Jennifer Willging
Arts and Humanities · The Ohio State University
Publications
29
Citations
76
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
31
Publishing since 1996
Jennifer Willging works in French literary and cultural studies, with a strong focus on contemporary French fiction—especially the novels of Michel Houellebecq—as well as writers like Marguerite Duras and Paule Constant. Her work often examines themes such as everyday life, alienation, happiness, and humor within French cultural and literary contexts, sometimes drawing on critical theory and psychoanalytic ideas.
Publication activity over the last decade has been modest and irregular, with one to two papers in most active years and occasional gaps, averaging fewer than one publication per year over the last five years.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Teaching Humor in French Literature in the 21st-Century Classroom
New Prairie Press (Kansas State University) · 2026
- Banal Catastrophes and Catastrophic Banality in Michel Houellebecq’s <i>Plateforme</i>
Romance Studies · 2024
- Houellebecq in Focus: Introduction
Romance Studies · 2024
- A Woman’s Huis clos:
University of Wales Press eBooks · 2022
- Leisure and alienation in Houellebecq’s fiction
French Cultural Studies · 2021
- Reviews
Contemporary French Civilization · 2021
- A critique of everyday life in Michel Houellebecq’s<i>Extension du domaine de la lutte</i>
Modern & Contemporary France · 2019
- Strange Bedfellows: Paule Constant, Michel Houellebecq, and Political Correctness
Australian Journal of French Studies · 2019
- Alternate Facts and Reality Effects in Antoine Bello’s Roman américain
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature · 2018
- Lefebvrian 'Moments' in Marguerite Duras's Cahiers de la guerre
French forum · 2018
- Chrétienne's Colonial Misadventures: Echoes of Céline and Duras in Paule Constant's La fille du Gobernator
2016
- Tracing the Evolution of Contemporary French Studies Through the Twentieth (and Twenty-first) Century French (and Francophone) (Literary) Studies Colloquium
Contemporary French and Francophone Studies · 2016
- Can the French be happy, or can happiness be French? Contemporary French discourses on happiness as cultural value
Contemporary French Civilization · 2016
- Contemporary French Civilization×2
- Romance Studies×2
- Modern & Contemporary France×1
- French Cultural Studies×1
- Contemporary French and Francophone Studies×1
- Margaret Gray
Arts and Humanities · Indiana University
- Alison Calhoun
Arts and Humanities · Indiana University
- Jennifer Yee
Arts and Humanities · The Ohio State University
- Nicolas Valazza
Social Sciences · Indiana University
- Eric MacPhail
Arts and Humanities · Indiana University
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.
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