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Sylvain Ledda
Born1971
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Scholar, writer, theater director
EmployerUniversity of Rouen Normandy

Sylvain Ledda (born 1971) is a French literary scholar, writer, and theater director. He specializes in 19th-century French literature, particularly Romanticism, and is a professor at the University of Rouen Normandy. His academic work focuses on authors such as Alfred de Musset, Gérard de Nerval, and Alfred de Vigny.[1]

Early life and education

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Ledda earned the French agrégation in modern literature in 1996. He defended his doctoral dissertation at the University of Nantes in 2006, titled La Représentation de la mort sur la scène romantique (1827–1835). In 2010, he obtained his habilitation (HDR) at Paris-Sorbonne University with a study focused on themes of death and fantasy in the works of Alfred de Musset.[1]

Academic career

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From 2007 to 2011, Ledda was a lecturer at the University of Rouen. He then served as a professor at the University of Nantes from 2011 to 2013, before returning to Rouen. Since 2013, he has held a full professorship in 19th-century French literature at the University of Rouen Normandy. Between 2017 and 2019, he headed the Department of Modern Literature and coordinated the research group “Stage and Screen Arts” within the Centre d’Études et de Recherche Éditer/Interpréter (CÉRÉdI).[1]

Theater direction

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In parallel with his academic work, Ledda has directed numerous plays from the French classical and Romantic repertoire. Productions include:

  • L’Intruse by Maurice Maeterlinck – Théâtre du Nord-Ouest (2001)
  • Œdipe by Pierre Corneille – Théâtre du Nord-Ouest (2001)
  • Les Acteurs de bonne foi by Marivaux – Théâtre du Nord-Ouest (2005)
  • Les Précieuses ridicules by Molière – Théâtre Essaïon (2005)
  • Un caprice by Alfred de Musset – Théâtre du Nord-Ouest (2010)[1]

Awards

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Research

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Ledda’s research focuses on the interconnection between literature, theater, and cultural history during the Romantic era, particularly in 19th-century France. He has written extensively on Alfred de Musset, including biographical and thematic studies that explore death, melancholy, fantasy, and theatrical aesthetics.

His work also examines literary portrayals of death, inter-artistic relationships between literature, music, and the visual arts, and political memory in literature. His studies have been cited in scholarly sources such as the journal Romantisme.[3] He has contributed to research on Franco-Italian cultural exchange and 19th-century dramatic literature.

Selected works

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Books

  • Des feux dans l’ombre. La Représentation de la mort sur la scène romantique (Honoré Champion, 2009)[4]
  • Alfred de Musset: Les fantaisies d’un enfant du siècle (Gallimard, 2010)[5]
  • L'Éventail et le dandy. Essai sur Musset et la fantaisie (Droz, 2012)[6]
  • Musset, ou le Ravissement du proverbe (PUF, 2012)[7]
  • Alexandre Dumas (Folio biographies, 2014)[8]
  • Ravel (Folio biographies, 2016)[9]
  • On ne badine pas avec l’amour d’Alfred de Musset: ou les cœurs égarés (Champion, 2024)

His publications are widely held in major academic and national libraries, as indexed by WorldCat and other international catalogues.[10]

Edited volumes

  • Musset, un romantique né classique (with Frank Lestringant), Presses universitaires du Mirail (2009)
  • Territoires de Musset (with Frank Lestringant and Patrick Berthier), Presses universitaires de Rennes (2010)
  • Lectures de Musset, Presses universitaires de Rennes (2012)
  • Poétique de Musset (with Frank Lestringant and Gisèle Séginger), Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre (2013)

Selected articles

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  • 2004: “Gautier, Judge of Musset’s Theatre”, Bulletin de la Société Théophile Gautier, no. 26.
  • 2005: “For Him, Women Were Only a Model…”, Bulletin de la Société Théophile Gautier, no. 27.
  • 2009: “The Fallen Poet”, in Musset, un romantique né classique.
  • 2012: “Editing Musset’s Theatre. Interview with Frank Lestringant”, in Lectures de Musset.
  • 2022: “What Sociocriticism Does to the Theater” (with Esther Pinon), Études françaises, vol. 58, no. 3.
  • 2024: “Do We Not Live from the Dead?”, L’Année balzacienne, no. 25.

Recent critical activity

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  • 2024: Published a scholarly review of the book Impressionism – From Photography to Painting by the photographer Réhahn in the journal Fabula.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "CV Sylvain Ledda" (PDF). CÉRÉdI (in French). Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Prix Alfred de Vigny – Laureates". Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  3. ^ Ahmed, Boubeker (2022). "Review of Ledda's Work on Musset". Romantisme (196). Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  4. ^ Ledda, Sylvain (2009). Des feux dans l’ombre: La Représentation de la mort sur la scène romantique. Honoré Champion.
  5. ^ Ledda, Sylvain (2010). Alfred de Musset: Les fantaisies d’un enfant du siècle. Gallimard.
  6. ^ Ledda, Sylvain (2012). L'Éventail et le dandy: Essai sur Musset et la fantaisie. Librairie Droz.
  7. ^ Ledda, Sylvain (2012). Musset, ou le Ravissement du proverbe. PUF.
  8. ^ Ledda, Sylvain (2014). Alexandre Dumas. Folio biographies. Gallimard.
  9. ^ Ledda, Sylvain (2016). Ravel. Folio biographies. Gallimard.
  10. ^ "Sylvain Ledda – Author Profile". WorldCat. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Réhahn, Impressionism – From Photography to Painting". Fabula. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
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