PUBLISHED WORKS WE HAVE AUTHORED
Traversées nocturnes, a novel
in French
by Paul Raymond Côté & Constantina Mitchell
Les éditions Michel Brûlé
Montréal, 2010
ISBN 978-2-89485-457-0
Book Description
A gripping historical novel. New France as never seen before.
This novel explores a dark facet of Quebec’s history, drawing us into the realm of tragic love and the world of complex relations between colonists, native Indians and black slaves who were mercilessly exploited throughout New France. The story unfolds in Quebec City. The year is 1734. In the aftermath of a harrowing event, Baron Jean-Luc de Montigny leaves Bordeaux and sets sail for New France with his young son only to find himself swept into the maelstrom of an at times uncompromisingly ruthless and corrupt society that endorses slavery. Although certain he has left his heart behind him in France, Jean-Luc falls in love with a woman born in the colony who has her own tale of unspeakable suffering to tell. Together, they must free themselves from the chains of the past if they are to find happiness once more. But will they succeed?
A sweeping historical novel that weaves a deeply moving love story into a captivating, multilayered narrative. (French adaptation of Winter Passage).
MICHEL BRÛLÉ
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WINTER
PASSAGE, a novel
by Paul Raymond Côté & Constantina Mitchell
Behler Publications
California, 2005
ISBN 1-933016-19-1
Book Description
Bordeaux, 1734. To honour a dying man’s request, the Baron Jean
Luc de Montigny sets sail with his young son for Quebec City, the gateway to France’s North American colonies. Within hours of his arrival, he is swept into
an ethical and emotional maelstrom when he meets a woman born in the French
settlement who takes him on a journey through the tormented landscape of her
past. And his. Both have suffered irreparable violence and are
haunted by the ghosts of remorse and carnage. Amidst accusations of
sorcery and infanticide, their passion drives them to defy the barriers that
separate them.
The course of events is further entangled by a surprise revelation that brings into play the destiny of a vast estate–and its bonded servants. The property’s majordomo, a Senegalese slave, holds the key to the elusive fate of the estate and has his own story to tell.
SHAPING THE NOVEL
Textual Interplay in the Fiction of Malraux, Hébert, and
Modiano
by Constantina Mitchell & Paul Raymond Côté
Berghahn Books
Oxford & New York, 1996
ISBN 1-57181-036-6
Book Description
The dialogue between form and message is intrinsic to the novel as genre. Yet the strength of that discourse was shaken in the twentieth century by an increasing doubt about affirmations of any kind and a growing awareness of the relativity of knowledge and perception. The novel reflects this intellectual current by turning its gaze inward to meditate on the creative act as a form of self-contained assertion of its own particular significance. The three writers on whom this study focuses, all major twentieth-century authors, were chosen because they can be considered as important representatives of this novelistic self-consciousness. Building on André Malraux’s vision of the colloquium as an open-ended verbal interchange, this study calls upon the voices of Anne Hébert and Patrick Modiano to enter into a dialogue on novelistic form.
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Les Techniques picturales chez
Malraux
:
Interrogation et métamorphose
by Paul Raymond Côté
Sherbrooke (Quebec): Editions Naaman, 1984
ISBN 2-89040-288-6
Published with the aid of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities
Book Description
Traditionally, critics studying André Malraux have stressed the linear unfolding of events in his novels, their episodic and therefore cinematographic quality. Yet the author’s openly visual style cannot be explained as merely a series of film-like shots. The shadows of Goya and Rembrandt also hover over Malraux’s creative genius. As a result, his use of light, color, and framing to compose his novelistic space is reminiscent of the artistry of the great masters of painting.
Although some critics have pointed out—and rightly so—the presence of pictorial elements in Malraux’s work, they have not explored them in detail. This study focuses primarily on Malraux’s descriptive technique to show how painting components form a fundamental structural principle whose function is to transfigure the world and transform the imaginary space of the novelistic universe into an awareness of the limiting forces inherent to the human condition.
Malraux’s construction of images via painting techniques is ultimately a way of questioning the meaning of existence.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Exclusion
and Integration:
The case of the Sisters of Providence of Québec
by Constantina Mitchell
In Deaf History Unveiled: Interpretations from the New Scholarship. J. Van Cleve, Ed.
Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet University Press, l993. Chapter 10, pp. 146-72.
Yann Queffélec:
A Dialogue with Dreams, Obsessions and Reality
by Paul Raymond Côté
In The Contemporary Novel in France. William Thompson, Ed.
Florida State University Press, 1995. Chapter 18, pp. 331-51.
ARTICLES WE HAVE AUTHORED JOINTLY
“Entre la fuite et la quête: le parcours problématique du narrateur dans deux romans de Louis Gauthier.” Québec Studies, vol. 38 (Fall/Winter 2005), pp. 47-57.
“Subterfuges narratifs et identitaires dans L’Homme de paille de Daniel Poliquin.” Québec Studies, vol. 30 (Fall 2000/Winter 2001), pp. 89-100.
“Textual Self-Reflexivity in André Malraux’s Les Noyers de l’Altenburg.” Romance Languages Annual, vol. 7, 1995, pp. 33-38.
“Expression et obscurcissement dans Les Fous de bassan d’Anne Hébert.” Francographies, Special Issue no 2, 1993, pp. 275-81.
“Les Fous de Bassan and Le Torrent: At the Crossroads of Desire and Delusion.” Modern Language Studies, vol. 21, no 4 (Fall 1991). pp. 78-89.
“Ordre et rite: la fonction du cortège dans Le Premier Jardin d’Anne Hébert.” French Review, vol. 64, no 3 (February 1991), pp. 451-62.
“Le livre, le feu et la cave: une thématique de la transformation dans Le Matou.” L’Esprit Créateur, vol. 28, no 1 (Spring 1988), pp. 95-105.
“Beauchemin’s The Alley Cat as Modern Myth.” American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no 4 (Winter 1987-88), pp. 409-18.
“L’Influence d’un livre: roman de l’équivoque.” Québec Studies, vol. 5 (Fall 1987), pp. 97-110.
ARTICLES BY PAUL RAYMOND CÔTÉ
“Temps et destin dans Le Second Violon d’Yves Beauchemin.” French Review, vol. 75, no 3 (February 2002), pp. 500-510.
“Authority and Manipulation in Jacques Godbout’s Opération Rimbaud.” Dalhousie French Studies, vol. 58 (Spring 2002), pp. 163-72.
“Oedipus and Menaud: The Self-Affirmative Complex in André Brochu’s Le Maître rêveur.” Canadian Literature, vol. 165 (Summer 2000), pp. 94-111.
“La Mauvaise Foi de Gérald Tougas: masques, miroirs et production textuelle.” Québec Studies, vol. 23 (Spring/Summer 1997), pp. 62-72.
“Ellipse et réduplication: l’obsession du vide chez Patrick Modiano.” Romanic Review, vol. 85, no 1 (January 1994), pp. 143-56.
“Le Récit et ses miroirs: les procédés spéculaires dans Une Histoire américaine de Jacques Godbout.” Canadian Literature, no 135 (Winter 1992), pp. 97-109.
“Juliette Pomerleau d'Yves Beauchemin: le patrimoine en péril.” Revue francophone, vol. 6, no 1 (Spring 1991), pp. 106-119.
“Aux Rives du Léthé: Mnémosyne et la quête des origines chez Patrick Modiano.” Symposium, vol. 45. no 1 (Spring 1991), pp. 315-28.
“Le Prétexte visible ou l’expression picturale dans l’oeuvre romanesque de Malraux.” French Review, vol. 64, no 6 (May 1991), pp. 945-55.
“La Fonction référentielle et structurante de la création artistique dans l’oeuvre romanesque de Malraux.” André Malraux Review, vols. 21-22 (1989-90), pp. 104-16.
“À l’Abri des vivants: l’euphémisation dans Héloïse d’Anne Hébert.” Symposium, vol. 43, no 3 (Fall 1989), pp. 172-83.
“Kamouraska ou l’influence d’une tradition.” French Review, vol. 63, no 1 (October 1989), pp. 99-110.
“Le Premier Jardin d’Anne Hébert ou le faux double dénoncé.” American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 19, no 1 (Spring 1989), pp. 83-93.
“L’Enfirouapé d’Yves Beauchemin ou l’impasse de la crise d’octobre.” Québec Studies, vol. 7 (Fall 1988), pp. 105-15.
“Personnage et décor chez Malraux.” André Malraux Review, vol. 20, no 2 (Fall 1988), pp. 54-62.
“Bardamu et Meursault: voyageurs solitaires.” Bulletin 1987-1988 de la Société des Professeurs Français d’Amérique, pp. 139-53.
“Perspective narrative et expression romanesque chez Malraux.” Canadian Modern Language Review, vol. 43, no 4 (May 1987), pp. 621-29.
“Un Aspect de l’inspiration plastique chez Malraux: la couleur.” French Review, vol. 60, no 3 (February 1987), pp. 329-35
“Moments de Jean-Aubert Loranger: recherche d’une forme poétique.” French Review, vol. 54, no 5 (April 1981), pp. 708-13.
ARTICLES BY CONSTANTINA MITCHELL
“Echoes of Antiquity in Maria Chapdelaine.” Québec Studies, vol. 29 (Spring-Summer, 2000), pp. 54-63.
“Schématisations corporelles et espaces de la mort chez Verlaine.” Littératures: Mélanges à la mémoire de Jean-Claude Morisot, nos. 21-22 (2000), pp. 229-43.
“Ein Kapitel aus des Geschichte der Gehörlosen in Französisch-Kanada: The Sisters of Charity of Providence.” Das Zeichen (March 1992), pp. 8-13.
“Mythogenèse et métamorphose du moi: la Belgique imaginaire de Verlaine.” French Review (May 1992), pp 919-29.
“La Symbolique de la surdité dans Le Torrent.” Québec Studies, vol. 8 (1989), pp. 65-72.
Reprinted in Women Writing in Quebec. Essays in Honor of Jeanne Kissner. New York: Center for the Study of Canada, Plattsburgh State University (2000), pp. 51-63.
“Encadrements spatio-temporels: le chemin de fer comme exemple du procédé euphémique chez Verlaine.” Romance Notes, vol. 30 (1990), pp. 131-39.
“‘Poudroiement vertigineux,’ ‘mirage éternel’ le décor urbain dans l’univers poétique de Verlaine.” Studies on Modern and Classical Literatures and Languages, Editorial Origenes, Coleccion Tratados de Critica Literaria. Madrid (1989), pp. 23-31.
“The Teaching of French. A Syllabus of Competence: The Report of the Commission on Professional Standards.” National Bulletin, American Association of Teachers of French, vol. 15 (October 1989). Co-authored.
“Les Chemins de l’ordre et du chaos: la route comme force organisatrice chez Verlaine.” French Review, vol. 59, no. 2 (1985), pp. 253-57.
BOOK REVIEWS BY PAUL RAYMOND CÔTÉ
• Grand Hôtel du Pacifique by François-Olivier Rousseau. French Review, vol. 79, no 4 (March 2006), pp. 878-79.
• Quatre soldats by Hubert Mingaralli. French Review, vol. 78, no 6 (May 2005), pp. 1283-84.
• Reading Nelligan by Émile J. Talbot. American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 35 (March 2005), p. 183.
• Voyage au Portugal avec un Allemand by Louis Gauthier. French Review, vol. 78, no 2 (February 2005), pp. 612-13.
• Dans la Foudre et la lumière by Marie-Claire Blais. French Review, vol. 77, no 3 (February 2004), pp. 614-15.
• Réjean Ducharme: une poétique du débris by Élisabeth Nardout-Lafarge. Québec Studies, vol. 35 (2003), pp. 164-66.
• Le Passeur by François-Olivier Rousseau. French Review, vol. 76, no 3 (February 2003), pp. 652-53.
• Auréline by Jean-Pierre Milovanoff. French Review, vol. 75, no 2 (December 2001), pp. 396-97.
• Ingrid Caven by Jean-Jacques Schuhl. French Review, vol. 75, no 1 (October 2001), pp. 197-98.
• The Daughter of Christopher Columbus by Réjean Ducharme. Will Browning, trans. Québec Studies, vol. 31 (2001), pp. 139-40.
• L'Auberge des pauvres by Tahar Ben Jelloun. French Review, vol. 74, no 1 (October 2000), pp. 164-66.
• Un sourire blindé by Sergio Kokis. Études francophones, vol. XIV, no 2 (Fall 1999), pp. 213-18.
• Vie secrète by Pascal Quignard. French Review, vol. 73, no 2 (December 1999), pp. 385-86.
• Le Maître rêveur by André Brochu. French Review, vol. 72, no 4 (March 1999), pp. 772-73.
• La Nuit de l’erreur by Tahar Ben Jalloun. French Review, vol. 72, no 1 (October 1998), pp. 154-55.
• Quatre saisons à Venise by Alain Gerber. French Review, vol. 71, no 2 (December 1997), pp. 315-16.
• La Langue maternelle by Vassilis Alexakis. French Review, vol. 70, no 1 (October 1996), pp. 171-72.
• Disparue dans la nuit by Yann Queffélec. French Review, vol. 69, no 3 (February 1996), pp. 527-28.
• L’Ange aveugle by Tahar Ben Jelloun. French Review, vol. 67, no 5 (April 1994), pp. 897-98.
• J’y pense donc j’en parle by O. Rigault and M. Tiffou. Canadian Modern Language Review, vol. 49, no 4 (June 1993), pp. 932-33.
• Passions du poétique by Joseph Bonenfant. Québec Studies, vol. 15 (1993), pp. 156-57.
• La Littérarité, Louise Milot and Fernand Roy, Eds. Québec Studies, vol. 15 (1993), pp. 155-56.
• Les Yeux baissés by Tahar Ben Jelloun. French Review, vol. 65, no 5 (April 1992), pp. 848-50.
• Dictionnaire des esclaves et de leurs propriétaires au Canada français by Marcel Trudel. American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 21, no 4 (Winter 1991), pp. 519-22.
• Le Maître des chimères by Yann Queffélec. French Review, vol. 65, no 1 (October 1991), pp. 173-74.
• L’Homme aux rapts by Nicolas Morel. French Review, vol. 64, no 4 (March 1991), pp. 726-27.
• Le Voleur de parcours: identité et cosmopolitisme dans la littérature québécoise contemporaine by Simon Harel. Québec Studies, vol. 11 (1991), pp. 138-39.
• Allons-y! le français par étapes by Bragger, Jeannette D., and Donald B. Rice. Canadian Modern Language Review, vol. 46, no 4 (May 1990), pp. 754-55.
• Les Demi-civilisés by Jean-Charles Harvey. Québec Studies, vol. 9 (1989), pp. 159-61.
• Parole et Pensée: introduction au français d’aujourd’hui by Yvonne Lenard. Canadian Modern Language Review, vol. 44, no 4 (May 1988), pp. 731-32.
• André Malraux: Towards the Expression of Transcendence by David Bevan. André Malraux Review, vol. 20, no 2 (Fall 1988), pp. 64-65.
• Le Déluge blanc by Normand Rousseau. French Review, vol. 55, no 5 (April 1982), pp. 713-14.
BOOK REVIEWS BY CONSTANTINA MITCHELL
• Nous nous connaissons déjà by Anne-Marie Garat. French Review, vol. 78, no 4, pp. 823-4.
• Figures de l’autre dans le roman québécois by Janet M. Patterson. Québec Studies, vol. 38, pp. 104-05.
• Je ne parle pas la langue de mon père by Leïla Sebbar. French Review, vol. 78, no 4, pp. 823-24.
• Une Minute d’absence by François Bott. French Review, vol 76, no 4, pp. 849-50.
• La Phalène des collines by Koulsy Lamko. French Review, vol. 77, no 6, pp. 1289-90.
• Marguerite by Leïla Sebbar. French Review, vol 77, no 5, pp. 1020-21.
• Soldats by Leïla Sebbar. French Review, vol. 75, no 3, pp. 652-53.
• Horsita by Lorette Nobécourt. French Review, vol. 74, no 3, pp. 604-5.
• La Femme du Premier Ministre by Laurence Cossé. French Review, vol. 73, no 6, pp. 1252-53
• The Drama of Our Past. Major plays from Nineteenth-Century Quebec by Leonard Doucette. American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no 1, pp. 106-08.
• La Jeune Fille au balcon by Leila Sebbar. French Review, vol. 72, no 5, pp. 946-47.
• La Pluie sur la mer by Nita Rousseau. French Review, vol. 71, no 4, pp. 683-4.
• Anne Hébert, parcours d’une oeuvre. Québec Studies, vol. 25, pp. 109-10.
• Aurélien, Clara, Mademoiselle et le Lieutenant anglais by Anne Hébert. French Review, vol. 69, no 5, pp. 851-2.
• “Dream Roads,” a review of two collections of poetry: D’où surgi by Marcel Bélanger and Songe que je bouge by Gilles Cyr. Canadian Literature, no. 151, pp. 180-81.
• Critique et littérature québécoise, Annette Hayward & Agnes Whitfield, eds. Québec Studies, vol. 16, pp. 135-37.
• En Cours de route by Ruth M. Mésavage. French Review, vol. 66, no 5, pp. 839-40.
• “Les Vues Animées” suivi de “Les Loups se mangent entre eux” & “Le Train” by Michel Tremblay. Canadian Literature, no. 134, pp. 171-73.
• Traverses by Jacques Allard Québec Studies, vol. 14, pp. 133-34.
• Mythes et symboles dans la littérature québécoise by Antoine Sirois. Canadian Literature, no 137, pp. 118-20.
• Français du Canada - Français de France. Canadian Literature, no 137, pp. 120-21.
• L’Ange de la Solitude by Marie-Claire Blais. Canadian Literature, no 129, pp. 203-4.
• Journal by Henriette Dessaulles. Québec Studies, vol. 11, pp. 141-42.
• Le Je(u) illocutoire: Forme et contestation dans le nouveau roman québécois by Agnès Whitfield. Québec Studies, vol. 9, pp. 152-53.
• Dear Sarah Bernhardt by Françoise Sagan. Washington Times, June 27, 1988, Section M: pp. 4 & 8.
• Hugoliad or the Grotesque and Tragic Life of Victor Hugo by Eugène Ionesco. Washington Times. Aug. 3, 1987, Section E, pp. 7 & 9.
• La Petite Musique de Verlaine by E. Zimmermann et al. Nineteenth Century French Studies, vol. 2, pp. 383-84.