Dr Constantin Grigorut, Our people, Languages and Cultures

Senior Lecturer French Programme
MA (McMaster), PhD (UBC)

Office Arts 3S5
Tel +64 3 479 8701
Email constantin.grigorut@otago.ac.nz

Holding a Master of Arts in French from McMaster University (Canada) and a PhD in French literature from University of British Columbia (Canada), Dr Constantin Grigorut has published articles and presented papers mainly on the intertextual dimension of twentieth century French and francophone literatures, with focus on literary works by E-M Cioran (philosophical essay), Michel Tournier (novel), Samuel Beckett (theatre), Anne Hébert (novel) and Louis Hamelin (novel).

For many years he has been the CIEF (Conseill International d'Études Francophones) Regional Representative for Asia/Pacific and was awarded - in 2020 - by The French Ministry of Culture the title of Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques/Knight of the Order of Academic Palms.

He supervised and co-supervised notable postgraduate research projects. Among his alumni: Dr Octavian Saiu - a major theatre critic in Europe - and, more recently, Dr Nicolas Fargues - a well-known contemporary French writer and Goncourt Prize finalist.

Teaching

FREN 250/350 Crossroads in French Cultural Space
FREN 335 Advanced French
EURO 202/302 The Culture of the European City

Research

Intertextuality
Philosophy and Literature
Autofiction
Literary Hermeneutics
Twentieth Century French and francophone literatures: E-M Cioran, Michel Tournier, Samuel Beckett, Anne Hébert, Louis Hamelin

Publications

Grigoruţ, C. (2021). Quelques considérations sur l᾿espace éroludique dans le roman La Rage de Louis Hamelin. Revue Roumaine d'Études Francophones, 13, 141-154. Journal - Research Article

Grigoruţ, C. (2021). De la terreur du Temps dans le théâtre de Samuel Beckett. Meridian Critic, 37(2), 303-311. Journal - Research Article

Grigoruţ, C. (2020). Nepăsătoare, Dunărea curgea [The Danube was carelessly flowing]. Bucovina Literară, XXXI(10-12). [Short Story]. Creative Work

Grigoruţ, C. (2020). O zi de octombrie, demult, în Bucureşti [A day in October, long ago, in Bucharest]. Bucovina Literară, XXXI(4-6). [Short Story]. Creative Work

Grigoruţ, C. (2020). Ningea din cer peste umbre [The snow was falling on shadows]. Bucovina Literară, XXXI(1-3). [Short Story]. Creative Work

2021

Journal - Research Article

Grigoruţ, C. (2021). Quelques considérations sur l᾿espace éroludique dans le roman La Rage de Louis Hamelin. Revue Roumaine d'Études Francophones, 13, 141-154.

Grigoruţ, C. (2021). De la terreur du Temps dans le théâtre de Samuel Beckett. Meridian Critic, 37(2), 303-311.

2020

Creative Work

Grigoruţ, C. (2020). Nepăsătoare, Dunărea curgea [The Danube was carelessly flowing]. Bucovina Literară, XXXI(10-12). [Short Story].

Grigoruţ, C. (2020). O zi de octombrie, demult, în Bucureşti [A day in October, long ago, in Bucharest]. Bucovina Literară, XXXI(4-6). [Short Story].

Grigoruţ, C. (2020). Ningea din cer peste umbre [The snow was falling on shadows]. Bucovina Literară, XXXI(1-3). [Short Story].

2017

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Grigorut, C. (2017, September). Quelques considérations sur les fonctions du hasard dans les jeux intertextuels du roman La Rage de Louis Hamelin. Verbal presentation at the Écriture et équation du "hasard" dans les Arts et les sciences, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

2016

Journal - Research Article

Grigorut, C. (2016). Quelques considérations sur le travail d’autotraduction de Samuel Beckett dans Fin de partie [On Samuel Beckett’s auto-translation in Endgame]. Mediazioni, 21. Retrieved from http://www.mediazioni.sitlec.unibo.it/images/stories/PDF_folder/document-pdf/21-2016/6 grigorut.pdf

Grigorut, C. (2016). Du piège intertextuel dans la traduction littéraire [On the intertextual trap in literary translation]. Post-Scriptum, 21. Retrieved from http://www.post-scriptum.org/21-06-du-piege-intertextuel-dans-la-traduction-litteraire/

2014

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Grigorut, C. (2014, June). On European modernity and the beauty of the female body. Plenary presentation at the Congreso Internacional Cuerpo de mujeres: Imagen y Tiempo: Una historia interdisciplinar de la mirada, Granada, Spain.

Grigorut, C. (2014, February-March). Rêveries sur la beauté d'un livre [On the beauty of books]. Plenary presentation at the International Conference on the State of Beauty Today [La beauté aujourd'hui], Tampa, USA.

2013

Other Research Output

Grigorut, C. (2013, October). Herméneutique et jeux intratextuels dans le roman L'Etranger [Hermeneutics and Intatextual Games in Camus' The Stranger] University of Montreal, Canada. [Invited Presentation].

2012

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Grigorut, C. (2012, November). De l'Espace et du Temps dans la littérature (II). Verbal presentation at the Inter-University French Seminar, Auckland, New Zealand.

2011

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Grigorut, C. (2011). Re-reading L'Etranger: On Luchino Visconti's adaptation of Camus' novel. In E. Todd (Ed.), Creative Imitations and Appropriations: From Cinematic Adaptations to Re-makes: Research Colloquium: Programme and Refereed Abstracts. (pp. 7). Dunedin, New Zealand: Centre for Research on National Identity, University of Otago. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Grigorut, C. (2011, May-June). Cent ans de solitude cioranienne. Verbal presentation at the 25^e Congrès mondial du Conseil International d'Études Francophones (CIĒF), Aix-en-Provence, France.

Grigorut, C. (2011, February). Rereading ″L'Etranger″: On Luchino Visconti's adaptation of Camus' novel. Verbal presentation at the University of Otago Cultures, Histories and Identities in Film, Media and Literature Research Network Colloquium: Creative Imitations and Appropriations: From Cinematic Adaptations to Re-makes, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2010

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Grigorut, C., & Steiciuc, E.-B. (2010). Du mythe encore et toujours. Otago French Notes / Cahiers d'Études Littéraires Françaises de L'Université d'Otago, 3, 9-14.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Grigoruţ, C. (2010). Sur certaines affinités esthétiques balkaniques dans l'espace du théâtre Ionescien. Écrivains d'Expression Française de l'Europe du Sud-Est: Les Écrivains du Sud-Est Européen en Quête d'Identité. (pp. 83-86). Bucharest, Romania: Editura Fundaţiei România de Mâine. [Full Paper]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Grigorut, C. (2010, June-July). Séduction et jeux érotiques dans le roman La Rage de Louis Hamelin. Verbal presentation at the 24^e Congrès mondial du Conseil International d'Études Francophones (CIĒF), Montreal, Canada.

Other - Edited Journal

Grigorut, C., & Steiciuc, E.-B. (Eds.). (2010). Otago French Notes: Cahiers D'études Littéraires Françaises: Mythes et Symboles dans la Litterature Francophone, 3. [Journal Editor].

2009

Journal - Research Article

Grigoruţ, C. (2009). Sur une rencontre à Răşinari, une lecture un peu plus récente et un certain amer savior de la traduction. Atelier de Traduction, 11, 183-186.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Grigorut, C., & Jeandin-Livet, K. (2009). Eugène Ionesco à l'honneur. Otago French Notes / Cahiers d'Études Littéraires Françaises de L'Université d'Otago, 2, 9-13.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Grigoruţ, C. (2009). Le dialogue des intertextes philosophiques dans les essais de cioran. Écrivains d'Expression Française de l'Europe du Sud-Est: Dialogue des Cultures Chez les Écrivains Balkaniques d'Expression Française. (pp. 101-109). Bucharest, Romania: Editura Fundaţiei România de Mâine. [Full Paper]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Grigorut, C. (2009, June). Jeux d'écriture / jeux de lecture dans l'univers romanesque de Louis Hamelin. Verbal presentation at the 23^e Congrès mondial du Conseil International d'Études Francophones (CIĒF), New Orleans, Louisiana.

Other - Edited Journal

Grigorut, C., & Jeandin-Livet, K. (Eds.). (2009). Otago French Notes: Cahiers D'études Littéraires Françaises: Eugène Ionesco Hier, Aujourd'hui, Demain, 2. [Journal Editor].

2008

Journal - Research Article

Grigoruţ, C. (2008). Pratiques intertextuelles dans la littérature française de l'après-guerre [Intertextual approaches in postwar French literature]. La Lettre R, 7-8, 9-18.

Grigoruţ, C. (2008). Apocalyptic imagery in Michel Tournier's Le Roi de Aulnes. Acta Iassyensia Comparationis, 6, 199-204.

Grigorut, C., & Steiciuc, E. B. (2008). Prolégomènes À un centenaire lyrique. Otago French Notes / Cahiers d'Études Littéraires Françaises de L'Université d'Otago, 1, 7-11.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Grigoruţ, C. (2008). Forever young: On space and time in literature. In E. Graur & A. Diaconescu (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on British and American Studies. (pp. 3-9). Suceava, Romania: Editura Universităţii Suceava. [Full Paper]

Steiciuc, E.-B., & Grigoruţ, C. (2008). Invisible sides of fear in Anne Hébert's Les enfants du sabbat. In E. Graur & A. Diaconescu (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on British and American Studies. (pp. 165-172). Suceava, Romania: Editura Universităţii Suceava. [Full Paper]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Grigorut, C. (2008, June-July). Fonctions narratives des symboles mythiques dans le roman québécois des années 80: Anne Hébert et Louis Hamelin. Verbal presentation at the 22^e Congrès mondial du Conseil International d'Études Francophones (CIĒF), Limoges, France.

Grigoruţ, C. (2008, November). Le dialogue des intertextes philosophiques dans les Essais de Cioran [Philosophical intertextuality in E-M. Cioran's essays]. Verbal presentation at the Colloque International de la Francophonie, Bucarest, Romania.

Grigoruţ, C. (2008, October). Forever young: On space and time in literature. Keynote presentation at the 3rd International Conference on British and American Studies, Suceava, Romania.

Other - Edited Journal

Grigorut, C., & Steiciuc, E.-B. (Eds.). (2008). Otago French Notes: Cahiers D'études Littéraires Françaises: Centenaire Lyrique, 1. [Journal Editor].

2007

Journal - Research Article

Grigoruţ, C. (2007). De Fin de partie vers Endgame: Quelques observations sur la complexité intertextuelle de la traduction Anglaise des jeux de mots dans le théâtre de Samuel Beckett [From Fin de Partie to Endgame: Observations on the intertextual complexity translating puns in Samuel Beckett's plays]. Atelier de Traduction, 8, 189-198.

2006

Journal - Research Article

Grigoruţ, C. (2006). Despre universalitatea discursului intertextual in teatrul lui Samuel Beckett [On the universal dimension of the intertextual discourse in Samuel Beckett's theatre]. Analele Universitatii Stefan cel Mare Suceava, 12(1), 77-90.

Grigorut, C. (2006). Échos métaphysiques dans les syllogismes cioraniens [Metaphysical echoes in E-M. Cioran's syllogisms]. Nouvelles Etudes Francophones, 21(2), 181-194.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Grigorut, C. (2006, September-October). Formes et fonctions du calembour dans Fin de partie [Structure and functions of puns in Samuel Beckett's Fin de partie]. Verbal presentation at the International Samuel Beckett Symposium, Tokyo, Japan.

Grigorut, C. (2006, June). The unbearable lightness of (re)reading and its Palimpsestuous space. Verbal presentation at the On Space Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2003

Journal - Research Article

Grigorut, C. (2003). Metamorphoses de la lecture intertextuelle. Analele Universitatii Stefan cel Mare Suceava, 9(2), 61-80.

Grigorut, C. (2003). Intertextualité biblique et métaphysique sartrienne dans le roman Le roi des aulnes de Michel Tournier [Biblical intertexts and Sartrean metaphysics in Michel Tournier's Le roi des aulnes]. Revue de l'Université de Moncton, 34(1-2), 235-259.

2002

Chapter in Book - Research

Grigorut, C. (2002). Poliquin, Daniel. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 888). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Thériault, Marie-José. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 1104). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Trudel, Sylvian. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 1139). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Vachon, Georges-André. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 1159). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Anfousse, Ginette. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 22). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Bissonnette, Lise. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 121-122). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). D'Amour, Francine. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 274). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Éthier-Blais, Jean. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 339). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Étienne, Gérard. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 339-340). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Hamelin, Louis. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 473). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Klimov, Alexis. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 585). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Leblanc, Gérald. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 643). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Mailhot, Michèle. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 700). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Marchand, Clément. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 710). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Meynard, Yves. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 739-740). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Nattiez, Jean-Jacques. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 802). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Grigorut, C. (2002). Poissant, Claude. In W. H. New (Ed.), Encyclopedia of literature in Canada. (pp. 887-888). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

2001

Journal - Research Other

Grigorut, C. (2001). De la mémoire oublieuse [On forgetful memory] [Review of the books L′enfant cigarier and Le nomade]. Canadian Literature, 170-171, 245-247.

2000

Journal - Research Article

Grigorut, C. (2000). Un mythe voyageur et son ancrage intertextuel dans le roman La rage de Louis Hamelin [Intertextual roots of a wandering myth in Louis Hamelin's La rage]. Études Francophones, XV(1), 17-31.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Grigorut, C. (2000, March). L′image des Balkans dans la littérature française: Le motif du sacrifice de construction dans Le Lait de la mort de Marguerite Yourcenar [The Balkans in French literature: The walled-up wife motif in Marguerite Youcenar′s Le lait de la mort]. Verbal presentation at the 17th Annual International Colloquium in Twentieth-Century French Studies, Philadelphia, PA, USA.