Dr. Patrick Moran
Associate Professor
Department of French – Hispanic – and Italian Studies
Patrick Moran is a specialist of medieval French literature. He has been at UBC since 2018, after teaching at various French and Canadian universities (Université Paris-Sorbonne, Université Lyon 2, Université Montpellier 3, McMaster University, University of Ottawa, Université Laval). He holds a PhD from the Université Paris-Sorbonne and is an alumnus of the École Normale Supérieure (Paris). His research focuses on medieval narrative genres of the 12th and 13th centuries, primarily Arthurian romance. His work explores the intersection between literary theory (especially reader-response, narrative theory and cognitive poetics) and material philology. He has also published research on fantasy fiction and modern medievalism, and is the author of three fantasy novels and a handful of science fiction and fantasy short stories.
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XVIIth Congress of the International Courtly Literature Society (ILCS 2023)
July 24-28, 2023
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As the International Courtly Literature Society approaches its half-century of existence, it feels appropriate for its next International Congress – which took place at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) from July 24th to 28th 2023 – to have Redefining Courtliness as its theme.
Publications
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“Fantastique ou merveille ? Une ambiguïté structurante dans l’œuvre de Francis Dubost”, Revue des langues romanes, 129/1 (2025).2025
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“Chaînons manquants : trois couples de manuscrits dans la tradition arthurienne cyclique”, Romania, 143 (2025), p. 74-852025
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“The Long Shadow of the Crusades: Crusader Networks around Chrétien de Troyes”, in Medieval French on the Move: Studies in Honour of Keith Busby. Leah Tether, Patrick Moran and Anne Salamon (eds), Berlin: De Gruyter, 2025, pp. 331-3502025
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“Gautier Map est-il l’architecte du Lancelot-Graal ?”, in « Pour ce que l’istoire est encoires de longue narration ». Mélanges de langue et de littérature médiévales en l’honneur du professeur Gilles Roussineau. Hélène Biu, Sandrine Hériché-Pradeau and Géraldine Veysseyre (eds.), Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2025, pp. 755-7722025