Benoît Loiret
Thesis title: The Dynamics of Music, Language, and Poetry in Yves Bonnefoy's Critical Works
PhD supervisors:
Background
Benoît is currently a PhD candidate in French and Francophone Studies.
He came to Edinburgh in 2016 to complete an MSc in Comparative Literature. His dissertation, "Poetry and Music, Poetry as Music? The Case of Yves Bonnefoy", was the beginning of his exploration of the role of music in Yves Bonnefoy's œuvre.
Prior to this, Benoît studied Anglophone Studies at the Université François Rabelais in Tours (France). This included one year of Erasmus+ exchange at University College London.
Qualifications
2019 - now PhD in French, University of Edinburgh
2016 - 2017 MSc in Comparative Literature, University of Edinburgh
2012 - 2014 Licence de langues, littératures et civilisations étrangères (anglais), Université François Rabelais de Tours
Undergraduate teaching
Tutorials
French 1B Literature and Civilisation
French 2 Literature and Culture
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
No
Research summary
My research focuses on the place of music (both as an art and as an idea) in the later critical writings of French poet, translator, and art critic, Yves Bonnefoy (1923-2016).
More generally, I am interested in the role of the idea of music in literary (especially poetic) texts, intermediality, poetic and art criticism and theory.
Knowledge exchange
I organise the Postgraduate reading group "What Is Poetry?" in which we read and discuss poets' critical writings, notably attempts at defining poetry.