Professor Dominique Isner-Ball French Lecturer Ph.D. and M.A., University of California, Los Angeles B.A., University of Nice, France Office: University Hall 3906 Phone: 310.258.5427 Email: disner@lmu.edu

Area of Specialization:

20th Century French Literature
Doctoral Dissertation Topic: "Marcel Proust et l'esthétique des demi-états" (study of Proust's aesthetics).

Selected Publications:

• "Les causes ontologiques de la dépression dans Le deuxième sexe de Simone de Beauvoir," Simone de Beauvoir Studies, volume 10, November 1993.
• "L'esthétique des ressemblances inachevées," Bulletin Marcel Proust, October 1992.
• "La dimension du futur chez Jean-Paul Sartre et Simone de Beauvoir," Simone de Beauvoir Studies, Volume 8, October 1991.