Sigolène Vivier

Sigolène Vivier is a Lecturer in English Studies at the School of Foreign Languages, Université d'Artois, specializing in stylistics, translation, and contemporary American literature. She holds a Doctorate in Anglophone Studies from Sorbonne University (2020) and has established herself as a significant scholar in the field of American short fiction and literary non-fiction.

Her academic journey includes:

• Doctorate in Anglophone Studies, Sorbonne University (2020) with thesis: "Opening Up the Brief: Contemporary Short Story Practices in William H. Gass, Steven Millhauser, and David Foster Wallace"
• External English Aggregation and CAPES (2011)
• Master 2 in English Studies, American Literature, Paris-IV Sorbonne University (2010)
• Master 1 European Cultural Studies, University College London (2008)

Vivier's research centers on stylistics, translation, contemporary American literature, literary journalism, fiction/non-fiction relations, short forms, and editorial policies. Her work demonstrates exceptional focus on the writings of David Foster Wallace, William Gass, and Steven Millhauser, with particular attention to narrative techniques, metalepsis, and the complex relationship between fiction and non-fiction. She has made significant contributions to understanding stylistic innovations in contemporary American short fiction and the challenges of translating complex literary works across linguistic and cultural boundaries.

Her scholarly output reveals a consistent analytical framework examining narrative structure, stylistic density, and the translation of literary non-fiction. Vivier's work uniquely bridges literary analysis with translation studies, demonstrating how narrative techniques and stylistic elements travel across languages and cultural contexts while maintaining their literary integrity.

Vivier has been actively involved in research organization and academic leadership:

• Organized study day "Instruire le réel: la non-fiction narrative au prisme de l'enquête" (University of Artois, February 2024, with Charlotte Arnautou and Charles Bonnot)
• Organized international conference "Vladimir Nabokov: Histoire et géographie" (Sorbonne University, June 2019, with Monica Manolescu, Yannicke Chupin, Agnès Edel-Roy and Anne-Marie Lafon)
• Organized study day "La fin en question / Unsettling Endings" (University Paris-Sorbonne, June 2015, with Isabelle Montin and Lucille Hagège)
• Organized study day "Représentations du jeu / Representing Play and Games" (University Paris-Sorbonne, June 2014, with Juliette Dorotte and Valentine Vasak)

She has participated extensively in academic conferences worldwide, presenting on topics ranging from Steven Millhauser's temporal experimentation to David Foster Wallace's multilingual challenges in translation. As an academic evaluator, Vivier has served as an examiner for doctoral defenses and on entrance examination juries for prestigious institutions like ENS Lyon, demonstrating her active role in academic mentorship and quality assurance within the scholarly community.