Anne Berthelot

Anne Berthelot
Born (1957-11-01) 1 November 1957
Nationality French
Alma mater École normale supérieure
Occupation Medievalist, Romance philologist

Anne Berthelot (born 1 November 1957) is a French professor of Medieval French literature and studies. She is currently teaching at the University of Connecticut since 1990.[1]

Career

Anne Berthelot is an “agrégée des lettres classiques” since 1980, and a graduate of the École normale supérieure. She obtained the Doctorat de troisième cycle from Paris-Sorbonne University in 1982, with her dissertation entitled L’Enchanteur et le Livre, ou le savoir de Merlin. Then she pursued a Doctor of Letters at Paris-Sorbonne University in 1987, with the research work Figures et fonction de l’écrivain au XIIIᵉ siècle under the direction of the Romanist and Medievalist Daniel Poirion.[2]

She is a specialist in the prose romances of the 13th century, she is particularly interested in the problems of enunciation and specialises in Arthurian Literature with a comparative approach, she has written numerous books and articles on these subjects.[3] She helped to edit the Lancelot-Graal and prepared a study of Merlin in the literature of England, France and Germany from the 12th to the 15th centuries.[4]

Selected bibliography

Young Arthur pulling the Excalibur, featured on the cover of Arthur et la Table ronde : La force d'une légende.
  • Le Chevalier à la charette, Le Chevalier au lion : résumé analytique, commentaire critique, documents complémentaires, Nathan, 1991 (critical analysis on Chrétien de Troyes’ works)
  • Arthur et la Table ronde : La force d’une légende, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 298), série Littératures. Éditions Gallimard, 1996 (five international editions: American, British, Japanese, Korean, Polish)
    • UK edition – King Arthur: Chivalry and Legend, ‘New Horizons’ series. Thames & Hudson, 1997 (reprinted 2004, 2011)
    • US edition – King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, “Abrams Discoveries” series. Abrams Books, 1997
  • Le roman courtois : Une introduction, Armand Colin, 2005
Collective works and translations
  • Translated from Old French by Anne Berthelot and many others, Chrétien de Troyes : Œuvres complètes, collection « Bibliothèque de la Pléiade » (nº 408), Éditions Gallimard, 1994
  • Anonymous, edited by AA.VV., Le Livre du Graal, tome I, collection « Bibliothèque de la Pléiade » (nº 476), Éditions Gallimard, 2001
  • Anonymous, edited by AA.VV., Le Livre du Graal, tome II, collection « Bibliothèque de la Pléiade » (nº 498), Éditions Gallimard, 2003
  • Robert de Boron, translated from Old French by Anne Berthelot, Merlin, collection « La Bibliothèque Gallimard » (nº 164), Éditions Gallimard, 2005

References

  1. ↑ "Curriculum vitae: ANNE BERTHELOT" (PDF). languages.uconn.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  2. ↑ "Anne Berthelot". Babelio (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  3. ↑ "Anne Berthelot: Professor, French and Francophone Studies". languages.uconn.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  4. ↑ Berthelot, Anne (1997). King Arthur: Chivalry and Legend. ‘New Horizons’ series. Translated by Sharman, Ruth. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-500-30079-4. About the author
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