2005-06 - Office of the Registrar - Duke University

287BS. Ethnohistory of Latin America. 3 units. C-L: see Cultural Anthropology 287S;
also C-L: History 287BS
287S. Space, Place, and Power. 3 units. C-L: see Cultural Anthropology 285S; also C-L:
Asian & African Languages and Literature Studies 230S, Women's Studies 225S
289. Topics in Feminist Theory. Instructor: Moi or Radway. 3 units.
290. Topics in Psychoanalytic Criticism. Instructor: Moi. 3 units.
291. Topics in Popular Culture and the Media. Instructor: Radway or Willis. 3 units.
292. Topics in Non-Western Literature and Culture. Instructor: Mudimbe. 3 units.
293. Special Topics in Literature and History. Relationship of literary texts to varieties
of historical experience such as wars, periods of revolutionary upheaval, periods of intense
economic growth, ''times of troubles,'' or stagnation. Literary texts and historical content
posed in such formal ways as the theoretical problem of the relationship between literary
expression and form and a range of historical forces and phenomena. Instructor: Jameson,
Kaplan, or Orr. 3 units.
294. Theories of the Image. Different methodological approaches to theories of the image
(film, photography, painting, etc.), readings on a current issue or concept within the field of
the image. Examples of approaches and topics are feminism, psychoanalysis, postmodernism,
technology, spectatorship, national identity, authorship, genre, economics, and the
ontology of sound. Instructor: Gaines, Jameson, or Mottahedeh. 3 units.
295. Representation in a Global Perspective. Problems of representation approached in
ways that cross and question the conventional boundaries between First and Third World.
Interdisciplinary format, open to exploration of historical, philosophical, archeological, and
anthropological texts as well as literary and visual forms of representation. Instructor:
Dorfman, Jameson, or Mignolo. 3 units.
297. Topics in Cultural Studies. Instructors: Gaines, Radway, Surin, and staff. 3 units.
298. Special Topics I. Subjects, areas, or themes that cut across historical eras, several
national literatures, or genres. Can be counted as a pre-1500 course for the diversified study
requirement. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
299. Universalism in Twentieth-Century Thought. The Enlightenment tradition and its
critical reception in the twentieth century. Readings range from classic Enlightenment texts
to contemporary texts. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
300. Problems in the Theory of Value and Judgment. An advanced seminar dealing with
classic problems relating to the concept of value and evaluative behavior (e.g., standards,
judgments, canon-formation, taste), as illuminated by contemporary work in critical theory,
anthropology, economics, sociology, etc. Instructor: B. H. Smith. 3 units. C-L: English 386,
Philosophy 300
301. Language and Theory in the Twentieth Century. A seminar examining some of the
most significant analyses, controversies, and achievements of the various disciplinary
approaches to language during the past century and their implications for cultural study.
Topics include the question of linguistics as a science, the muddle of meaning and interpretation,
approaches to communication as social interaction, the Chomskian episode, and
poststructural/postanalytic conceptions and contributions. Instructors: Fish, B. H. Smith,
and Tetel. 3 units.
302. Seminar in Emergent Literatures. An advanced seminar in the literature of Third
World or nonwestern countries. Specific topics vary from year to year. Instructor: Dorfman.
3 units.
303. Topics in Criticism and Aesthetics. Selected readings in traditional and contemporary
criticism, philosophical aesthetics, and literary theory. Instructor: Visiting faculty or staff.
3 units.
353. Special Topics in Literature. Contents and methods vary with instructors and from
semester to semester. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
188 Courses and Academic Programs