Katie is a master’s student in UBC’s FHIS department. During her undergraduate studies at UBC, she pursued a major in French Language, Literatures, and Cultures as well as a minor in Spanish. Though her interests primarily lie in contemporary French literature studies, she enjoys reading a wide variety of genres.

When Katie isn’t studying or reading, she is usually either knitting, building LEGO, or assembling jigsaw puzzles.

Interests

• Metanarration and metafiction
• Speculative fiction
• Historical fiction
• Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu
• Courtly love (fin’amor)

• Benjamin John Edinger Memorial Prize in French Literature (May 2024)
• Katherine Brearley Scholarship in French (April 2024)

Graduate supervisor: Dr. Vincent Gélinas-Lemaire

Marchant, Katherine. “L’anaphore et l’allégorie comme émetteurs du traumatisme dans La familia grande.” LSU French GSA Conference, Louisiana State University, online, April 5, 2024.