Most of my university teaching experience was gained at the University of Oxford, principally on the undergraduate course in Medieval and Modern Languages. I have taught French-to-English translation, modern French literature, life writing and literary theory through lectures, seminars, classes and individual or small-group tutorials. I have also taught English language in France.
Translation and language
- French-to-English translation classes for first-, second- and final-year Oxford undergraduates
- Seminars on “Advanced French Translation: Theory and Practice”
- English-language teaching at the Université Paris Nanterre (2012–13)
- English-language teaching in primary schools in Châteauroux (2006–07)
French literature and life writing
- Tutorials on André Gide
- Tutorials on Roland Barthes
- Tutorials on twentieth-century French autobiographical writing
- Tutorials on a range of twentieth-century French literary topics for visiting students from universities in the United States
- A series of four lectures on André Gide, delivered at Oxford and available on this website
- A lecture on Hervé Guibert, autofiction and writing about HIV/AIDS
Literary theory and academic skills
- First-year seminars introducing French literary theory through works by Paul Valéry, Jean-Paul Sartre, Roland Barthes and Tzvetan Todorov
- Second-year seminars covering authorship, psychoanalysis, poststructuralism, Marxist and feminist criticism, gender theory and queer theory
- Classes on essay writing, study skills and academic technique
Dr Sam Ferguson | Academic Translator, Editor and Researcher 