Mary Noonan is Senior Lecturer and Head of the French Department at University College Cork, where she teaches modern and contemporary French theatre, contemporary French cinema and French poetry. Her teaching and research are interdisciplinary, and focus on the work of French women playwrights and film-makers, on poetic creative practice and on the translation of poetry. Her research on French women playwrights focuses on voice and the auditory in theatre, and she draws on areas of practice in this research. She brings this interest in creative practice to bear on her teaching of drama, film and poetry. As a practising poet, she is interested in teaching creative responses to literary texts, and in exploring the nature of the creative process and its representation in art.
Within the School of Languages, UCC, she coordinated and taught on the MA in Languages and Cultures 2015-21. She was one of the founding members of the Board of Drama and Theatre Studies at UCC, and contributed teaching and assessment to the MA Drama and Theatre Studies 1998-2012. In addition to her work within the School of Languages, she contributes to the MA in Film Studies.
She has published widely in the area of contemporary French theatre. Her research monograph, Echo's Voice: The Theatres of Sarraute, Duras, Cixous and Renaude was published in 2014 by Legenda : http://www.legendabooks.com/titles/isbn/9781907975509.html. This monograph was shortlisted for the David Bradby Prize for Theatre Research in 2015.
In 2014, she organised an international conference on the theatre of Marguerite Duras (Stage Presence: Marguerite Duras and the Theatre, UCC, 21-22 November, 2014), in celebration of the centenary of the writer’s birth. A collection of essays, entitled Marguerite Duras. Un théâtre de voix/ Marguerite Duras : A Theatre of Voices, edited by Mary Noonan and Joëlle Pagès-Pindon, is published by Brill/Rodopi (2018): https://brill.com/abstract/title/36190.
Her first collection of poems – The Fado House (Dedalus Press, 2012) – was shortlisted for both the Seamus Heaney Prize for a First Collection 2013 and The Strong/Shine Award 2013: http://www.dedaluspress.com/p/the_fado_house. A limited edition pamphlet, Father (Bonnefant Press) was published in 2015. She is the current poetry editor of the online literary journal Southword. Her second collection of poetry, Stone Girl, was published by Dedalus Press in February 2019: https://www.dedaluspress.com/product/stone-girl/. Stone Girl was shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Poetry Prize in 2020.
Her project, This Dust of Words: Poetry and/as Translation, saw a number of international poets, along with their translators, reading and engaging with the UCC community and the wider Cork public throughout the autumn of 2015. The reading series was run in tandem with a series of poetry translation masterclasses, which were open to poets, postgraduate students and anyone else interested in the translation of poetry: https://thisdustofwords.wordpress.com.
She is the co-convenor of the CASiLaC Research Cluster on 'Poetry and Creative Practice': http://casilac.ie/translation-and-creative-practice/ and she is coordinator of the MA module LL6023, 'What Gets Lost: Poetry and Translation'.
Her research has focused in particular on the work of French women playwrights and film-makers, on voice and the auditory in theatre and the representation of corporeal presence in theatre and on film. She draws on a range of theoretical approaches in her work, including psychoanalytical and feminist theory. When writing about theatre, she draws on elements of theatre practice.
In 2005, she organized an international conference entitled The Contemporary French Theatre: Writing, Performing, Teaching, which featured presentations by scholars, directors and actors working in the field of French theatre.
Her monograph Echo's Voice: The Theatres of Sarraute, Duras, Cixous and Renaude, was published by Legenda (Oxford) in 2014: http://www.legendabooks.com/titles/isbn/9781907975509.html (shortlisted for the David Bradby Award for Theatre Research 2015).
In 2014, she organised an international conference on the theatre of Marguerite Duras, in celebration of the centenary of the writer's birth (http://durastheatreucc.com), at which speakers from France, Ireland, the UK and the US delivered papers on Duras's theatre.
She co-edited a collection of critical essays, Marguerite Duras. Un théâtre de voix/A Theatre of Voices, with Joëlle Pagès-Pindon, and this was published by Brill/Rodopi (Amsterdam) in 2018: https://brill.com/view/title/36190?format=HC.
She co-convenes the research cluster Translation and Creative Practice within UCC's Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures. This cluster organises a programme regular seminars and workshops on topics exploring the relationship between translation and creativity: http://casilac.ie/translation-and-creative-practice-2/.
Mary Noonan was awarded funding from UCC's Creative Practice Support Fund in 2014 to develop a project on poetry and translation, as part of UCC’s Creative Campus initiative. Her project, This Dust of Words: Poetry and/as Translation, saw a number of international poets, along with their translators, reading and engaging with the UCC community and the wider Cork public throughout the autumn of 2015: https://thisdustofwords.wordpress.com.
She is also a published poet. Her first collection, The Fado House, was published in 2012 by Dedalus Press (Dublin): http://www.dedaluspress.com/sp/directory/details/mary-noonan, and her second collection, Stone Girl, was published in February 2019: https://www.dedaluspress.com/product/stone-girl/. Stone Girl was shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Poetry Prize in 2020.
She teaches contemporary poetry in French, and is interested in contemporary poetics in both French and English. She was Poetry Editor of the online literary journal Southword, 2016-2018, and she judged the Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Prize in 2017.
She has supervised PhD theses on feminine practices of writing war in Delbo, Duras and Langfus, constructions of Futurist, Dada and Surrealist artisthood in the work of Mina Loy, the Francophone migrant theatres of Abla Farhoud and Marie NDiaye and Homeric exiles in twentieth-century French writing. She is currently co-supervising two PhD theses, one on French online amateur subtitling communities, and a second on trauma and the crisis in language in post-war European literature.
Biography
Dr Mary P. Noonan BA (French and English), UCC; MA (English) UCC; MA (French), Birkbeck College, University of London; PhD (French Drama), Royal Holloway, University of London; Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, UCC.Mary Noonan is Senior Lecturer and Head of the French Department at University College Cork, where she teaches modern and contemporary French theatre, contemporary French cinema and French poetry. Her teaching and research are interdisciplinary, and focus on the work of French women playwrights and film-makers, on poetic creative practice and on the translation of poetry. Her research on French women playwrights focuses on voice and the auditory in theatre, and she draws on areas of practice in this research. She brings this interest in creative practice to bear on her teaching of drama, film and poetry. As a practising poet, she is interested in teaching creative responses to literary texts, and in exploring the nature of the creative process and its representation in art.
Within the School of Languages, UCC, she coordinated and taught on the MA in Languages and Cultures 2015-21. She was one of the founding members of the Board of Drama and Theatre Studies at UCC, and contributed teaching and assessment to the MA Drama and Theatre Studies 1998-2012. In addition to her work within the School of Languages, she contributes to the MA in Film Studies.
She has published widely in the area of contemporary French theatre. Her research monograph, Echo's Voice: The Theatres of Sarraute, Duras, Cixous and Renaude was published in 2014 by Legenda : http://www.legendabooks.com/titles/isbn/9781907975509.html. This monograph was shortlisted for the David Bradby Prize for Theatre Research in 2015.
In 2014, she organised an international conference on the theatre of Marguerite Duras (Stage Presence: Marguerite Duras and the Theatre, UCC, 21-22 November, 2014), in celebration of the centenary of the writer’s birth. A collection of essays, entitled Marguerite Duras. Un théâtre de voix/ Marguerite Duras : A Theatre of Voices, edited by Mary Noonan and Joëlle Pagès-Pindon, is published by Brill/Rodopi (2018): https://brill.com/abstract/title/36190.
Her first collection of poems – The Fado House (Dedalus Press, 2012) – was shortlisted for both the Seamus Heaney Prize for a First Collection 2013 and The Strong/Shine Award 2013: http://www.dedaluspress.com/p/the_fado_house. A limited edition pamphlet, Father (Bonnefant Press) was published in 2015. She is the current poetry editor of the online literary journal Southword. Her second collection of poetry, Stone Girl, was published by Dedalus Press in February 2019: https://www.dedaluspress.com/product/stone-girl/. Stone Girl was shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Poetry Prize in 2020.
Her project, This Dust of Words: Poetry and/as Translation, saw a number of international poets, along with their translators, reading and engaging with the UCC community and the wider Cork public throughout the autumn of 2015. The reading series was run in tandem with a series of poetry translation masterclasses, which were open to poets, postgraduate students and anyone else interested in the translation of poetry: https://thisdustofwords.wordpress.com.
She is the co-convenor of the CASiLaC Research Cluster on 'Poetry and Creative Practice': http://casilac.ie/translation-and-creative-practice/ and she is coordinator of the MA module LL6023, 'What Gets Lost: Poetry and Translation'.
Research Interests
Mary Noonan has published widely in the field of contemporary French theatre, including articles and chapters on the drama of Marguerite Duras, Nathalie Sarraute, Hélène Cixous, Simone Benmussa and Noëlle Renaude. She has published on the poetry of Valérie Rouzeau, the history of French women playwrights of the twentieth century, the voice in contemporary French theatre and the theatre of Marina Carr. She is regularly invited to translate poems for inclusion in poetry-in-translation collections and anthologies - recent examples include translations of poems from French, Italian and Spanish.Her research has focused in particular on the work of French women playwrights and film-makers, on voice and the auditory in theatre and the representation of corporeal presence in theatre and on film. She draws on a range of theoretical approaches in her work, including psychoanalytical and feminist theory. When writing about theatre, she draws on elements of theatre practice.
In 2005, she organized an international conference entitled The Contemporary French Theatre: Writing, Performing, Teaching, which featured presentations by scholars, directors and actors working in the field of French theatre.
Her monograph Echo's Voice: The Theatres of Sarraute, Duras, Cixous and Renaude, was published by Legenda (Oxford) in 2014: http://www.legendabooks.com/titles/isbn/9781907975509.html (shortlisted for the David Bradby Award for Theatre Research 2015).
In 2014, she organised an international conference on the theatre of Marguerite Duras, in celebration of the centenary of the writer's birth (http://durastheatreucc.com), at which speakers from France, Ireland, the UK and the US delivered papers on Duras's theatre.
She co-edited a collection of critical essays, Marguerite Duras. Un théâtre de voix/A Theatre of Voices, with Joëlle Pagès-Pindon, and this was published by Brill/Rodopi (Amsterdam) in 2018: https://brill.com/view/title/36190?format=HC.
She co-convenes the research cluster Translation and Creative Practice within UCC's Centre for Advanced Studies in Languages and Cultures. This cluster organises a programme regular seminars and workshops on topics exploring the relationship between translation and creativity: http://casilac.ie/translation-and-creative-practice-2/.
Mary Noonan was awarded funding from UCC's Creative Practice Support Fund in 2014 to develop a project on poetry and translation, as part of UCC’s Creative Campus initiative. Her project, This Dust of Words: Poetry and/as Translation, saw a number of international poets, along with their translators, reading and engaging with the UCC community and the wider Cork public throughout the autumn of 2015: https://thisdustofwords.wordpress.com.
She is also a published poet. Her first collection, The Fado House, was published in 2012 by Dedalus Press (Dublin): http://www.dedaluspress.com/sp/directory/details/mary-noonan, and her second collection, Stone Girl, was published in February 2019: https://www.dedaluspress.com/product/stone-girl/. Stone Girl was shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Poetry Prize in 2020.
She teaches contemporary poetry in French, and is interested in contemporary poetics in both French and English. She was Poetry Editor of the online literary journal Southword, 2016-2018, and she judged the Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Prize in 2017.
She has supervised PhD theses on feminine practices of writing war in Delbo, Duras and Langfus, constructions of Futurist, Dada and Surrealist artisthood in the work of Mina Loy, the Francophone migrant theatres of Abla Farhoud and Marie NDiaye and Homeric exiles in twentieth-century French writing. She is currently co-supervising two PhD theses, one on French online amateur subtitling communities, and a second on trauma and the crisis in language in post-war European literature.
Research Grants
| Project | Funding Body | Start Date | End Date | Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marginalised Modernists - Direct Critical Interventions. | Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology (IRCSET) | 01-NOV-12 | 31-MAY-13 | €4,280.00 | |
| Arts Council of Ireland, Professional Development Award 2020 | Arts Council | 01-JAN-20 | 31-DEC-20 | €3,000.00 | |
| Arts Council of Ireland, Literature Bursary 2020 | Arts Council | 01-JAN-20 | 31-DEC-20 | €7,000.00 | |
| CACSSS Creative Practice Support Fund 2014/2015 | UCC Creative | 01-JAN-14 | 31-DEC-15 | €10,000.00 | |
| Arts Council of Ireland, Literature Bursary 2014 | Arts Council | 01-JAN-14 | 31-DEC-14 | €4,350.00 |
Publications
Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2019) | Stone Girl. Mary Noonan (2019) Stone Girl. Dublin: Dedalus Press. [Details] | |
| (2018) | Marguerite Duras. Un théâtre de voix/A Theatre of Voices. Mary Noonan and Joëlle Pagès-Pindon (2018) Marguerite Duras. Un théâtre de voix/A Theatre of Voices. Amsterdam: Brill/Rodopi. [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2014) | Echo's Voice: The Theatres of Sarraute, Duras, Cixous and Renaude. Mary Noonan (2014) Echo's Voice: The Theatres of Sarraute, Duras, Cixous and Renaude. Oxford: Legenda. [Details] | |
| (2012) | The Fado House. Mary Noonan (2012) The Fado House. Dublin: Dedalus Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2023) | 'Translation of poem by Jean-Claude Awono and critical essay' Mary Noonan (2023) 'Translation of poem by Jean-Claude Awono and critical essay' In: Georgina Collins (eds). 19 Ways of Translating Awono. Yaounde, Cameroon: Bakwa Books. [Details] | |
| (2021) | 'Translation of Mario Luzi poem, Italian-English' Mary Noonan (2021) 'Translation of Mario Luzi poem, Italian-English' In: Mario Luzi, Persone Nel Viaggio: 20 Poems Translated by 20 Irish Poets. Rome: Valigie Rosse. [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'Translation of a poem from Cuban Spanish to English' Mary Noonan (2020) 'Translation of a poem from Cuban Spanish to English' In: Ronan Sheehan (eds). Cuban Love Songs: 50 Poems Translated by 50 Irish Writers. Dublin: Cassandra Voices. [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'Foreword' Mary Noonan (2020) 'Foreword' In: Neil Astley (eds). Shadow of the Owl, Matthew Sweeney. Hexham Northumberland UK: Bloodaxe Books. [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'The Not-So-Singular Life of Albert Nobbs' Mary Noonan (2020) 'The Not-So-Singular Life of Albert Nobbs' In: Bernadette Cronin, Rachel MagShamhráin, Nikolai Preuschoff (eds). Process and Practice: Adaptation Considered as a Collaborative Art. London: Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2018) | 'Auditory Perception and Auditory Imagination in the Late Plays of Marguerite Duras' Mary Noonan (2018) 'Auditory Perception and Auditory Imagination in the Late Plays of Marguerite Duras' In: Marguerite Duras. Un Théâtre de Voix/A Theatre of Voices. Amsterdam: Brill. [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2017) | ''Women and Scarecrows: Marina Carr's Stage Bodies'' Mary Noonan (2017) ''Women and Scarecrows: Marina Carr's Stage Bodies'' In: Anne Etienne and Thierry Dubost (eds). Perspective on Contemporary Irish Theatre: Populating the Stage. London: Palgrave Macmillan. [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Univers sonore et enveloppe verbale. Une approche auditive du théâtre durassien' Mary Noonan (2016) 'Univers sonore et enveloppe verbale. Une approche auditive du théâtre durassien' In: Jean-Marc Larrue and Marie-Madeleine Mervant-Roux (eds). Le Son du théâtre, XIXe-XXIe siècle: Histoire intermédiale d'un lieu d'écoute moderne. Paris: CNRS EDITIONS. [Details] | |
| (2013) | 'Un corps vivant de symboles: Noelle Renaude's Staging of the Writing Self' Noonan, Mary (2013) 'Un corps vivant de symboles: Noelle Renaude's Staging of the Writing Self' In: Experience and Experiment: Women's Writing in France 2000-2010. Bern: Peter Lang. [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Les Femmes de théâtre en Irlande' Mary Noonan (2011) 'Les Femmes de théâtre en Irlande' In: Le Dictionnaire des Créatrices. Paris: des femmes. [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'La Chair sonore des mots' Noonan, Mary; (2010) 'La Chair sonore des mots' In: Noelle Renaude, atlas alphabetique d'un ouveau monde. Paris: Les Editions Theatrales. [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'A travers le miroir acoustique: les membranes audio-vocales du theatre durassien' Noonan, Mary; (2007) 'A travers le miroir acoustique: les membranes audio-vocales du theatre durassien' In: Marguerite Duras 2: Ecriture, Ecritures. Paris: Minard. [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'The Air is Full of Our Cries: Samuel Beckett's Voices' Noonan; (2007) 'The Air is Full of Our Cries: Samuel Beckett's Voices' In: The Cork Literary Review. Cork: Bradshaw Books. [Details] | |
| (2004) | 'Writing for the Contemporary French Stage: The Reconciliation of Body and Word' Noonan, Mary P.; (2004) 'Writing for the Contemporary French Stage: The Reconciliation of Body and Word' In: Contemporary French Cultures and Societies Bern: Peter Lang. [Details] | |
| (2000) | 'Voicing the Feminine: French Women Playwrights of the Twentieth Century' Noonan, Mary P.; (2000) 'Voicing the Feminine: French Women Playwrights of the Twentieth Century' In: A History of Women's Writing in France Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] | |
| (1996) | 'Representations of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in the Contemporary French Theatre' Noonan, Mary; (1996) 'Representations of the Mother-Daughter Relationship in the Contemporary French Theatre' In: Identity, Gender and Creativity: Women's Writing in Germany, France and Britain. [Details] |
Edited Books
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2017) | Southword Online Literary Journal Mary Noonan, Danielle McLaughlin, Patrick Cotter (Ed.). (2017) Southword Online Literary Journal Cork: Munster Literature Centre. [Details] | |
| (1998) | French Feminist Theory In Practice on The French Stage? Theatre Research International Vol. 23 No. 3 Mary Noonan & David Bradby (Ed.). (1998) French Feminist Theory In Practice on The French Stage? Theatre Research International Vol. 23 No. 3 Oxford. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details] |
Other Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2013) | 'The Air is Full of Our Cries: Samuel Beckett's Voices' Noonan, Mary (2013) 'The Air is Full of Our Cries: Samuel Beckett's Voices' Cerise Press: A Journal of Literature, Arts and Culture, 4 (12) . [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'Four Poems' Noonan, Mary; (2010) 'Four Poems' Wasafiri, 25 (2) :64-65. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2023) | 'Poem' Mary Noonan (2023) 'Poem'. New England Review, 44 (1) [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Chant du Corps Interdit: L'Héroïne dans le Théâtre d'Hélène Cixous' Mary Noonan (2016) 'Chant du Corps Interdit: L'Héroïne dans le Théâtre d'Hélène Cixous'. Cahiers De L'Association Internationale Des Études Fran, 68 (1):323-337 [Details] | |
| (2016) | 'Two Poems and an Essay' Mary Noonan (2016) 'Two Poems and an Essay'. Poetry Ireland Review, No.118 :124-129 [Details] | |
| (2010) | 'An archaeology of soundscapes: The theatre of Noelle Renaude' Noonan, M (2010) 'An archaeology of soundscapes: The theatre of Noelle Renaude'. Studies In Theatre and Performance, 30 :115-125 [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2015) | 'Filiocht Nua - New Poetry' Mary Noonan (2015) 'Filiocht Nua - New Poetry'. The New Hibernia Review, 19 (1):53-59 [Details] | |
| (2014) | 'La Mise en scene du journal crypte de l'ecriture: Noelle Renaude's Theatre' Noonan, Mary (2014) 'La Mise en scene du journal crypte de l'ecriture: Noelle Renaude's Theatre'. Women in French Studies, [Details] | |
| (2012) | 'Dismantling, Sifting, Sorting: Valérie Rouzeau's Poetics of Scrappage' Noonan, Mary (2012) 'Dismantling, Sifting, Sorting: Valérie Rouzeau's Poetics of Scrappage'. The Irish Journal of French Studies, 12 :113-137 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Desire in Language: Nathalie Sarraute's Theatre of Interpellation' Mary Noonan (2011) 'Desire in Language: Nathalie Sarraute's Theatre of Interpellation'. The Irish Journal of French Studies, 2011 (11):28-37 [Details] | |
| (2007) | 'L'Art de l'ecrit s'incarnant: The Theater of Noelle Renaude' Noonan, Mary; (2007) 'L'Art de l'ecrit s'incarnant: The Theater of Noelle Renaude'. Yale French Studies, 112 (Fall 2007):116-128 [Full Text] [Details] | |
| (1999) | 'Performing the voice of writing in the in-between: Helene Cixous's La 'Ville Parjure'' Noonan, M; (1999) 'Performing the voice of writing in the in-between: Helene Cixous's La 'Ville Parjure''. Nottingham French Studies, 38 :67-79 [Details] | |
| (1998) | 'French Feminist Theory in Practice on the French Stage?: Introduction' Mary Noonan & David Bradby; (1998) 'French Feminist Theory in Practice on the French Stage?: Introduction'. Theatre Research International, 23 (3):197-199 [Details] | |
| (1998) | 'The Spatialisation of Loss in the Theatre of Marguerite Duras' Noonan, Mary P.; (1998) 'The Spatialisation of Loss in the Theatre of Marguerite Duras'. Theatre Research International, 23 (3):215-224 [Details] | |
| (1998) | 'The spatialization of loss in the theatre of Marguerite Duras' Noonan, M; (1998) 'The spatialization of loss in the theatre of Marguerite Duras'. Rna-A Publication of The Rna Society, 23 :215-224 [Details] |
Published Reports
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2020) | Matthew Sweeney, Shadow of the Owl: The Genesis of His Last Book. Mary Noonan (2020) Matthew Sweeney, Shadow of the Owl: The Genesis of His Last Book. The Irish Times, Dublin. [Details] |
Book Reviews
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2017) | Antonin Artaud. By DAVID A. SHAFER. (Critical Lives.) Reaktion Books, 2016. Mary Noonan (2017) Antonin Artaud. By DAVID A. SHAFER. (Critical Lives.) Reaktion Books, 2016. Oxford: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2005) | The 'Man Who Was Cyrano': A life of Edmond Rostand, creator of Cyrano de Bergerac. Noonan, M (2005) The 'Man Who Was Cyrano': A life of Edmond Rostand, creator of Cyrano de Bergerac. BELFAST: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2005) | Literary silences in Pascal, Rousseau and Beckett. Noonan, M (2005) Literary silences in Pascal, Rousseau and Beckett. BELFAST: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2016) | Antonin Artaud: The Scum of the Soul, by Ros Murray. Noonan, M (2016) Antonin Artaud: The Scum of the Soul, by Ros Murray. Oxford: Book Reviews [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2013) | The Fruits of the Passion: the theater of Yasmina Reza. Noonan, M (2013) The Fruits of the Passion: the theater of Yasmina Reza. Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2011) | Review of An Intercultural Meeting Through Applied Theatre, by Joelle Aden (Berlin: Schibri-Verlag, 2010). Mary Noonan (2011) Review of An Intercultural Meeting Through Applied Theatre, by Joelle Aden (Berlin: Schibri-Verlag, 2010). Cork: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2010) | Lyotard, Beckett, Duras and the Postmodern Sublime. Noonan, M (2010) Lyotard, Beckett, Duras and the Postmodern Sublime. Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2008) | Antonin Artaud's Writing bodies. Noonan, M (2008) Antonin Artaud's Writing bodies. Book Reviews [DOI] [Details] | |
| (2003) | Helene Cixous and the theatre: The scene of writing. Noonan, M (2003) Helene Cixous and the theatre: The scene of writing. Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2003) | The Paris jigsaw: Internationalism and the city's stages. Noonan, M (2003) The Paris jigsaw: Internationalism and the city's stages. Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2001) | Artaud: Le 'Theatre et son double'. Noonan, M (2001) Artaud: Le 'Theatre et son double'. Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2010) | Review of Lyotard, Beckett, Duras and the Postmodern Sublime, by Andrew Slade. Noonan, Mary (2010) Review of Lyotard, Beckett, Duras and the Postmodern Sublime, by Andrew Slade. London: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2007) | Review of Antonin Artaud's Writing Bodies, by Adrian Morfee. Noonan, Mary (2007) Review of Antonin Artaud's Writing Bodies, by Adrian Morfee. Oxford: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2005) | Review of The Man Who Was Cyrano: A Life of Edmond de Rostand, by Sue Lloyd. Noonan, Mary (2005) Review of The Man Who Was Cyrano: A Life of Edmond de Rostand, by Sue Lloyd. Oxford: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2005) | Review of Literary Silences in Pascal, Rousseau and Beckett, by Elizabeth Loevlie. Noonan, Mary (2005) Review of Literary Silences in Pascal, Rousseau and Beckett, by Elizabeth Loevlie. Oxford: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2003) | Review of Helene Cixous and the Theatre, by Julia Dobson. Noonan, Mary (2003) Review of Helene Cixous and the Theatre, by Julia Dobson. Oxford: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2003) | Review of The Paris Jigsaw: Internationalism and the City's Stages, by David Bradby and Maria Delgado. Noonan, Mary (2003) Review of The Paris Jigsaw: Internationalism and the City's Stages, by David Bradby and Maria Delgado. Oxford: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2003) | Review of The Heroine as Social Redeemer in the Plays of Jean Giraudoux, by Victoria B. Korzeniowska. Noonan, Mary (2003) Review of The Heroine as Social Redeemer in the Plays of Jean Giraudoux, by Victoria B. Korzeniowska. London: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2002) | Review of La Scene: Litterature et arts visuels, by Marie-Therese Mathet. Noonan, Mary (2002) Review of La Scene: Litterature et arts visuels, by Marie-Therese Mathet. Oxford: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (2001) | Review of Artaud: Le Theatre et son double, by Brian Singleton. Noonan, Mary (2001) Review of Artaud: Le Theatre et son double, by Brian Singleton. Oxford: Book Reviews [Details] | |
| (1996) | Review of The Theatre of Michel Vinaver, by David Bradby. Noonan, Mary (1996) Review of The Theatre of Michel Vinaver, by David Bradby. London: Book Reviews [Details] |
Editorship
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (1998) | Theatre research international: Introduction. Bradby D.;Noonan M. (1998) Theatre research international: Introduction. Editorship [Details] |
Pamphlet
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2015) | Father. Mary Noonan (2015) Father. Banholt, Holland: Pamphlet [Details] |
Thesis/Dissertation
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2001) | The Audio-Vocal Membranes of Feminine Theatre: Voice And Auditory Experience in the Drama of Marguerite Duras, Nathalie Sarraute and Helene Cixous. Mary P.Noonan; (2001) The Audio-Vocal Membranes of Feminine Theatre: Voice And Auditory Experience in the Drama of Marguerite Duras, Nathalie Sarraute and Helene Cixous. Thesis/Dissertation [Details] |
Poems
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2017) | Flânerie of the Beaver. Mary Noonan (2017) Flânerie of the Beaver. Poems [Details] | |
| (2014) | In the House. Noonan, M (2014) In the House. MAYFIELD: Poems [Details] | |
| (2016) | New Walk. Number 13, Autumrn/Winter 2016. Three Poems. Mary Noonan (2016) New Walk. Number 13, Autumrn/Winter 2016. Three Poems. Lancaster: Poems [Details] | |
| (2016) | Poetry Ireland Review: Mary Noonan, Two Poems and an Essay. Mary Noonan (2016) Poetry Ireland Review: Mary Noonan, Two Poems and an Essay. Dublin: Poems [Details] | |
| (2016) | PN Review Two Poems by Mary Noonan. Mary Noonan (2016) PN Review Two Poems by Mary Noonan. Manchester: Poems [Details] | |
| (2016) | PN Review Three Poems by Mary Noonan. Mary Noonan (2016) PN Review Three Poems by Mary Noonan. Manchester: Poems [Details] | |
| (2015) | Poetry Ireland Review Poem by Mary Noonan. Mary Noonan (2015) Poetry Ireland Review Poem by Mary Noonan. Dublin: Poems [Details] | |
| (2014) | The Spectator. Poem by Mary Noonan. Mary Noonan (2014) The Spectator. Poem by Mary Noonan. London: Poems [Details] | |
| (2013) | Poetry Review: Poem by Mary Noonan. Mary Noonan (2013) Poetry Review: Poem by Mary Noonan. London: Poems [Details] | |
| (2013) | Poetry London. Two poems by Mary Noonan. Mary Noonan (2013) Poetry London. Two poems by Mary Noonan. London: Poems [Details] | |
| (2012) | The Threepenny Review. Poem by Mary Noonan. Mary Noonan (2012) The Threepenny Review. Poem by Mary Noonan. Berkeley, California: Poems [Details] |
Professional Activities
Honours and Awards
| Year | Title | Awarding Body | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Professional Development Award | Arts Council of Ireland | |
| 2020 | Literature Bursary | Arts Council of Ireland | |
| 2014 | Arts Council of Ireland Literature Bursary | Arts Council of Ireland | |
| 2014 | Creative Practice Fund Award | College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC | |
| 2010 | Listowel Poetry Collection Prize | Listowel Writers' Festival/Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill | |
| 1997 | Research Studentship, Royal Holloway, University of London | ||
| 1996 | Research Studentship, Royal Holloway, University of London | ||
| 1995 | Research Studentship, Royal Holloway, University of London | ||
| 1980 | College Studentship, UCC | ||
| 1979 | College Studentship, UCC | ||
| 1978 | College Scholar, UCC | ||
| 1977 | College Scholar, UCC |
Professional Associations
| Association | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Society for French Studies | Elected member of the Executive Committee, with responsibility for the R.H.Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize | 01-SEP-07 / 01-SEP-13 | |
| Association Marguerite Duras | Member | 01-SEP-20 / | |
| The Royal Irish Academy | Elected member of the RIA's Modern Languages and Literatures Committee | 01-SEP-09 / 01-SEP-13 | |
| ADEFFI - Irish Association for French Studies | Member | 01-SEP-04 / 30-DEC-99 | |
| Societe Marguerite Duras | Member | 01-JAN-09 / | |
| The International Federation for Theatre Research | Member | 01-OCT-03 / 30-DEC-99 | |
| Munster Literature Centre | Member | 01-MAY-03 / 30-DEC-99 |
Conference Contributions
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| (2022) | International Federation for Theatre Research, Mary Noonan (2022) 'The Performance of Marginality in Simone Benmussa's The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs'. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], International Federation for Theatre Research, University of Reykjavik , 20-JUN-22 - 24-JUN-22. [Details] | |
| (2021) | Symposium on Poets Translating Poets, Mary Noonan (2021) 'Speaking aphids and bees to you in silence': Jo Shapcott in Dialogue with the French Rilke. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Symposium on Poets Translating Poets, UCC , 29-APR-21 - 29-APR-21. [Details] | |
| (2020) | Journées d'Etude sur Platier (La maison d'enfance de Marguerite Duras dans le Lot-et-Garonne), Mary Noonan (2020) La Résonance international de l'oeuvre de Marguerite Duras. Paper on the international impact of Marguerite Duras's work in the fields of theatre and education. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Journées d'Etude sur Platier (La maison d'enfance de Marguerite Duras dans le Lot-et-Garonne), Duras, Lot-et-Garonne, France , 18-SEP-20 - 20-SEP-20. [Details] | |
| (2020) | 'L'Ecriture je sais d'ou elle vient': Symposium on the Work of Marguerite Duras, Mary Noonan (2020) The International Impact of Duras's Theatre. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], 'L'Ecriture je sais d'ou elle vient': Symposium on the Work of Marguerite Duras, Duras/Le Platier, Lot-et -Garonne, France , 19-SEP-20 - 21-SEP-20. [Details] | |
| (2018) | Society for French Studies (UK) Annual Conference, Mary Noonan (2018) • ‘Comme si je posais mon pied dans son empreinte: Noëlle Renaude Walking to the Rhythm of John Millington Synge.’. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Society for French Studies (UK) Annual Conference, University College Cork , 02-JUL-18 - 04-JUL-18. [Details] | |
| (2018) | Women in French (2018): Le Bruit des femmes, Mary Noonan (2018) Voice and Listening in the Late Films of Marguerite Duras. Paper given at the bi-annual Women in French conference. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Women in French (2018): Le Bruit des femmes, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida , 08-FEB-18 - 10-FEB-18. [Details] | |
| (2017) | Women's Voices in Ireland: From the Decade of Revolution to the Decade of Centenaries, Mary Noonan (2017) The 'The Statue Speaks'. A reading of poems about our relationship with statues of women. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Women's Voices in Ireland: From the Decade of Revolution to the Decade of Centenaries, UCC. Creative Zone, Boole Library , 09-JUN-17 - 11-JUN-17. [Details] | |
| (2017) | Feminist Insights on Europe Building, Mary Noonan (2017) A One-Day Symposium on Images of Europe Building. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Feminist Insights on Europe Building, University College Cork , 18-FEB-17 - 18-FEB-17. [Details] | |
| (2015) | Annual Conference of the Association Internationale des Etudes Françaises, Mary Noonan (2015) Paper: 'Chant du Corps Interdit. L'Héroïne dans le Théâtre d'Hélène Cixous. [Invited Lectures (Conference)], Annual Conference of the Association Internationale des Etudes Françaises, École Normale Supérieure, Paris , 07-JUL-15 - 09-JUL-15. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Annual Conference of the Society for French Studies, Mary Noonan (2014) Paper title: 'Volé à un tout de nature inaccessible': Duras's India Song as Theatre. [Oral Presentation], Annual Conference of the Society for French Studies, University of Aberdeen , 30-JUN-14 - 02-JUL-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Process and Practice: Adaptation Considered as a Collaborative Art, Mary Noonan (2014) Paper title: The Not-So-Singular Life of Albert Nobbs. [Oral Presentation], Process and Practice: Adaptation Considered as a Collaborative Art, UCC , 03-OCT-14 - 04-OCT-14. [Details] | |
| (2014) | Populating the Irish Stage: Questioning the Identity of Contemporary Irish Theatre, Mary Noonan (2014) Paper title: 'Marina Carr's Stage-Bodies'. [Oral Presentation], Populating the Irish Stage: Questioning the Identity of Contemporary Irish Theatre, UCC , 26-JUN-14 - 28-JUN-14. [Details] | |
| (2012) | Le Son du Theatre/Theatre Sound, Noonan, Mary (2012) 'Au theatre, a partir du manque, on donne a voir': Voice and Listening in the Theatre of Marguerite Duras. [Oral Presentation], Le Son du Theatre/Theatre Sound, Universite de Montreal , 21-NOV-12 - 24-NOV-12. [Details] | |
| (2012) | Feminism, Activism, Modernisms, Noonan (2012) 'Voice as the Venue of Intersubjectivity in the Early Writings of Helene Cixous. [Plenary Lecture], Feminism, Activism, Modernisms, University College Cork , 14-SEP-12 - 15-SEP-12. [Details] | |
| (2011) | 'Transgressions', ADEFFI, The Irish Association of French Studies, Mary Noonan (2011) Dismantling, Sifting, Sorting: Valérie Rouzeau's Poetics of Scrappage. [Oral Presentation], 'Transgressions', ADEFFI, The Irish Association of French Studies, Aix-en-Provence, France , 21-OCT-11 - 22-OCT-11. [Details] | |
| (2010) | Department of French UCC Research Seminar Series, Mary Noonan (2010) 'Dans la chambre ferme je construis votre voix': Voice and Listening in Duras's Late Films. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Department of French UCC Research Seminar Series, University College Cork , 25-NOV-10 - 25-NOV-10. [Details] | |
| (2010) | Women in French, Mary Noonan (2010) 'La mise en scène du journal crypté de l'écriture: Noëlle Renaude's Staging of the Writing Self'. [Oral Presentation], Women in French, Wagner College, Staten Island, New York , 10-JUN-10 - 12-JUN-11. [Details] | |
| (2010) | A Decade of Women's Writing in France: Trends and Horizons 2000-2010, Mary Noonan (2010) 'Un corps vivant de symboles: Noëlle Renaude's Theatre'. [Oral Presentation], A Decade of Women's Writing in France: Trends and Horizons 2000-2010, Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, London , 14-OCT-10 - 16-OCT-10. [Details] | |
| (2009) | Perforum, Research Seminars in Drama and Theatre Studies, Mary Noonan (2009) 'The Swift Racing Things Flying in the Air': Noises of Synge and Beckett. [Invited Seminars/Guest Lectures], Perforum, Research Seminars in Drama and Theatre Studies, Granary Theatre, University College Cork , 08-DEC-09 - 08-DEC-09. [Details] | |
| (2009) | 'Etrangers et Etrangeté dans l'écriture de Marguerite Duras', Mary Noonan (2009) 'Le Cinéma de Marguerite Duras: l'étrange toucher des films réalisés en 1979'. [Oral Presentation], 'Etrangers et Etrangeté dans l'écriture de Marguerite Duras', Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Economiques et Sociales, Tunis, Tunisia , 03-DEC-09 - 05-DEC-09. [Details] | |
| (2008) | 'Dissolving Dramaturgies: Performance and Crisis in Contemporary French Theatre', Mary Noonan (2008) French Theatre in Crisis?. [Invited Oral Presentation], 'Dissolving Dramaturgies: Performance and Crisis in Contemporary French Theatre', French Institute, London , 05-MAR-08 - 05-MAR-08. [Details] | |
| (2007) | MARGUERITE DURAS ET LA PENSÉE CONTEMPORAINE , Mary P. Noonan; (2007) Marguerite Duras and Contemporary Feminist Thought. [Oral Presentation], MARGUERITE DURAS ET LA PENSÉE CONTEMPORAINE , L'Institut d'études romanes, University of Göteborg, Sweden , 10-MAY-07 - 12-MAY-07. [Details] | |
| (2006) | ADEFFI - Association des Etudes Francaises et Francophones en Irlande, Mary P.Noonan; (2006) Dramatic/Postdramatic: Contemporary French Theatre in the Light of Samuel Beckett and Marguerite Duras. [Oral Presentation], ADEFFI - Association des Etudes Francaises et Francophones en Irlande, Paris - College des Irlandais , 22-SEP-06 - 24-SEP-06. [Details] | |
| (2006) | The Mother and Creativity in French and Francophone Writing, Mary P. Noonan; (2006) Transmuting the Maternal Body into Writing: The Late Theatre and Fiction of Marguerite Duras. [Oral Presentation], The Mother and Creativity in French and Francophone Writing, Department of French, University of Edinburgh , 08-DEC-06 - 10-DEC-06. [Details] | |
| (2006) | L'Ombre Interne: Melancholia and the Maternal Shadow in the Late Plays of Marguerite Duras, Dr Mary Noonan (2006) Conference on 'The Mother and Creativity in French and Francophone Writing and Culture'. [Oral Presentation], L'Ombre Interne: Melancholia and the Maternal Shadow in the Late Plays of Marguerite Duras, Edinburgh, French Department, University of Edinburgh , 08-DEC-06 - 10-DEC-06. [Details] | |
| (2006) | ADEFFI (irish Association of French Studies) Annual Conference, Mary Noonan (2006) Dramatic/Post-Dramatic: Contemporary French Theatre in the Light of Beckett and Duras. [Oral Presentation], ADEFFI (irish Association of French Studies) Annual Conference, College des Irlandais, Paris , 22-SEP-06 - 23-SEP-06. [Details] | |
| (2005) | ADEFFI (Association des Études Françaises et Francophones d’Irlande)Annual Conference, Noonan, Mary; (2005) 'Desire in Language : Nathalie Sarraute's Theatre of Interpellation'. [Oral Presentation], ADEFFI (Association des Études Françaises et Francophones d’Irlande)Annual Conference, NUIG, Galway , 30-SEP-05 - 01-OCT-05. [Details] | |
| (2005) | The Contemporary French Theatre: Writing, Performing, Teaching, Noonan, Mary; (2005) 'Les théâtres de Noëlle Renaude et de Philippe Minyana: démantèlement ou reconstruction?’. [Oral Presentation], The Contemporary French Theatre: Writing, Performing, Teaching, University College Cork , 02-SEP-05 - 04-SEP-05. [Details] | |
| (2005) | The Contemporary French Theatre: Writing, Performing, Teaching, Noonan, Mary; (2005) *. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], The Contemporary French Theatre: Writing, Performing, Teaching, University College Cork , 02-SEP-05 - 04-MAY-09. [Details] | |
| (2004) | Marguerite Duras: L'Ecriture dans tous ses etats, Noonan, Mary; (2004) Through the Acoustic Mirror: The Audio-Vocal Membranes of Durassian Theatre. [Oral Presentation], Marguerite Duras: L'Ecriture dans tous ses etats, University of Newcastle upon Tyne , 10-SEP-04 - 12-SEP-04. [Details] | |
| (2004) | Perforum: Research Forum in Theatre and Performance, Noonan, Mary; (2004) Fighting Words: Trends in Contemporary French Theatre. [Invited Oral Presentation], Perforum: Research Forum in Theatre and Performance, Granary Theatre, University College, Cork , 21-JAN-04 - 21-JAN-04. [Details] | |
| (2002) | WHAT Theatre Festival: a 10-day festival of theatre performances, academic papers, new music and writing, discussions and debates around the 'Theatre of the Absurd', Noonan, Mary; (2002) *. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], WHAT Theatre Festival: a 10-day festival of theatre performances, academic papers, new music and writing, discussions and debates around the 'Theatre of the Absurd', Granary Theatre, University College Cork , 02-OCT-02 - 12-OCT-02. [Details] | |
| (2002) | Research Forum of the Department of French, Noonan, Mary; (2002) The Voice as Fugitive: Theatrical Translations of the Other Tongue. [Invited Oral Presentation], Research Forum of the Department of French, University College Cork , 11-JAN-02 - 11-JAN-02. [Details] | |
| (2002) | Hemispheres: Cross-Currents in Literature Conference, Noonan, Mary; (2002) Breaking the Mirror: The Struggle for Release from Gendered Poetics in the Theatre of Marguerite Duras. [Oral Presentation], Hemispheres: Cross-Currents in Literature Conference, Univesity College Cork , 03-MAY-02 - 05-MAY-02. [Details] | |
| (2002) | French Studies Conference, Noonan, mary; (2002) Staging the Voice of Writing on the Contemporary French Stage: the theatres of Noelle Renaude, Philippe Minyana, Valere Novarina. [Oral Presentation], French Studies Conference, University of Bristol , 01-JUL-02 - 03-JUL-02. [Details] | |
| (2002) | Un lundi, un auteur: Noelle Renaude, Noonan, Mary; (2002) Le Theatre de Noelle Renaude: une mise en scene de la voix de l'ecriture. [Invited Oral Presentation], Un lundi, un auteur: Noelle Renaude, La Maison des Ecrivains, Paris , 25-MAR-02 - 25-MAR-02. [Details] | |
| (2000) | Perforum: Research Forum in Theatre and Performance, Noonan, Mary; (2000) Hearing Things: The Audio-Vocal Membranes of Feminine Theatre. [Invited Oral Presentation], Perforum: Research Forum in Theatre and Performance, Granary Theatre, University College, Cork , 07-NOV-00 - 07-NOV-00. [Details] | |
| (1997) | Women Give Voice to Women: Feminist Theory in Practice on the French Stage?, Noonan, Mary; (1997) *. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Women Give Voice to Women: Feminist Theory in Practice on the French Stage?, Institute of Romance Studies, London Institut Francais, London , 21-FEB-97 - 22-FEB-97. [Details] | |
| (1997) | Women Give Voice to Women: Feminist Theory in Practice on the French Stage?, Noonan, Mary; (1997) The Staging of Pre-Textual Spaces in the Theatre of Marguerite Duras. [Oral Presentation], Women Give Voice to Women: Feminist Theory in Practice on the French Stage?, Institute of Romance Studies, London Institut Francais, London , 21-FEB-97 - 22-FEB-97. [Details] | |
| (1995) | Cross-Currents in Literature, Noonan, Mary; (1995) Contemporary Epic Theatre and the Economy of the Feminine. [Oral Presentation], Cross-Currents in Literature, Univesity College Cork , 17-FEB-95 - 18-FEB-95. [Details] | |
| (1995) | International Women's Writing Seminar Series, Noonan, Mary; (1995) Representations of the Mother-Daughter Relationship on the Contemporary French Stage. [Oral Presentation], International Women's Writing Seminar Series, University of North London , 18-MAY-95 - 18-MAY-95. [Details] |
Committees
| Committee | Function | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CACSSS Arts Council of Ireland Group | Member | 2022 / | |
| CACSSS Athena Swan Steering Group | Member | 2019 / 2021 | |
| Academic Council Graduate Studies Committee | Elected member of the Committee | 2018 / | |
| CACSSS Graduate Studies Committee | Member of the Committee | 2016 / | |
| UCC Equality Committee | Elected member of the committee | 2014 / | |
| CACSSS Student Affairs Committee | Representative of the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Committee Member | 2013 / | |
| CACSSS Board of Film Studies, UCC | Board member | 2005 / 2008 | |
| CACSSS Board of Drama and Theatre Studies, UCC | Board member | 2000 / 2008 | |
| Society for French Studies Executive Committee | Executive member; Coordinator of the Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize | 2007 / | |
| Royal Irish Academy Modern Languages Committee | Committee member | 2009 / | |
| CACSSS Academic Development Committee | Committee member | 2010 / |
Employment
| Employer | Position | From / To | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freelance, Brussels | Commercial Translator | / | |
| City of London Polytechnic | Lecturer in French (half-time, temporary) | / | |
| University of North London (now London Metropolitan) | Lecturer in French (full-time, permanent) | / |
Education
| Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | UCC | Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education | Teaching and Learning in Higher Education | |
| 2001 | Royal Holloway, University of London | PhD | ||
| 1993 | Birkbeck College, University of London | MA | ||
| 1981 | UCC | MA | ||
| 1979 | UCC | BA |
Languages
| Language | Reading | Writing | Speaking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French | Fluent | Fluent | Fluent | |
| Irish | Functional | Functional | Functional | |
| Italian | Functional | Basic | Basic |
Outreach Activities
| Description | |
|---|---|
Public Interview with author Anne Sebba, as part of the Cork World Literatures Festival 2017. The interview, which took place at the Triskel Arts Centre on 20 April 2017, centred on Sebba's book Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940s. | |
Presentation of the prizes for the Gregory O'Donoghue International Poetry Prize, which I judged. The prize-giving took place at Cork City Library on 16 February 2017 as part of the Cork International Poetry Festival 2017. | |
Poetry reading at the Glucksman Gallery, UCC, 9 December 2016, 6pm. A reading on the theme of 'poetry and food', entitled "The Taste of Words', in response to the exhibition "Gut Instinct: Art, Food and Feeling." | |
Poetry Reading, West Cork Writers' Festival, July 2013 | |
Poetry Reading, Cork Spring Poetry Festival, 13 February 2013 | |
Poetry Reading, Listowel Writers' Week, 1 June 2012 | |
Poetry Reading, Cork City Library, 14 May 2012 | |
Poetry Reading, Dublin Writers' Centre, 22 May 2012 | |
Poetry Reading, Galway City Library, 15 November 2012 | |
Moderator, readings by 2 French novelists, Cork City Library, 23 April 2011 | |
Poetry Workshop delivered to Midleton Writers' Group, 3 December 2011 | |
Poetry Workshop delivered to Midleton Writers' Group, 28 March 2009 |
Journal Activities
| Journal | Role | To / From | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southword: New Writing From Ireland | Editor | 01-SEP-16 - | |
| Cahiers Marguerite Duras | Member of Editorial Board | 01-MAR-23 - | |
| Women In French Studies | Referee | 01-AUG-20 - | |
| Theatre Research International | Editor | 01-SEP-98 - 30-NOV-98 | |
| Contemporary Theatre Review | Referee | 01-MAY-17 - | |
| French Studies | Referee | 01-SEP-16 - | |
| The Irish Journal Of French Studies | Referee | 01-SEP-15 - | |
| Coup De Theatre | Referee | 07-JAN-13 - | |
| Tangence | Referee | 01-SEP-13 - |
Other Activities
| Description | |
|---|---|
Organisation of a series of poetry readings and poetry translation masterclasses by a range of internationally renowned poets and their translators. The series, entitled 'This Dust of Words: Poetry and/as Translation', ran in UCC between September and December 2015. The project was funded by the Creative Practice Fund of the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC. See https://thisdustofwords.wordpress.com for more information. | |
Regular reviewing of articles submitted for publication to the journal "Cahiers Marguerite Duras". | |
Evaluation of a book manuscript for Northwestern University Press, Illinois, USA (2015). Manuscript title: Aesthetic Citizenship: Immigration, Theatre and Embodiment in 21st Century Paris by Emine Fişek. | |
Organisation of an international conference to celebrate the centenary of the birth of French writer Marguerite Duras. The conference, entitled 'Stage Presence: Marguerite Duras and the Theatre', was held at UCC, 21-22 November 2014, and featured keynote lectures form Professor Lib Taylor (Reading) and Professor Joëlle Pagès-Pindon (Paris), in addition to papers by Duras scholars from France, Ireland, Britain and the US. See https://durastheatre.ucc.com for further details. | |
Organization of an international conference on contemporary French theatre at UCC, 2-4 September 2005, entitled 'La Scène française contemporaine: écrire, jouer, enseigner'. The conference featured French playwrights, directors and actors, as well as scholars in the field from France, Britain and Ireland. A number of theatrical performances were staged in the course of the three days. | |
The WHAT theatre festival, co-organised by Mary Noonan at the Granary Theatre, Cork 2-12 October 2002. The festival was a celebration of the twentieth century's most innovative playwrights, and an exploration of the notion of a theatre of the Absurd. It featured performances of plays by Beckett, Pinter and Ionesco, and rehearsed readings of plays by Enda Walsh, Caryl Churchill and Bernard-Marie Koltes. It also featured new writing and new music by members of the staff of UCC, academic papers, post-show discussions and a concluding round-table discussion. | |
Direction of two short Beckett plays as part of the "100 Years A Dying" conference organized by the English Department as part of the Beckett Centenary celebrations, 26-27 May 2006 | |
Beckett's "Play" staged as part of a theatre festival to mark the tenth anniversary of Beckett's death. The festival was held at the Granary Theatre, UCC, 13-18 December 1999. | |
Direction of Eugene Ionesco's play "The Chairs". The play was performed in the context of the WHAT theatre festival, co-organised by Mary Noonan at the Granary Theatre, Cork 2-12 October 2002. |
Teaching Activities
Teaching Interests
My teaching centres on modern and contemporary French theatre, French cinema, French poetry and literary translation. In addition to teaching the theatre of Molière and the films of Louis Malle to undergraduates in French, I also offer the specialist modules The Theatre of the Absurd (FR2303) to second-year French undergraduates, and The Contemporary French Theatre (FR4307) to final year undergraduates. I offer a course entitled Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis (FX6004) to the MA in Film Studies, and I convene, and teach the module What Gets Lost: Poetry and Translation (LL6023), which is offered to students on the MA in Languages and Cultures and the MA in Translation Studies. I taught The Playwright in Contemporary Theatre (DR6010) to the MA in Drama and Theatre Studies 2000-2012. I teach on the interdisciplinary module – Negotiating Knowledges in the Networked Society (LL6008), which is taken by postgraduate students in the School of Languages. I have twice convened the year's work for this module. My teaching interests encompass feminist and psychoanalytical approaches to contemporary theatre and film, contemporary poetics in French and English and the translation of poetry. More broadly, I am interested in teaching creative responses to literary texts, and in exploring the nature of the creative process, and its representation in literature and film.Recent Postgraduates
| Graduation Year | Student Name | Institution | Degree Type | Thesis Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Catherine Burke | University College Cork | PHD | Voices from the Outside: Homeric Voices in Twentieth-Century French Literature | |
| 2018 | Roxane Paire | UCC | PHD | Le Théâtre migrant: étude comparée de la dimension transculturelle dans les dramaturgies de Marie NDiaye et Abla Farhoud | |
| 2012 | Sarah Kate Hayden | UCC | PHD | 'Intimate Irritant': Constructions of Futurist, Dada and Surrealist Artisthood in the Work of Mina Loy. | |
| 2010 | Angela O'Flaherty | UCC | PHD | Feminine Practices of Writing War in Works by Charlotte Delbo, Marguerite Duras and Anna Langfus |
Current Postgraduate Students
| Student | Degree Type | |
|---|---|---|
| Caseres Sevita | Doctoral Degree | |
| Fraser Daniel James Wilson | Doctoral Degree |