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- Employment type
- Part-time
- Experience level
- Mid-level · 2+ years
- Minimum education
- Master’s degree
- Apply by
- Nov 10, 2026
- Posting language
- French
- Working hours
- 39 hours per week
Job summary
The instructor will teach a course on contemporary French literature, focusing on trends since the year 2000. Responsibilities include guiding students through representative works using various theoretical and critical tools.
Job details
Posting Reason: New Position Location: Main Campus Academic Period: 2027 Winter Semester Faculty: Faculté des arts / Faculty of Arts Academic Unit: Département de français Course Title: Enjeux de la littérature contemporaine Course Code: FRA3753 Section: A Course Description: Réflexion sur les tendances qui se dégagent depuis l’an 2000 dans la production littéraire de langue française. Lecture d’œuvres représentatives à partir de perspectives théoriques et d’outils critiques variés. Posting limited to: Professeur à temps-partiel étudiant / Student Part-Time Professor Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/10/09 Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/11/09 Expected Enrolment: 45 Approval date: 2026/10/09 Number of credits: 3 Work Hours: 39 Hourly Rate: Enseignement / Teaching: $239.47 (2024-2025) The academic year starts on September 1 and ends on August 31. These rates do not included vacation pay nor statutory pay. These rates will be applied until a new collective agreement is ratified. Retro will be paid after the ratification. Course type: C Posting type: Régulier / Regular Language of instruction: Français | French Competence in second language: N/A Course Schedule: Mardi | Tuesday 19:00-22:00 - - Requirements: Le candidat ou la candidate devra avoir une maîtrise en lettres françaises et avoir complété la scolarité de doctorat en lettres françaises. Additional Information and/or Comments: Ce cours sera offert en mode présentiel. An acceptable level of education and/or experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any adaptive measures you might require. Information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. Employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training. The list of training may be modified by provincial law. The hiring process will be governed by the current APTPUO collective agreements; you can click here for the main unit, here for the OLBI unit, or here for the Toronto/Windsor unit to find out more. The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact vra.affairesprofessorales@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.
What you’ll do
The instructor will teach a course on contemporary French literature, focusing on trends since the year 2000. Responsibilities include guiding students through representative works using various theoretical and critical tools.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree in French literature and have completed doctoral coursework in the same field. The position is limited to student part-time professors.
Listed skills
- French · Preferred
- Teamwork · Preferred
- Production · Preferred
- Recruitment · Preferred
- assessment · Preferred
- Training · Preferred
- Collaboration · Preferred
- staff · Preferred
- Health · Preferred
- Process · Preferred
- Time · Preferred
- future · Preferred
Other relevant skills
Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.
- French literature
- Contemporary literature
- Critical analysis
- Theoretical perspectives
- Teaching
- Academic instruction
- Research
- Critical Thinking
- French Language
- Literary Theory
Job areas
- Education
- Science & Research
- Center Intern
- Language / Literature Professor
- University and Higher Education Teachers
- Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
- Postsecondary Teachers
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