Yannick Bellenger-Morvan

Yannick Bellenger-Morvan is a Lecturer at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, affiliated with the College of Letters and Human Sciences. His expertise spans English-language children's literature (19th-21st centuries), graphic literature (comics, illustrated books), and media studies (children’s films/TV series).

Education:

• PhD in British Literature (University of Paris Ouest Nanterre, 2009) with thesis on Fantasy and Natural History in C.S. Lewis’s Narnia Chronicles
• English Agrégation (2001)

Research focuses on intersections of childhood culture, popular media, and historical narratives. He explores war representation in children’s literature, elegiac memory in TV series like Life on Mars, and adaptations of Gothic themes in graphic novels. His work bridges literary analysis with interdisciplinary cultural studies.

Recent publications address Australian wartime literature, Winnie-the-Pooh’s literary merit, and graphic adaptations of Stevenson’s works. He co-edits the Imaginaires journal and collaborates on projects linking children’s literature to socio-cultural identities.