Elizabeth McManus

Elizabeth McManus is a Lecturer in French at the State University of New York at Geneseo since 2017. She teaches courses like FREN 101: Elementary French I, focusing on communicative skills and cultural immersion.

• Ph.D., French Literature, Northwestern University (2014)
• M.A., French Literature, University of Illinois at Chicago (2005)
• B.A., French Studies, Cornell University (2001)

Her research spans 19th-century French literature, Fantastic literature, and Gothic/Science Fiction intersections, with publications analyzing Théophile Gautier’s works, visual technologies in 19th-century art, and narrative structures in TV series like Lost.

Recent publications emphasize:

• Historical and cultural symbolism in 19th-century French literature
• Visual technologies (arcades, dioramas) and their literary parallels
• Narrative theory in contemporary media
• Gothic and fantastic elements in modern fiction

Affiliations include the Modern Languages Association and the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts.