photograph of Professor Stephane Natan

Contact Info

Email: snatan [at] rider.edu

Phone Number: 609-896-5187

Department: Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Office Location: Fine Arts Building

Additional Info:

Academic Focus: French

Stéphane Natan was raised and educated in France, where he received his college education. He holds multiple degrees, including several in French language and literature, one in classics, and one in philosophy. Specializing in seventeenth-century French literature, he received a Ph.D. with distinction from the Université Jean Moulin in Lyon in 2003.

In 1997, Stéphane Natan was awarded the Prix Giraudoux literary prize by the Fondation Jean et Jean-Pierre Giraudoux, and in 2005 he received the Chancellor’s Outstanding Teaching Award from the University of Tennessee.

In 2004, Stéphane Natan published a book, Les Pensées de Pascal : D’un projet apologétique à un texte poétique (Paris: Connaissances & Savoirs). In addition, his scholarly articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals in various countries and continents: Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Hungary, the United Kingdom, and the United States. From 2011 to 2023, he was the editor in chief of L’Érudit franco-espagnol (LEF-E), an online peer-reviewed journal of French and Hispanic literatures.

Educational Background

  • 2003 Ph.D., French, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (France)
  • 1998 Degree, Armenian, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (France)
  • 1997 M.A., French, University Lumière Lyon 2 (France)
  • 1997 Associate Degree, Philosophy, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (France)
  • 1996 B.A., French, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (France)
  • 1995 Associate Degree, French, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (France)
  • 1995 Associate Degree, Classics, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (France)
  • 1993 Bacccalaureate, Economic and Social Sciences, Grenoble (France)

Foreign Languages

  • English: fluent speaking ability
  • French: native speaker
  • Spanish: reading (good); speaking (fair)
  • Armenian: near-native command
  • Latin: reading knowledge
  • Greek: reading knowledge

Professional Background

  • 2015-present Rider University, Professor of French
  • 2010-15 Rider University, Associate Professor of French
  • 2006-10 Rider University, Assistant Professor of French

Awards

  • 2005 The Chancellor’s Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Tennessee
  • 2005 MFLL Special Recognition Award, University of Tennessee
  • 1997 Prix Giraudoux 97, Fondation Jean et Jean-Pierre Giraudoux, Paris (France)

Teaching

Rider University

  • Elementary French 
  • Intermediate French
  • French Culture
  • Francophone Literature and Culture 
  • French Phonetics and Conversation
  • French Composition and Translation
  • French Theater
     

The University of Tennessee

  • Beginning and Intermediate French
  • Intensive Intermediate French
  • Honors Intermediate French
  • Intermediate and advanced French Conversation
  • French Phonetics

Institutional Service

Rider University

University

  • Member, President’s Council on Inclusion (2024–25)
  • Faculty Advisor, French Club (2007–22)
  • Member, Appeals Council (2012–14)
  • Treasurer, Rider University Chapter of the AAUP (2009–11)
  • Financial Secretary, Rider University Chapter of the AAUP (2008–09)
  • Member, Faculty Development Committee (2008–10) 
  • Member, International Residence Hall Committee (2006–09)

College of Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences

  • Member, Liberal Arts and Sciences Honors Council (2020–22)
  • Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee (2014–16)
  • Chair, Liberal Arts and Sciences Committee on Academic Policy (LASCAP) (2014–15)
  • Secretary, LASCAP (2013–14)
  • Alternate Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee (2012–14)
  • Alternate Member, LASCAP (2012–13)
  • Member, European Area Studies Minor (2006–10)
  • Second reader for senior honors thesis (Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2018, Fall 2021, Fall 2022)
  • Gonfalon Bearer (Liberal Arts and Sciences) for the Undergraduate Commencement (May 15, 2015)

Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

  • Head of the French section (2023–present)
  • Faculty Advisor for French majors and minors (2006ؘ–present)
  • Creation of a foreign film series on campus (2006–11)
  • Organization of the International Film and Food Festival (2007–11)
  • Creation of a new placement test for French (January 2008)
  • Creation and maintenance of the department display case (2006–11)
  • Creation of new courses:
    • French 320: French Phonetics and Conversation (2007) 
    • French 440: Francophone Literature and Culture (2007)
  • Drafting departmental documents: 
    • Mission statement (November 2006)
    • Department etiquette policy (October 2006)
  • Presenter, Adjunct Workshop on Teaching Strategies (September 22, 2017)
  • Presenter, Academic Alliance (April 28, 2009 and May 6, 2010)
  • Member, Spanish Search Committee (Spring 2019)
  • Member, Latin American Search Committee (2006–07)
  • Recruiting and evaluating adjunct faculty in French (2006–present) 
  • Acting chair for Dr. María Villalobos-Buehner’s promotion to professor (2019–20)
  • Departmental representative for faculty promotion to full professor (three instances, one in 2010-11, one in 2014–15, and one in 2015–16)
  • Department representative for:
    • Orientation 
    • Open House 
    • Admitted Student Day 
  • Department liaison to the International Office (2006–07)

The University of Tennessee

  • French Film series
  • French Immersion Weekend

Research in Progress

  • Life and Works of French writer Pascal

Publications

Book

  • Les Pensées de Pascal : D’un projet apologétique à un texte poétique. Paris: Connaissances & Savoirs. 2004. Print.

Articles

  • Andromaque aux mille tours : Étude du personnage éponyme dans Andromaque de Racine.” MLN 131.4 (2016) : 1023-41. Print.
  • “Andromaque de Racine, vraie fausse héroïne tragique.” Neohelicon 40.1 (2013): 245-60. Print.
  • “Andromaque ou ‘la veuve d’Hector’ : Étude des noms propres et des périphrases onomastiques dans la pièce de Racine.” Journal of Language, Literature and Culture 60.2 (2013): 78-92. Print.
  • "La tonalité ironique et ludique des Pensées de Pascal.” L’information littéraire 55.2 (2003): 29-34. Print.
  • “Le décor des Pensées de Pascal : Un monde clos et ténébreux.” Romance Quarterly 53.4 (2006): 305-15. Print.
  • “Le pari de Pascal : Entre jeu et argument.” AUMLA: Journal of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association 112.2 (2009): 25-38. Print.
  • “Le pari de Pascal et ses ambigüités.” Symposium 62.3 (2008): 159-73. Print.
  • “Les Je chrétiens dans les Pensées de Pascal.” Les lettres romanes 67.3-4 (2013): 507-19. Print.
  • “Les Je non chrétiens dans les Pensées de Pascal.” Les lettres romanes 63.3-4 (2009): 173-80. Print.
  • “Les Pensées de Pascal : Au royaume des nécessités.” Symposium 60.2 (2006): 93-108. Print.
  • “Les Pensées de Pascal et la force des détours.” Nottingham French Studies 44.2 (2005): 1-7. Print.
  • “Les Pensées de Pascal et les adverbes d’intensité.” L’information littéraire 57.1 (2005): 36-50. Print.
  • “Les Pensées de Pascal : Six épithètes au service de l’apologie.” Études épistémè 10 (2006): 159-85. Web.
  • “Les Pensées de Pascal : Une réponse volée.” Dalhousie French Studies 72 (2005): 3-16. Print.
  • “Les questions d’Andromaque : Entre révolte et révélation.” Seventeenth-Century French Studies 36.2 (2014): 125-40. Print.
  • “Pascal et l’attachement.” L’Érudit franco-espagnol 17 (2023): 70-78. Web.
  • “Pascal humain.” Les lettres romanes 62.3-4 (2008): 187-94. Print.
  • “Pascal : Les vestiges d’une vie.” Les lettres romanes 61.1-2 (2007): 23-33. Print.
  • “Pascal perdu dans ses Pensées.” Lingua romana 7.1 (2008): n. pag. Web.
     

Book Reviews

  • Rev. of Assia Djebar. Le corps invisible : Voir sans être vue, by Anna Rocca. Dalhousie French Studies 78 (2007): 163. Print.
  • Rev. of Fire in the Dark: Essay’s on Pascal’s Pensées and Provinciales, by Charles Natoli. The French Review 81.4 (2008): 777-78. Print.
  • Rev. of Identités libertines : L’écriture personnelle ou la création de soi, by Laurence Tricoche-Rauline. The French Review 85.4 (2012): 763-64. Print.
  • Rev. of Jean Racine: Life and Legend, by John Sayer. Dalhousie French Studies 79 (2007): 177-78. Print.
  • Rev. of La femme errante, by Karin Schwerdtner. Dalhousie French Studies 77 (2006): 150-51. Print.
  • Rev. of Le corps des idées : Pensées et poétiques du langage dans l’augustinisme de Port-Royal, by Delphine Reguig-Naya. The French Review 82.2 (2008): 391-92. Print.
  • Rev. of L’écriture de Pascal : La lumière et le feu. La “vraie éloquence” à l’œuvre dans les Pensées, by Laurent Susini. The French Review 83.5 (2010): 1075-76. Print.
  • Rev. of L’invention des Pensées de Pascal : Les éditions de Port-Royal (1670-1678), by Marie Pérouse. The French Review 84.3 (2011): 590-91. Print.
  • Rev. of Lire l’Heptaméron de Marguerite de Navarre, ed. Dominique Bertrand. Dalhousie French Studies 77 (2006): 143-44. Print.
  • Rev. of Pascal a-t-il écrit les Pensées ?, by Muriel Bourgeois. The French Review 82.5 (2009): 1052-53. Print.
  • Rev. of Pascal, auteur spirituel, ed. Dominique Descotes. The French Review 82.2 (2008): 390. Print.
  • Rev. of Stendhal: Vie de Henry Brulard, by Sheila Bell. Dalhousie French Studies 86 (2009): 162-63. Print.