Dr. Antoine Spacagna (Ph. D. Ohio State) specializes in 18th-century French and 20th-century Francophone literature (Black Literature of French expression and Quebec studies, especially poetry). He is the author of Entre les oui et le non: Essai sur la structure profonde du théâtre de Marivaux (Peter Lang, 1973) and co-editor of Intertextuality in Literature and Film (University Press of Florida, 1994). He has published articles on Marivaux, Gide, Ionesco, Gilles Hénault, Saint-John Perse, and Romain Rolland. He is currently working on contemporary French and Quebecois poetry.

Dr. Spacagna is very active in the Francophone community in Florida and abroad,  and serves as the faculty advisor for the FSU Haitian Cultural Club and for the Multicultural Arts Society.  The French government has awarded him the rank of Commander in the order of Academic Palms in recognition for his promotion of French culture locally, regionally and internationally. Dr. Spacagna received a Teaching Award in 1994.

Courses Taught:

• Black Literature of French Expression
• French Cinema (in English - FIL 3520)
• French Civilization (FRE 4500)
• Advanced French Conversation
• 18th-century French Literature (FRW 4433, 5593r)
• Contemporary French Poetry (FRW 5355)