Jacqueline Assaël (born 7 August 1957,

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) is a French

Hellenist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

and a professor of

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and literature at the

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since 2004. She is also an essayist and poet. Assaël is a specialist in the works of the tragic Greek poet

Euripides Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars a ...

, and she has also published works on the phenomenon of poetic inspiration in Antiquity. Also a

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, she has also created some works of New Testament

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Biography

Jacqueline Assaël studied classics at the

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, where she obtained a doctorate in 1987. After passing the agrégation in 1980, she taught in high schools, first in

and then in

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. In 1983 she was named assistant professor of Greek at the

University of Perpignan The University of Perpignan (french: Université de Perpignan; ca, Universitat de Perpinyà Via Domitia) is a French university, located in Perpignan. History The first university of Perpignan was established in 1349 by King Peter IV of Ara ...

, then went to the

University of Nice A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...

in 1990. She was promoted to the role of professor there in 2004. She began to publish poetry and essays in 1999, in journals (''Souffles'', ''Encres vives'', ''ARPA'', ''Autre Sud'', ''La main millénaire'', ''Recours au poème'', ''Nunc'', ''Les Cahiers du Sens'') and with various publishing houses (La Porte, Clapàs, Corlevour, etc.). Patrick Cabanel remarks that "these titles reveal that this poetry mixes, as

Roland Barthes Roland Gérard Barthes (; ; 12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician. His work engaged in the analysis of a variety of sign systems, mainly derived from Western popula ...

would have said, at least three Mediterraneans: Greek, Judeo-Christian, and 'Cévenole,' in the broad sense." She is a member of the editorial committees of the journals ''Loxias'' and ''Foi et Vie''.

Published works

Academic works

* ''Intellectualité et théâtralité dans l’œuvre d’Euripide, ''Publ. de la Fac. des Lettres de Nice, 1993. * Jacqueline Assaël (éd.), ''L’antique notion d’inspiration'', revue ''Noesis'', 4, 2000,

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. * ''Euripide, philosophe et poète tragique'',

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, Namur, 2001. Prix Zappas 2002. * Jacqueline Assaël (éd.), ''Labyrinthes et métamorphoses'', Actes de la table ronde « Œdipe, Sisyphe, Ovide aujourd’hui », Nice, Faculté des Lettres, 31 mars 2005, in ''Résurgence des mythes'', N° spécial 212 de la revue ''Souffles'', Montpellier, décembre 2005. * ''Pour une poétique de l’inspiration, d’Homère à Euripide'', Peeters, Namur, 2006. * ''L’épître de Jacques'', Labor et Fides,

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, 2013 (en collaboration avec Élian Cuvillier). * ''« Au miroir de la Parole ». Lecture de l’épître de Jacques'', (Cahiers Évangile 167),

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Éditions du Cerf ''Éditions du Cerf'' (French: "Editions of the Deer") is a French publishing house specializing in religious books. It was founded in 1929, and operated by the Dominican Order. The name is a reference to Psalm 42 (41): As the hart panteth ...

, 2014 (en collaboration avec Élian Cuvillier). * Euripide. ''Alceste,'' dans les ''Silves grecques 2015-2016'', Neuilly, Éditions Atlande, 2015. * Jacqueline Assaël (éd.),'' Euripide et l'imagination aérienne'', 2015, Paris, L'Harmattan, coll. Thyrse, 6. * Jacqueline Assaël (éd., en collaboration avec Andreas Markantonatos), "Orphism and Greek Tragedy", ''Trends in Classics'', Berlin, De Gruyter, 2016, 8/2.

Poetry

* ''De l’âpreté des drailles'', Colomiers, Encres vives, 2000. * ''Voilier - Sirène'', ''Encres Vives'', Colomiers, 2001. * ''Place de l’Horloge et contrepoint'', ''Encres Vives'', Colomiers, 2001. * ''Dionysiaques'', ''Encres Vives'', Colomiers, 2002. * ''Circé des amours libertaires'', ''Encres Vives'', Colomiers, 2002. * ''Le faune du vieil étang ermite'', La Porte,

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, 2002. * ''Janus et la méduse'', La licorne,

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, 2004. * ''Catalyse'', Souffles, Montpellier, 2008. * ''Gospel pour un peintre'', Clapàs, Millau, 2009. * ''Les orpailleurs de Dieu'', Clapàs, Millau, 2012. * ''Dialogue des gentianes'', L'Harmattan, Paris, 2015.

Essays

* ''Petit traité de fol Espoir'', Olivétan,

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, 2009. * ''Le mémorial des limules. Essay on

Frédéric Jacques Temple Frédéric Jacques Temple (18 August 1921 – 5 August 2020) was a French poet and writer. His work includes poems (collected in 1989 in a "Personal Anthology"), novels, travel stories and essays. He also realised translations of English, Thomas ...

's poetry''. Suivi d’un ''Dialogue entre Jacqueline Assaël et Frédéric Jacques Temple'', Clichy, Corlevour, 2012. * ''Connaître, « naître ensemble », Tu, mio. Les particularités de Tu, mio comme roman d’apprentissage'', Étude sur

Erri De Luca Enrico "Erri" De Luca (born 20 May 1950, Naples) is an Italian novelist, translator and poet. He has been recognized by critic Giorgio De Rienzo of '' Corriere della Sera'' as "the writer of the decade". He is also known for his opposition to t ...

, ''Nunc'' 28, 2012. * « Les paradoxes de Iossif Ventura, poète crétois », ''Recours au poème'', 2013. * « Et il dit ». Étude sur Erri De Luca, ''Recours au poème'', 2013. * « Frédéric Jacques Temple : la poésie des sept points cardinaux », direction du dossier Frédéric Jacques Temple, ''Nunc'' 30, 2013.

Television show (on DVD)

* ''Le temps de le dire. Jacqueline Assaël'', France Télévisions, France 2, Couleur 30 min. Format 16:9. Stereo. 13/03/11.

Awards

* Prix Zappas (2002)

Notes and references

Bibliography

* Patrick Cabanel, « Jacqueline Assaël », in Patrick Cabanel et André Encrevé (dir.), ''Dictionnaire biographique des protestants français de 1787 à nos jours'', tome 1 : A-C, Les Éditions de Paris Max Chaleil, Paris, 2015,

External links

Jacqueline Assaël
on the website of the Association des Professeurs de Langues Anciennes de l'Enseignement Supérieur
Jacqueline Assaël
on the website of the Maison des écrivains et de la littérature

Loxias
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