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Profiles
Dr Danielle Bishop
Associate Head of School for Teaching, Learning and Quality
Plymouth Business School (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
Biography
Biography
I am Senior Lecturer in French and have taught Spanish at beginner level for a number of years. I coordinate Modern Languages at the University and am additionally the Associate Head of Teaching and Learning and the Senior Personal Tutor for Plymouth Business School.
Qualifications
Graduated from University of Cardiff, Wales with a first class B.A joint hons degree in French and Spanish
Subsequently awarded a Ph.D from the University of Cardiff, Wales entitled 'Zola's women: the power of the powerless'
1989-92 Part-time lecturing at the University of Cardiff
1992 -2023 Lecturer in French and Spanish (ab-initio-GCSE level), at Plymouth Business School
2016 - 2023 Associate Professor (Senior) Lecturer in Modern Languages, at Plymouth Business School
2016- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2020- Senior Personal Tutor, at Plymouth Business School
Professional membership
The Emile Zola Society (London).
The Society for French Studies.
The Aizen - Association Internationale de Recherches Multidisciplinaires et d’Etudes Comparées: Emile Zola et son Temps (Canada).
Roles on external bodies
External Examiner in French, University of Reading 2015-2019.
South West Coordinator for Routes into Languages.2015-2018
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
French language from beginner to degree level.
Spanish language from beginner to GCSE level.
French culture and society:
Staff serving as external examiners
University of Reading (2015-2019) External Examiner in French
Research
Research
Research interests
Aspects of nineteenth century French society, in particular:
- the history of nineteenth century costume and fabrics
- the role and growth of the department store
- growing old / old-age in latter-day nineteenth century France
- the role of women in nineteenth century society and their depiction in literature of the period
The novels of Emile Zola, in particular:
- the representation of women in Les Rougon-Macquart
- flower poetics
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
MRes
PhD
Publications
Publications
'To Burn but not be Burnt: The Corset in Zola's Novels' in Excavatio, vol.xv (2001).
'The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery as a Destabilising Force in Le Rêve' in Excavatio vol.xviii (2002).
'Jewellery in the Rougon-Macquart: A Glittering Revelation' and 'Zola's women : A chink in the armour' in
L'écriture du féminin chez Zola et dans la fiction naturaliste (Bern: Peter Lang, 2003).
'Au Bonheur des dames: A novel of Construction, Constructors and the Constructed' in Excavatio, vol. xxiii (2008).
'Au Bonheur des Dames and the contemporary literary tourist: an inspirational journey through Zola's Paris to the C21st built environment' in Mansfield, C and Seligman, S, Narrative and the Built Heritage - Papers in Tourism Research (Saarbrücken: VDM, 2011).
'La vieillesse menaçante: Female Ageing in Latterday Nineteenth-Century French Society' in As Time Goes By, Portraits of Age, eds. Charnley, J and Verdier, C (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.)
‘Depths and shallows, ripples and troughs. Thérèse Raquin and the river’ in River Tourism: The Pedagogy and Practice of Place Writing, Zoe Roberts (ed.). (Plymouth, TKT, 2015).
'La vieillesse menaçante: Female Ageing in Latterday Nineteenth-Century French Society' in As Time Goes By, Portraits of Age, eds. Charnley, J and Verdier, C (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.)
'To Burn but not be Burnt: The Corset in Zola's Novels' in Excavatio, vol.xv (2001).
'The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery as a Destabilising Force in Le Rêve' in Excavatio vol.xviii (2002).
'Au Bonheur des dames: A novel of Construction, Constructors and the Constructed' in Excavatio, vol. xxiii (2008).
Au Bonheur des Dames and the contemporary literary tourist: an inspirational journey through Zola's Paris to the C21st built environment' in Mansfield, C and Seligman, S, Narrative and the Built Heritage - Papers in Tourism Research (Saarbrücken: VDM, 2011).
Depths and shallows, ripples and troughs. Thérèse Raquin and the river’ in River Tourism: The Pedagogy and Practice of Place Writing, Zoe Roberts (ed.). (Plymouth, TKT, 2015).