Katherine Kong

Major Field

Medieval and Early Modern French literature

Research Interests

Medieval and early modern French and Latin literature, language, and culture; gender and women’s studies; literary theory; medieval manuscript culture; translation studies.

Education

• Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2004

Recent Publications

• The Ethics of Secrecy in La Chastelaine de Vergi,” Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures 61.2, Summer (2007): 137-156
• “Rhetorical Teaching in the Epistre au Dieu d'Amours,” Dalhousie French Studies 78, Spring (2007): 3-15. 

Professor Kong has also published articles on law in medieval French literature.  She is currently completing a book on letter writing in medieval France.

Contact Information

Katherine Kong
Assistant Professor
604 McClung Tower
University of Tennessee
Knoxville , TN 37996

Phone: (865) 974-7162
E-Mail: kkong@utk.e