Inaugural Lecture: Benjamin Hoffmann and Lucille Toth, "Improvisation, Structure, and the Literary Text"

Benjamin Hoffmann and Lucille Toth from the Department of French and Italian give a joint lecture titled "Improvisation, Structure, and the Literary Text."

A novelist and scholar of eighteenth-century French literature, Benjamin Hoffmann is the author of a diverse body of work published in French and English, including novels, monographs, critical editions, edited volumes, as well as numerous articles and short stories. In this conversation with Associate Professor Lucille Toth, Hoffmann will discuss his three most recent works (L’île de la Sentinelle, Gallimard, 2022; Les Minuscules, Gallimard, 2024; and Je suis Murakami, Zone Critique, 2025), while examining the interplay between literary criticism and creative writing.