- Viola Sachs
Viola Sachs is a Professor of American Literature at "Université de Paris VIII, France".
Works
As a specialist of
Herman Melville , she conducted research and studies for the decoding of Melville's master works. She created the Laboratory of Research on American "Imaginaire" (SIAM) in the early eighties at the University of Paris VIII (Département Anglo-Américain). Today, SIAM's research programs are continuing with the "Résonance Group" of the University of Paris VIII.Her teachings brought also a new approach on:
* the influences of the Bible in American Literature,
* the important role of fraternities and sororities in most of American master works.Viola Sachs is also a specialist of
Brazil , where she lived and studied afterWorld War II .Ignacy Sachs , her husband published an autobiographical essay in which he narrates their trip fromPoland to Brazil andIndia during the doom years of Nazism in Europe:
*Bibliography
American Literature Studies
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*Brasilian works
Her Brazilian publications include:
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Paris 8 University
*Herman Melville
*Ignacy Sachs External links
*University of Paris VIII, France: [http://recherche.univ-paris8.fr/red_fich_equ.php?OrgaNum=16 Domaine Anglophone]
*The New York Times: [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9505E5DD143BF931A25756C0A963948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 Voyaging far and wide in search of Melville, Herbert Mitgang]
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