Research
Dr. Mbarga鈥檚 research and teaching interests, which are rooted mainly in postcolonial literary theories, feminist, Marxist, African-American analytical perspectives include the following :
Naturalism and Zola Studies, 19th century Feminist and Social Movements, Francophone Literature, Civilizations and Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa, Francophone Women's Writing, Family and identity.
Areas of Interest
His research focuses on three main areas :
1. Family, Identity and Integration in Francophone literatures
2. Emile Zola and Naturalism
3. The History of the Ekang People, (erroneously called 鈥淧ahouin鈥) in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo.
His current projects focus on investigating the intersection between Identity and Integration in Francophone literature, and Guilt in Emile Zola鈥檚 Works; furthermore, he is researching the Origin and Migration of the Evondo People, one of the EKANG ethnic groups.
Dr. Christian Mbarga has published and presented on a variety of topics including the nature of women and men鈥檚 relationship in Emile Zola鈥檚 Works, the Second Empire, the Postcolonial 鈥榮ubject鈥, the intersection between Literature and History, Education, as well as identity among immigrants/minorities in the Western hegemonic sphere.