Marc André Fortin

PhD Candidate, Queen’s

Contact Information

Office: Watson 403
Office Hours: Mondays 10:00–12:00 or by request
Extension: 78243
E-mail: marc.fortin@queensu.ca

Research Interests

Canadian literature, modernism/postmodernism, science and literature, technology, indigenous literature, book history, digital humanities.

Publications

• “Archival Problems Lead to Future Possibilities: Reconceptualizing the Database in Canada,” Editing Modernism in Canada, Conference on Editorial Problems Series (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, forthcoming in 2013).
• “ ‘Face/Book/Net/Work’ and the Dream of Limitless Freedom,” English Studies in Canada (forthcoming in 2011).
• The Downfall of Temlaham: A Critical Edition by Marius Barbeau, (forthcoming 2012).
• “Hugh Garner: The ‘One Man Trade Union’ of Publishing,” Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing, McMaster University, web, 2009.
• “Translators of Canada,” Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing, McMaster University, web, 2009.

Remarks

Along with my research into representations of science in Canadian literature, I am presently working on an edition of Marius Barbeau’s novel The Downfall of Temlaham, considering issues related to databases and editing, and questioning the role of technology in the construction of Indigenous archives. In order to better understand the role of technology in action I am currently attempting to learn Gitsenimx through online dictionaries.