Emily Rose Kraus

Dr. Kraus
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PhD Instructor, French & Italian Studies
Spanish MA Student
German MA
Alumni Status
Degree Completion Date:
Jun 2024

I am happy to announce that I finished my PhD in French and Italian as well as an MA in German in 2024. I was fortunate enough to be able to complete both degrees simultaneously in 4 years. Starting fall 2024, I am working as a full-time instructor in the Romance Languages Department while pursuing an MA in Spanish. 

Dissertation/Thesis Title:
Dissertation title: An Aesthetic Revolution in Nineteenth-Century Literature

German MA title: The Role of the Surplus in Hartmann von Aue's Iwein and Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain

ROML MA title: Hugo pour la peine de mort


Courses Regularly Taught:
FREN 1001
FREN 2001
FREN 2030
Selected Publications:

Kraus, Emily. “La Quête de Soi : Les relations dans La nausée de Sartre.” The Kennesaw Tower Online Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 6, 2014, (http://kennesawtower.kennesaw.edu/archives/2014-15.php)

Education:

2016 BA (Modern Language and Culture) Kennesaw State University - Summa Cum Laude

2020 MA (Romance Languages) University of Georgia 

2021 Graduate Certificate in Dyslexia - University of Georgia

2024 MA (German) University of Georgia

2024 PhD (French and Italian) University of Georgia

Contact Information

erk20742@uga.edu

Other Information

Other Affiliations: German and Slavic Studies

Major Professor

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Jan Pendergrass

Professor of French
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Timothy Raser

Professor of French

Committee Members

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Catherine Jones

Professor of French and Provençal Emerita
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Thomas E. Peterson

Professor of Italian

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