Dr. Ofelia Nikolova
Department Head; Professor, Adviser of French Language and Culture
- Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, Instructional Technology
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale - M.A. in French Language and Literature
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale - M.A. in French Linguistics
Sofia University in Bulgaria - B.A. in French
Sofia University in Bulgaria
Teaching Fields: French at all levels, French grammar, advanced French conversation, translation techniques, and business French. Meical Terminology.
Research: French linguistics and second language acquisition (SLA). Literary studies and translation of French writer Marguerite Duras.
Selected Articles, Edited and Translated Books:
Nikolova, O. R. (2022). Displacement, love, and the pursuit of identity in several works of Marguerite Duras. In U. Mondini (Ed.), Human mobility and cultural identities through history (pp. 57–68). Edizioni Progetto cultura.
Duras, M. (2015). Модерато кантабиле и площадът [Moderato cantabile et Le square] (О. Nikolova, Trans.). Sofia University Press. (Original works published Moderato cantabile, 1958; Le square, 1955)
Kambourov, D., Stoyanova, J., Nikolova, O., Tenev, D., & Spassova, K. (Eds.). (2014). Event and immortality in literature, language and philosophy. Sofia: Sofia University Press.
Duras, M. (2013). Това е всичко. [C'est tout]. (O. Nikolova, Trans.). Panorama, 134-154. Bulgarian Translators' Union. (Original work published 2002).