Kathy Comfort

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Professor and Vice Chair

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: University of Missouri (1998)

2 h-index 27 pubs 7 cited

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Kathy Comfort is a Professor and Vice Chair in an unknown department at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Her research focuses on literary analysis, with a particular emphasis on French literature and historical contexts. She has published work examining ecological themes in the writings of Elzéard Bouffier and Jean Giono, as well as exploring representations of World War I through literary portraits of soldiers. Comfort's scholarship also includes an analysis of folklore in Giono's "Un Roi sans divertissement" and the sensory details in his "Le Grand troupeau."

Her publications also address the portrayal of historical events in 19th-century French short fiction and the intersection of ecology and education, referencing the "No Child Left Behind" act. Comfort has also contributed to memorial publications, including an "In Memoriam" for Hope Christiansen. Her scholarly output demonstrates a sustained engagement with French literary traditions and their connection to social and historical currents.

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h-index: 2
Publications: 27
Citations: 7

Positions

Professor and Vice Chair 2007–present

University of Arkansas Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures ORCID

Selected Publications

Acoustics and olfaction in Jean Giono’s Le Grand troupeau (2026)

Neohelicon DOI OpenAlex
Literary Portraits of World War I Tirailleurs sénégalais: Lucie Cousturier’s Des Inconnus chez moi (1920), and Raymond Escholier’s Mahmadou Fofana (1928) (2025)

Neophilologus DOI OpenAlex
In Memoriam: Hope Christiansen (1958-2024) (2024)

DOI OpenAlex
The realPoilus: Colette’s war dogs (2019)

Modern & Contemporary France 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Relieving pain in Marguerite Duras’s ‘La douleur’ and ‘Albert des Capitales’ (2015)

Neohelicon DOI OpenAlex
Elzéard Bouffier, Jean Giono’s Ecological Saint (2011)

Neophilologus 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Navigating Cape Horn: Negative Near-Death Experiences in Philippe Labro's Dark Tunnel, White Light (2010)

a/b Auto/Biography Studies DOI OpenAlex
Navigating Cape Horn: Negative Near-Death Experiences in Philippe Labro’s Dark Tunnel, White Light (2010)

a/b Auto/Biography Studies DOI OpenAlex
Lycanthropic frenetism in Pétrus Borel’s “Don Andréa Vésalius: L’Anatomiste” (2008)

European Romantic Review DOI OpenAlex
“Sœur-des-Pauvres”: A Saint’s Legend à la Zola (2007)

Neophilologus DOI OpenAlex