board Regents, Tallahassee and Gainesville, 1990-1991.
Director Summer Language Institute, Greensboro,1982-1985.
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Gaston Bachelard: Philosopher of Science and Imagination (Suny Series in Contemporary French Thought)
(Gaston Bachelard, one of twentieth-century France's most ...)
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Gaston Bachelard (Twayne's world authors series)
(the man and his times; THE NEW SCIENTIFIC MIND; FIRE AND ...)
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The Erotic Dream Machine: Interviews with Alain Robbe-Grillet on His Films
( In a revealing series of interviews, Anthony N. Fragola...)
- Le Meurtrier et la Vision Tragique
- The Erotic Dream Machine by Anthony N Fragola (2006-06-15)
- The Erotic Dream Machine: Interviews with Alain Robbe-Grillet on His Films by Associate Professor Anthony N. Fragola (1995-09-14)
- Le Meurtrier Et La Vision Tragique Dans Les Romans de Malraux (Essais Et Critiques) (French Edition)
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Gaston Bachelard: Philosopher of Science and Imagination (Suny Series in Contemporary French Thought)
Membership
Member Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers French (chapter president 1984-1986), Malraux Society, American Literature Translators Association, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, American Council for Quebec Studies.
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Married Elaine Veronica Lesky, June 9, 1962. Children: Roch Charles Junior, Paul, Mark.
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American
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National Defense Education Act fellow, 1967-1970. National Endowment for Humanities grantee, 1983, 85, North Carolina Humanities Council grantee, 1987. National Endowment for Humanities Summer Research Stipend, 1991.National Defense Education Act fellow, 1967-1970. National Endowment for Humanities grantee, 1983, 85, North Carolina Humanities Council grantee, 1987. National Endowment for Humanities Summer Research Stipend, 1991.