Michel FEITH

Michel Feith is a Professor of American Literature at the University of Nantes, France, where he serves as Head of the Department of English Studies. He maintains significant research affiliations with the Center for Research on Identities, Nations and Intercultural Studies (CRINI) and has collaborated internationally as Guest Editor for Black Studies Papers at the University of Bremen.

His research focuses on Ethnic American literatures, with specialized expertise in:

• Black American literary traditions and the Harlem Renaissance
• Native American narrative strategies and identity formation
• Ethnic trickster figures in multicultural contexts
• Philosophical dimensions in contemporary American fiction
• Intertextual approaches to authors like Percival Everett and John Edgar Wideman

Publication analysis reveals consistent examination of heritage, identity politics, and narrative innovation in American minority literatures. Recent works demonstrate deepening engagement with philosophical frameworks applied to spatial theory (2019), slave narrative reinterpretations (2018), and ethical dimensions of violence in literature (2012).

Professor Feith has edited multiple significant collections including Troubled Legacies: Heritage/Inheritance in American Minority Literatures (2015) and Jean Toomer and the Harlem Renaissance (2001), establishing him as a leading scholar in intercultural literary studies.