| Personal details |
| Name |
Professor John
Parkin |
| Job title |
Senior Research Fellow in French
Emeritus Professor
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| Department |
Department of French University of Bristol
Department of French University of Bristol
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| Contact details |
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| Qualifications |
BA(Oxon), PhD(Glas) |
| Professional details |
| Keywords |
humour
aggressive humour
satiric incongruity
unreality
comradely glee
French literature
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| Areas of expertise |
I am a Professor of French Literary Studies. I lecture on various aspects of literature and culture especially, sixteenth-century studies. I have published extensively on Rabelais, and I am the editor of French Humour.
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