GHEBACHE Imane

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Statut : 
Doctorant
Unité de recherche : 
ÉTUDES MONTPELLIÉRAINES DU MONDE ANGLOPHONE
Courriel :

Research Areas: Anti-heroes, superheroes, comics, intermediality, narratology, transtextuality, transmediality.

Field of Research: Comics studies, 20th and 21st American literature.

Academic Background:

  • PhD in American literature and US Comics studies (2024-Present) => https://theses.fr/s404529 under the supervision of Pr. Fiona McMahon (University Paul Valéry Montpellier) and Pr. Nancy Pedri (Memorial University of Newfoundland  Canada).
  • Master's Degree LLCER (2022-2024)
  • Master's Degree in 20th  century American literature (2018-2020)
  • Bachelor Degree in Anglo-saxon studies (2015-2018)

Professional Background:

  • Lecturer in the department of English at the University of Montpellier Paul-Valéry (2025-Present)
  • PhD student representative of the ED58 (2025-Present)
  • Lecturer in the department of English at University of Algiers 2 (2020-2022)

Publications:

Articles:

Imane Ghebache, “Transtextuality in Fiction: Alan Moore’s Comic Book Series Watchmen as a Meditation on Power “, Aleph, vol. 11, no.5, 2024, pp. 123-133. => https://aleph.edinum.org/11709

Imane Ghebache, "The Power of Linguistic Distortion in Creating a Totalitarian Regime in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four", Polonia Journal, vol. 20, 2024, pp. 143-161. => https://poloniajournal.wseh.pl/sites/default/files/article/polonia-journ...

Master Thesis:

Imane Ghebache. Archetypes in Comics : The Dionysian Superhero in Alan Moore's Watchmen. Humanities and Social Sciences. 2024. ⟨dumas-04908865⟩ => https://dumas.ccsd.cnrs.fr/dumas-04908865

Conference Papers:

"Who Owns the Story ? The Struggle for Creative Agency in the US Comics Industry". November2025. Comics Forum. University of Leeds. United Kingdom.

"What Matters in the Gutter: Exploring Identity from Prose to Panels in US Comics". June 2025. HERMES Summer School Symposium. University of Montpellier - Paul Valéry. France.

"Imbattable Vol.1: An Inspiration for Comics Studies". June 2025. EMMA PhD Students' Study Day. University of Montpellier - Paul Valéry. France.

"Promoting American Ideals through Soft Power in US Comics: The Narrative Shift from Superman's "American Way" to a "Better Tomorrow"". May 2025. AFEA Symposium. University of Picardie Jules Vernes, Amiens, France.

Academic Societies:

SAIT (Société Anglophones des Images et Textes): Member since 2025.

SAES (Société des Anglicistes de l’Enseignement Supérieur): Member since 2024.

AFEA (Association Française d’Etudes Américaines): Member since 2024.

ESSE (European Society of the Study of English): Member since 2024.

 

  • Super-héros métamorphes : La double identité des anti-héros à l’âge sombre des comics , sous la direction de Fiona MC MAHON
    , Doctorat Études du monde anglophone , depuis le 06/11/2024