Denis Mellier
Lecturer in general and comparative Literature at the University of Poitiers, France he is also joint supervisor for the master's degree in « Digital Art » at the ÉESI (European School of Visual Art).
From the starting point of his thesis, he has continued working on analysing the nature and composition of fantastic fiction (not being averse to availing himself of cinematic references when they appear well-timed). He was notably author of the book. La Littérature fantastique, coll. "Mémo", Seuil, 2000 (Grand prix de l’imaginaire, catégorie “Essai", 2000); Textes fantômes. Fantastique et autoréférence, Kimé, 2001; Les écrans meurtriers. Éssais sur les scènes spéculaires du thriller, CEFAL, Liège, 2001.