Maxime Decout#
| Membership Number: | 5762 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LITERARY & THEATRICAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2019 Professor in 20th and 21st century French literature (Aix-Marseille University)
- 2012 - 2019 Senior lecturer (tenured) in 20th and 21st century French literature (Lille University)
- 2009 - 2012 Teacher of French and literature in “classe préparatoire hypokhâgne”, undergraduate courses to prepare exams to the “Ecole Normale Supérieure” (Lyon)
- 2005 - 2009 Teacher of French and literature in secondary school and grammar school (Lyon)
Fields of Scholarship
- Albert Cohen, Georges Perec, Romain Gary, Patrick Modiano, Hélène Cixous
- 20th and 21st century literature
- Holocaust studies
- Reading and interpretation of texts
- Lies, bad faith, imitation and imposture in literature
- Jewish studies
- Jewishness and literature
Honours and Awards
- 2018 Elected as a junior member of the IUF (Institut Universitaire de France) for a period of five years
