B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Iowa), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Paul Socken is a specialist in French-Canadian literature, particularly in the novel. He has done research on the thematic and stylistic aspects of Gabrielle Roy and is currently publishing in the area of mythology and French-Canadian literature.
He has published a concordance of Gabrielle Roy's Bonheur d'Occasion and Myth and Morality in Alexandre Chenevert, and more recently, the Myth of the Lost Paradise in the Novels of Jacques Poulin and The French They Never Taught You.
Professor Socken's latest book Gabrielle Roy Today/Gabrielle Roy aujourd'hui (Les Editions des Plaines, 2003) commemorates the 20th year since the death of this great Canadian novelist with commentary from 18 scholars from all over the world.
His forthcoming book (McGill/Queen's University Press, 2013) is titled "The Edge of the Precipice: Why Read Literature in the Digital Age?"
Representative Publications
Books
Intimate
Strangers
(2004)
Gabrielle
Roy
Today
/
Gabrielle
Roy
aujourd'hui
(2003)
The
French
They
Never
Taught
You (with
José
Binamé) (2002)
Patrimoines:
La
Francophonie
en
Amérique
du
nord (with
P.H.
Dubé
and
Ann
Dubé) (1992)
The
Myth
of
the
Lost
Paradise
in
the
Novels
of
Jacques
Poulin
(1993)
Concordance
de
Bonheur
d'occasion
de
Gabrielle
Roy
(1982)
Myth
and
Morality
in
Alexandre
Chenevert
by
G.
Roy
(1987)
Chapters/Articles
in
Books
Gabrielle
Roy.
An
Annotated
Bibliography in The
Annotated
Bibliography
of
Canada's
Major
Authors
(1979)
Selected Professional
and
Community
Affiliations
Association
of
Quebec
and
Canadian
Studies
Association
of
Canadian
Studies
in
the
United
States
Association
française
d'études
canadiennes