Dr Leona Archer
About
Biography
I have been at the University of Surrey since 2015, teaching across our undergraduate degree programmes in French. I previously taught in France at Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (2013-14) and Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 (2012-2013).
I hold a PhD in medieval French literature from the University of Cambridge (King's College), and was awarded my MA in Medieval Studies and BA Hons. in French and Italian from the University of Exeter.
Research interests
French Literature, Medieval European Literature, Professional Training and the Year Abroad, Language Pedagogy
University roles and responsibilities
- Subject Leader for Languages
- Professional Training Tutor for French
News
In the media
Teaching
FRE1068 French Language II for Professional Purposes
FRE2035 French Language III for Research Purposes
FRE3024 The Arts in France
LANP032/33/34 Professional Training Year Module
FRE3020 French Dissertation (supervision)
FREL032 GGA French Stage 2
FREL035 GGA French Stage 5
Publications
Archer L. Gender and Space in the Lancelot-Grail Cycle and Beyond, monograph under contract with Liverpool University Press
Archer, Leona. (2020). Embedding employability in year abroad preparation. In Salin, Sandra; Hall, Damien; Hampton, Cathy (Eds), Perspectives on the year abroad: a selection of papers from YAC2018 (pp. 111-119). Research-publishing.net. https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2020.39.1056
Archer L, Stuart A. (eds.) (2013) Visions of Apocalypse: Representations of the End in French Literature and Culture. Oxford: Peter Lang
Archer L. (2012) 'Le Cœur et la clôture dans le cycle Lancelot-Graal', in Bisdorff C, Clemente M-C (eds.) Le Cœur dans tous ses états. Oxford: Peter Lang
Archer L. (2012) 'Extremities of Space and Gender in the Old French La Queste del Saint Graal', in Hemmens A, Williams, R. Autour de l'Extrême Littéraire. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing