Lecturer in French
Biography
Klayton Tietjen completed his PhD in French and Master’s degree in History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research interests are in Old French literature and medieval French culture. His dissertation was entitled “Epic Identity Crisis: the Effects of Rebellious Narratives and Racial Discourse on Chivalric Culture in 12th-century Chansons de Geste” where he explores how social pressures and anxieties informed narrative processes in epic literature and how those narratives shaped the identity of the intended audience of young knights.
He has taught for the Marco Summer Latin Program for the last several years.
