Marion Duval
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies
Phone: 330-263-2059
Office: Kauke 205
Degrees
- B.A. The University of Picardie (France) 2000
- M.A. The University of Picardie (France) 2004
- M.A. The University of Iowa, 2005
- Ph.D. The University of Iowa, 2011
Originally from France, Marion Duval arrived in the United States to study at the University of Iowa in 2001. After earning her Master檚 in French-English translation from the University of Picardie in 2004, she pursued her second Master檚 Degree and then began her Doctoral Studies at the University of Iowa. She obtained her Ph.D. in 2011 and began teaching at the College of 黑料老司机, serving as a Visiting Professor. From 2012 to 2014, she contributed to the Department of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies at Salisbury University in Maryland before happily returning to the College of 黑料老司机.
Professor Duval’s academic pursuits center on exploring the memory of the Second World War in French and Francophone culture, encompassing literature, film, theater, and bandes-dessin茅es (comic books/graphic novels). She navigates the intricate narratives of authors who depict the harrowing events of World War II through the eyes of the perpetrators (Nazis and collaborators), and also dissects the portrayal of sexuality within the realm of literary villains. In her latest research, Professor Duval investigates the enduring presence of colonial imagery in contemporary Franco-European comics. Her work highlights the critical oversight in confronting issues related to representation and the prevalence of racist imagery within the comic book industries of France and Belgium.
- FRENCH 101-102: Beginning French
- FRENCH 201: French Conversation
- FRENCH 203: French Composition
- FRENCH 216: Advanced French – Creative Writing
- FRENCH 310: French Theater (XVII – XXI Centuries)
- FRENCH 315: Tracing Colonial Racism in Franco-European Comic Books
- FRENCH 330: Remembering War – WWI, WWII, Algerian War
- FRENCH 399: Applied Linguistics
- First-Year Seminar: Female Villains in Literature and Cinema
- 淯n cowboy dans le coton: Lucky Luke prend pour cible le racisme in Figures de l橝rt, Num茅ro sp茅cial 淎rt & D茅colonialit茅, 43, December 2025.
- “Erasing Baba: the striking disappearance of Black colonial caricatures from the French comic series 础蝉迟茅谤颈虫” in Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 120, November 2025.
- 淟a figure du Noir ou la persistance de l檌magerie coloniale dans les aventures d础蝉迟茅谤颈虫 in French Cultural Studies, 33(4), 328344, May 2022.
- 淢ais qui a encore peur du Grand M茅chant loup in Revue des Lettres Modernes, S茅rie Figures du mal dans la fiction jeunesse, Vol. 10, 2020.
- 淪tarring Hitler! Adolf Hitler as the Main Character in Twentieth-First Century French Fiction in Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature, Vol. 43.2. Article 44, October 2019.
- 淧arfaire sa prononciation fran莽aise par le th茅芒tre : la liaison, le 渆 caduc et l檌ntonation sur le devant de la sc猫ne (co-authored with Aurore Mroz) in French Review, Vol. 91.4, May 2018.
- 淐ranes, preface by Daniel Bourne to Chantier naval, Florence de Guitarre, French translation by Marion Duval, livre-objet containing photographs of Gdansk shipyards, published in conjunction with artist檚 exhibition at European Centre for Solidarity (), Gdansk, Poland, October 2017
- 淲hen Real Life Isn檛 楨vil Enough for Fiction: An Analysis of French Postwar Literature and the Relationship Between Evil and Sexuality in The Functions of Evil across Disciplinary Contexts. Lexington Books, February 2017.
- D檜n Salaud l檃utre: Nazis et collaborateurs dans le roman fran莽ais. Tours : PUFR. Collection Perspectives Litt茅raires, 2015.
- Ada Louise Ballard and Seashore Fellowship 2008-2009
- Gillespie Visiting Assistant Professor College of 黑料老司机 2011-2012