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369. Culture and History in Twentieth-Century France. An interdisciplinary study of one relatively short historical
period (the 1950s, the 1960s, the entre-deux guerres, etc.). The intellectual and cultural life of a period in its broader
social, political, and historical context. Instructor: Moi. 3 units.
370. Topics in French and Francophone Literature. Concentration on twentieth-century literature. Historical and
theoretical approach. Varying topics such as Regionalism, Nationalism and Postcolonialism; the status of fiction in a
totalitarian space; Transtextuality and Francophone Literature. Readings include literary and nonliterary texts by writers
such as Aquin, Chamoiseau, Confiant, Chauvet, Faye, De Certeau, Depestre, Miron. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
371. Topics in Migration, Literature, Transnational Writers, and Postnational Literature. A study of contemporary
productions of immigrant writers in Canada and France, exploring theoretical and sociological issues on citizenship,
migration, transnational writers, and postnational literature. Readings might include literary and nonliterary texts by,
among others: Ben Jelloun, Bouraoui, Charles, Huston, Kristeva, Robin, Sebbar, and Zumthor. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
381. Special Topics Tutorial. Directed reading and research in areas unrepresented by regular course offerings.
Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
391. French Seminar. Topics to be announced. Instructor: Graduate faculty. 3 units.
392. French Seminar. Topics to be announced. Instructor: Graduate faculty. 3 units.
ITALIAN (ITALIAN)
200. Topics in Italian Literature and Culture Abroad. Topics to be announced. Offered to students enrolled in Duke
Study Abroad in Italy. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
201S. Topics in Italian Linguistics. An interdisciplinary study of selected topics, such as history of linguistic theories,
language and world view, semiotics, ethnolinguistics, language and cinema, language and identity, discourse and
conversation analysis. Taught in English. Instructor: Fellin. 3 units.
201SP. Topics in Italian Linguistics -- Preceptorial. A preceptorial, in Italian, requiring concurrent enrollment in Italian
201S. Further information available from instructor: Instructor: Fellin. 0 units.
202S. Topics in Italian Studies. Specific aspects of Italian history, civilization, culture, and institutions. Topics may
vary. Taught in English. Instructor: Dainotto, Eisner, Finucci, Hardt. 3 units.
202SP. Topics in Italian Studies -- Preceptorial. A preceptoral, in Italian, requiring concurrent enrollment in Italian
202S. Further information available from instructor. Instructor: Dainotto, Eisner, Finucci, Hardt. 0 units.
205S. Topics in Dante Studies. Focus on a particular aspect of Dante's work. Taught in English. Instructor: Eisner. 3
units. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 205S
205SP. Topics in Dante Studies -- Preceptorial. A preceptorial, in Italian, requiring concurrent enrollment in Italian
205S. Further information available from instructor. Instructor: Eisner. 0 units.
210S. Topics in Renaissance Studies. Focus on a particular aspect of the Italian or European Renaissance. Taught in
English. Instructor: Finucci. 3 units. C-L: Medieval and Renaissance Studies 210S, Art History 210S
210SP. Topics in Renaissance Studies --Preceptorial. A preceptorial, in Italian, requiring concurrent enrollment in
Italian 210S. Further information available from instructor. Instructor: Finucci. 0 units.
220S. Topics in Sexuality and Gender Studies. The study of identity and difference and the representation of bodies,
genders, and desires through developments in medicine and anatomy. May include different historical periods. Readings
from public to private documents, literary texts, playscripts, medical treatises, and pamphlets. Taught in English.
Instructor: Finucci and staff. 3 units. 3 units. C-L: Women's Studies 219S
220SP. Topics in Sexuality and Gender Studies -- Preceptorial. A preceptorial, in Italian, requiring concurrent
enrollment in Italian 220S. Further information available from instructor. Instructor: Finucci and staff. 0 units.
221S. Literary Guide to Italy. A journey of Italy through literary, cinematic, and musical texts through Italy's sights and
customs, as well as the place of Italy, both the real and imagined, in the aesthetics of the Grand Tour. Taught in English.
Instructor: Dainotto. 3 units. C-L: Literature 280S, German 221S
221SP. Literary Guide to Italy -- Preceptorial. A preceptorial, in Italian, requiring concurrent enrollment in Italian
221S. Further information available from instructor. Instructor: Dainotto. 0 units.
225S. Cinema and Literature in Italy. A study of the relation between literature and film in Italy. Topics include:
cinematic versions of novels, influence of literature and literary figures on the construction of an Italian cinematic
imagination, effects of cinema on literature, women's fiction and the woman's picture, neorealism. Taught in English.
Not open to students who have taken this course as Italian 170S. Instructor: Dainotto, Finucci, or Hardt. 3 units. C-L:
International Comparative Studies 281ES
225SP. Cinema and Literature in Italy -- Preceptorial. A preceptorial, in Italian, requiring concurrent enrollment in
Italian 225S. Further information available from instructor. Instructor: Dainotto, Finucci, or Hardt. 0 units.
230S. Antonio Gramsci and the Marxist Legacy. Gramsci's reinterpretation of Marxism in the context of fascist Italy.
The uses of Gramsci's key concepts--subaltern, hegemony, dominance, popular culture, Americanism, Southern
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