Franck Dalmas

Franck Dalmas is an Associate Professor in the Department of French Language & Literature at Stony Brook University.

• Ph.D in French Literature, UNC at Chapel Hill, 2006
• MA in French Literature, Ohio University at Athens, 2002
• MA in British Literature, University of Toulon-Var, 2001

His research spans 19th and 20th-century French literature, focusing on existentialism, phenomenology, and artistic expression. He explores intersections of philosophy and literature, particularly in works by Camus, Sartre, and Michel Tournier, and analyzes terrorism in narrative and avant-garde movements.

Recent publications examine pandemic metaphors in Ionesco’s work, visual culture in Annie Ernaux’s writing, and psychological dimensions in Sartrean fiction. His research often bridges literary theory with historical and sociological frameworks.

• 2012 Individual Research Grant, Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
• 2011 UUP Travel Fund
• 2008 Stony Brook Foundation Travel Fund

He teaches courses ranging from elementary French to advanced topics like Salons of the Enlightenment, French Cinema, and Francophone Mediterranean Conflicts.