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R. H. GAPPER PRIZES

2010 Undergraduate Essay Prize

The Society for French Studies is delighted to announce the result of the 2010 R.H. Gapper Undergraduate Essay Prize:

Winner

Claire Strickett (Glasgow University): Femmes-démon or victims? Reconsidering the source of the malevolent in Maupassant's contes fantastiques.

Runner-up

Aimee Linekar (St Andrews University): 'Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es' (Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Aphorisme IV). Examine the roles of food, drink and intoxication in Jean-Claude Izzo's Chourmo in light of this quotation.

The prize is awarded by the Society for French Studies for an essay in English or French, of between 2,000 and 5,000 words, on any subject within the scope of French studies. The award is for outstanding academic merit at undergraduate level, and the judges are a subcommittee of the Trustees of the Society for French Studies. The award includes a cash prize of £250, expenses-paid travel to the next annual conference of the Society for French Studies, mention in French Studies Bulletin and on the Society for French Studies website.

2010 Postgraduate Essay Prize

The Society for French Studies is delighted to announce below the results of the 2010 Postgraduate Gapper Essay Prize.

Winner

'Dominical Diversions: Jules Laforgue on Sundays' by Claire White (Cambridge University).

Joint Runners-Up

'The Clerk and the Courtier: Two Different Responses to the Tristan Problem in Chrétien de Troyes's Cligès and Lancelot' by Natalie Orr (University of Reading).

'Discuss the usefulness of the notion of hybridity for analysis of two Occitan texts' by Jessica Stoll (King's College, London).

Third:

'"I have discovered that all human unhappiness comes from just one thing: the inability to remain at rest, in a room." In the light of this remark by Pascal, discuss the theme of immobility in two or more films or texts you have studied for this course' by Joanne Brueton (University College, London).

Commendations

'Hornsby (2006) suggests that koinéization has led to the emergence of Regional French in Nord Pas de Calais. Assess this claim with reference to one or more varieties of Regional French' by Damien Mooney (Cambridge University).

'Hybrids of Men and Other Animals in Marie de France's Bisclavret and Yonec' by Charlotte Norton (University of Durham).

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