Research

Dr. Mbarga’s 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 “Pahouin”) 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’s 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’s relationship in Emile Zola’s Works, the Second Empire,  the Postcolonial ‘subject’, the intersection between Literature and History, Education, as well as identity among immigrants/minorities in the Western hegemonic sphere.