Amadou Ouédraogo

Amadou Ouédraogo
  • Faculty
  • Professor of Francophone Studies

Biography

Amadou Ouédraogo is the UL Federal Credit Union II/BORSF Endowed Professor of Francophone Studies
. He is a former Fulbright scholar (Michigan State Ë÷Äá×ÊÔ´Íø), and a former British Council scholar (Ë÷Äá×ÊÔ´Íø of London). He has experience teaching and researching in both Francophone and Anglophone African Studies. He is an editorial board member for several scholarly journals including Études Francophones and Francophonies d’Amérique.

Education

Ph.D., Ë÷Äá×ÊÔ´Íø of Iowa
Doctorat de troisième cycle, Université de Grenoble

Student Research/Collaboration

  • Sub-Saharan African Literature and Film
  • Caribbean Studies

Publications

  • Rites et allégories de l’initiation: Visions africaines et caribéennes (2009)
  • L’univers mythique d’Ahmadou Kourouma: Entre vision et subversion (2014)
  • L’imaginaire dans l’esthétique romanesque de Jean-Marie Adiaffi : Une lecture de La carte d’identité (2015) 
  • The Aesthetics of Mandé Hunting Tradition in African Fiction (2017) 
  • Visages du féminin et esthétique du mythe chez Jean-Marie Adiaffi (2020)