Spring 2018
Course Number | Title | Course Description | Instructor |
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LIT 089S | FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR (TOP) | Topics vary each semester offered. Instructor: Staff | Eisner, Martin |
LIT 102 | INTRO AFR-AMER STUDIES | A range of disciplinary perspectives on key topics in African American Studies: slavery and abolitionism, theories of race and racism, gender and... | Neal, Mark |
LIT 110 | INTRO TO FILM STUDIES | Basic film theory and history of motion picture technology. Introduction to experimental, documentary, and narrative forms of Third World, European,... | McCarty, Lisa |
LIT 111 | INTRO ARTS OF THE MOVING IMAGE | Examination of critical concepts in arts of the moving image from various perspectives. Spanning both traditional cinema and emergent fields.... | Cunningham, Alex |
LIT 190S | SP TOPICS:INTRO TO LITERATURE | Introduction to the study of literature and other forms of cultural expression, such as film. Different introductory approaches will be used in each... | Huber, Nick |
LIT 190S | SP TOPICS:INTRO TO LITERATURE | Introduction to the study of literature and other forms of cultural expression, such as film. Different introductory approaches will be used in each... | Gokhberg, Jessica |
LIT 190S | SP TOPICS:INTRO TO LITERATURE | Introduction to the study of literature and other forms of cultural expression, such as film. Different introductory approaches will be used in each... | Hayes, Shannan |
LIT 190S | SP TOPICS:INTRO TO LITERATURE | Introduction to the study of literature and other forms of cultural expression, such as film. Different introductory approaches will be used in each... | Ragin, Renee |
LIT 220 | FILM GENRES | A historical survey of motion picture genre as a stylistic and narrative device, including comedy, horror, the musical, the western, and science... | Cunningham, Alex |
LIT 243S | INTRO TO LATINO/A STUDIES | Intro to the interdisciplinary field of Latino/a Studies, and how it reconfigures the study of the United States and the Americas. Considers... | Viego, Antonio |
LIT 245 | DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY | A voyage through the three otherworldly places of Dante's philosophical poem (Hell, Purgatory, Paradise) whose transformation of human actions into... | Eisner, Martin |
LIT 246 | FLAUBERT'S BRAIN NEUROHUMANITI | Consideration of `realist' fiction of Gustave Flaubert from social and cognitive neuroscience perspective. Investigation of implications of Flaubert'... | Jenson, Deborah |
LIT 250S | JOURNEYS TO THE INDIGENOUS | A survey of real or imagined journeys in South Asian film and literature from the anxieties of modernity towards traces of the indigenous. Combines... | Khanna, Satendra |
LIT 252 | FAIRY TALES: GRIMMS TO DISNEY | German fairy tales of the Romantic era, including both the "literary fairy tales" by known authors and the "folk fairy tales" commonly deemed... | Henry, April |
LIT 274 | IMAGINING EUROPE | Investigation of defining debates on European culture and the fiction which shapes them. In collaboration with Nasher Museum. Focus on literature and... | Solterer, Helen |
LIT 281 | BEAT GENERATION SPIRITUALITY | Places Beat Generation spirituality in its contexts by study of sources and texts that influenced individual figures, specifically, the reading,... | Need, David |
LIT 290 | SP TOP INT'L LIT & CULTURE | Topics in international culture, examined through literary texts, film, and other media. Organized according to trends, topics, and genres.... | Harris, Lynden |
LIT 290-2 | SP TOP NATIONAL CINEMA | Understanding nationhood through film culture. Industrial base, reception history, and critical context for development of national cinemas.... | Moses, Michael |
LIT 290S | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Topics vary by semester. Instructor: Staff | Carolyn, Laubender |
LIT 290S | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Topics vary by semester. Instructor: Staff | Gould, Amanda Starling |
LIT 290S | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Topics vary by semester. Instructor: Staff | Huber, Nicholas |
LIT 290S | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Topics vary by semester. Instructor: Staff | Awkward-Rich, Cameron |
LIT 290S | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Topics vary by semester. Instructor: Staff | Stadler, John |
LIT 290S-1 | INTERNATL LIT/CULTURE (TOP) | Seminar version of Literature 290 | Odendahl-James, Jules |
LIT 301S | THEORY TODAY | Introduction to major areas of research in Global Cultural Studies with focus on specific theoretical issues of contemporary concern in various... | Viego, Antonio |
LIT 302S | HASHTAGS MEMES, DIGITAL TRIBES | Tracks digital life and creative expression of groups online in a close study of images, captions and hyperlinked tags. Examines rituals, symbols and... | Mottahedeh, Negar |
LIT 306S | READING LITERATURE IN FRENCH | What is literature? Why read literature today? And how do we talk about what we read? This seminar offers an initiation to literature in French from... | Saliot, Anne-Gaelle |
LIT 316S | FILM THEORY | Recent critical developments in Marxist aesthetics, structuralism, semiotics of the image, feminist film theory. History and theory of film... | Hadjioannou, Markos |
LIT 318S | AMERICAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA | Examination of the emergence, establishment, and transformations of American indie film. Addresses main genres, key films and prominent directors by... | Hadjioannou, Markos |
LIT 320S | SOCIAL MOVEMENTS/SOCIAL MEDIA | Examines uses and abuses of social media by social movements. Interested in a broader historical study of mediating technologies and oppositional... | Mottahedeh, Negar |
LIT 332 | GLOBAL PROTEST | Study of primary models and theories of social movements developed in fields of Sociology and Political Science. Readings provide vocabulary and... | Meyerhoff, Eli |
LIT 380 | MARXISM AND SOCIETY | Introduction to Marx's core concepts, such as alienation, commodity, and revolution. Includes examination of Marx's own major historical &... | Hardt, Michael |
LIT 390 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Topics vary by semester. Instructor: Staff | Moses, Michael |
LIT 390 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Topics vary by semester. Instructor: Staff | Stan, Corina |
LIT 390 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Topics vary by semester. Instructor: Staff | Moses, Michael |
LIT 390S | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Topics vary by semester. Instructor: Staff | Furtado, Gustavo |
LIT 390S | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Topics vary by semester. Instructor: Staff | Hansen, Mark |
LIT 390S | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Topics vary by semester. Instructor: Staff | Sebring, Ellen |
LIT 390S | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Topics vary by semester. Instructor: Staff | Milian, Claudia |
LIT 390S-7 | SP TOP LIT/OTHER DISCIPL | A comparative approach to the study of literature that draws on the methods and materials of other disciplines, such as sociology, history,... | Reilly, Catherine |
LIT 390S-9 | SP TOP SCIENCE/CULTURE | Approaches to the question of science and technology in a cultural context. Readings by scientists and scholars of science and society. Instructor:... | Reilly, Catherine |
LIT 412S | CULTURES OF NEW MEDIA | Anthropological look at 'new media' - their varied forms and histories, how they are used and understood, and their meanings and effects within... | Stein, Rebecca |
LIT 416S | STRANGE MASTERPCES: FR AUTHORS | Introduction to the work of major authors from the eighteenth through twentieth centuries in the French language tradition. Topics include literary... | Garreta, Anne |
LIT 417S | CRITICAL INTERVENT MIDDLE EAST | Surveys foundational and contemporary scholarship in Middle East Studies through area studies, cultural studies, history and policy lenses. Students... | Göknar, Erdag |
LIT 430 | GENDER AND THE LAW | Examination of issues at the intersection of gender and law through a number of different theoretical lenses. Analyzes policy problems with gender... | Bartlett, Katharine |
LIT 440S | GAMES AND CULTURE | Examines analog and computer games from a cultural perspective. Explores how prevailing culture and values affect game design, popularity, and... | Ching, Leo |
LIT 475S | QUEER THEORY | A seminar designed specifically for advanced study in sexuality and gender. Contextualizes queer theory as a distinct analytic tradition by paying... | Rosenberg, Gabriel |
LIT 476S | ARCHIVING AND VISUALIZING ASIA | Engages students in the practices and theories of archiving, documenting and curating marginal histories. Hands-on research in the archives of Duke's... | Kwon, Nayoung |
LIT 490S-1 | SP TOP THEORY | An advanced investigation of major concepts and principles in literary and/or cultural theory. Contents and methods vary with instructors.... | Wiegman, Robyn |
LIT 490S-2 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Special Topics in Literature. Instructor: Staff | Milian, Claudia |
LIT 540S | METHODS THEORIES ROMANCE STDS | Provides students in any PhD track of the department of Romance Studies with fundamental training in both general literary theory and in the specific... | Jenson, Deborah |
LIT 544S | MEMORY/DOC CINEMA LATIN AMER | Course focuses on work of several leading Latin American filmmakers from Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Cuba. Explores problems such as construction... | Furtado, Gustavo |
LIT 545S | EXPANDED CINEMA | This project-based course will explore moving image installation practices beyond the movie theater including alternative public spaces, devices,... | Kaul, Shambhavi |
LIT 571 | EAST ASIAN CULTURAL ST | East Asia as a historical and geographical category of knowledge emerging within the various processes of global movements (imperialism, colonialism... | Ching, Leo |
LIT 582 | DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY | A voyage through the three otherworldly places of Dante's philosophical poem (Hell, Purgatory, Paradise) whose transformation of human actions into... | Eisner, Martin |
LIT 590S | SP TOP IN LITERATURE | Special topics in Literature. Instructor: Staff | Garreta, Anne |
LIT 690 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Topics vary by semester. Instructor: Staff | Jameson, Fredric |
LIT 690S | SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE | Topics vary each semester. Instructor: Staff | Mignolo, Walter |
LIT 761S | FOUNDATIONS IN FEMINIST THEORY | Required for all students pursuing the graduate certificate in Women's Studies, this course serves as an in-depth introduction to the various... | Lamm, Kimberly |
LIT 826S | CONTEMPORARY GENRE FICTION | This course examines the emergence of novels in various parts of the globe that address a readership beyond their respective nations or regions of... | Dainotto, Roberto |
LIT 890S | SEMINARS IN LIT (TOPICS) | Contents and methods vary with instructors and from semester to semester. Instructor: Staff | Hansen, Mark |
LIT 890S | SEMINARS IN LIT (TOPICS) | Contents and methods vary with instructors and from semester to semester. Instructor: Staff | Wiegman, Robyn |
LIT 890S | SEMINARS IN LIT (TOPICS) | Contents and methods vary with instructors and from semester to semester. Instructor: Staff | Torgovnick, Marianna |
LIT 890S | SEMINARS IN LIT (TOPICS) | Contents and methods vary with instructors and from semester to semester. Instructor: Staff | Waeber, Jacqueline |
LIT 892S | PUBLICATION WORKSHOP | This course is a writing intensive, works-in-progress seminar for doctoral students interested in preparing an article for publication. It will... | Wiegman, Robyn |