Marie Gil taught French Literature at the University of La Sorbonne and at the University of Franche Comté, and is currently program director at the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris. She is the author of various books and articles on the theory of Literature and the theory of reading, especially on the question of Literalism and Immanence (Les Deux Écritures, Cerf, 2008; Péguy au pied de la lettre, Cerf, 2011; Roland Barthes. Au lieu de la vie, Flammarion, 2012). She is a member of the “Prix de Littérature André Gide” and she also published a novel recently (Est, MF, 2015).