Kathryn Fredericks

Kathryn E. Fredericks // Ph.D. French and Francophone Studies - University of Florida, 2012 // M.A. French Language and Literature - SUNY Buffalo, 2004 // B.A. French Language and Literature - Niagara University, 2002 // Assistant Professor of French // Department of Languages and Literatures // State University of New York at Geneseo // 1 College Circle Welles 211 // Geneseo, NY 14454 USA // Dr. Kathryn E. Fredericks' primary research is focused in eighteenth-century fiction. Specifically, she works on the French writer and philosopher François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire, his 'contes philosophiques' in particular. Her approach to eighteenth-century texts is through the analysis of social space to demonstrate the relevance of cultural geography to the Enlightenment. Dr. Fredericks' secondary research interests include post WWII literature and philosophy, notably the existentialist writings of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.