Rate My Professor Constantin Grigorut

Constantin Grigorut serves as a Senior Lecturer, known as Maître de conférences, in the Department of Languages and Cultures within the Humanities Division at the University of Otago. He earned his MA from McMaster University and PhD from the University of British Columbia. His doctoral dissertation, entitled Métaphysique de la finitude et intertextualité dans la littérature française après 1945: Cioran, Beckett, Tournier, examines metaphysical concerns of finitude and intertextual elements in post-World War II French literature across essays, theatre, and novels by key authors including Emil Cioran, Samuel Beckett, and Michel Tournier.

Grigorut's academic interests center on 20th century French literature, literary criticism, intertextuality, and rereading practices. His publications include 'Échos métaphysiques dans les syllogismes cioraniens' in Nouvelles études francophones (2006, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 181-194), 'Un mythe voyageur et son ancrage intertextuel dans le roman "La rage" de Louis Hamelin' in Nouvelles études francophones (2000, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 17-32), and 'Quelques considérations sur le travail d'autotraduction de Samuel Beckett dans Fin de partie' in mediAzioni (2016). Additionally, he has contributed short fiction to Bucovina literară, such as 'Nepăsătoare, Dunărea curgea' (Vol. 31, pp. 10-12, 2020), 'Ningea din cer peste umbre' (Vol. 31, pp. 1-3, 2020), and 'O zi de octombrie, demult, în Bucureşti' (Vol. 31, pp. 4-6, 2020). Grigorut has supervised multiple graduate theses, including doctoral works on Simone Weil and Robert Bresson (2024), Towards A Metamodern Literature (2014), Indochine, L'Autre: De L'Identité Culturelle Dans L'Oeuvre Musicale (2011), and master's theses such as Fathoming the Depths (2010) and Brazilian National Identity in the Lyrics of Chico Buarque (2012). He co-edits Otago French Notes, supporting French literary studies. In 2017, the French Ambassador bestowed upon him the title of Knight of the Order of Academic Palms for his dedication to French language and culture. Grigorut has presented departmental seminars, including 'On books, their beauty and some other things' and readings of his short stories. His long-standing career at Otago has advanced French studies through teaching, supervision, and scholarly contributions.