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independence periods. May focus on foundational fictions, political writings, the so-called
Romantic period. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
366. Nineteenth-Century Prose Fiction. Readings by novelists such as Valera, Galdós,
Alas, and Pardo Bazán in the light of current critical theory. Instructor: Sieburth. 3 units.
367. The City, Modernity, Gender, and Literature: Nineteenth-Century Madrid. The
course will examine the intersections among four terms: the city, modernity, gender, and
literature. We will focus on 19th-century Madrid. We will explore the following topics: the
concept of the public sphere and its contradictions; the gendering of public and private
spheres and of the experience of modernity; the problem of representation in , and of, the
city; mass culture and the city; the realist novel and women in the streets. Instructor: Staff.
3 units.
370. Spanish Texts of the Post-Dictatorship: La Movida en La Transicion, 1973-1993.
An analysis of the political and cultural processes at play during the Spanish transitional
period when, with the 1973 assassination of Almirante Carrero Blanco and the subsequent
death of general Franco in 1975, the country transformed the autocratic and military state
imposed by Franco's dictatorship into the current democratic state. Focus on literary and
cinematic texts and of the period, drag culture, pop music, and comics. Instructor: Staff. 3
units.
371. Cultural History and Theory. Seminar covering various topics in Latin American
cultural history and theoretical production such as: (a) colonial legacies and postcolonial
theories; (b) the construction of identities and the critique of cultural colonialism; (c)
contemporary critical production in Latin America, from dependency theory to transnationalism
and postmodernity. May be repeated for credit. Instructor: Mignolo or staff. 3 units.
372. Latin American Vanguards. A seminar on the major avant-garde movements
between 1915 and 1940, based in an interdisciplinary study of literature and visual culture.
Examines contemporary criticism as well as theoretical texts from the period. Topics
include: critical nationalism, indigenism vs. primitivism, formalism and political art, the
"gender of modernity." Instructor: Gabara. 3 units.
375. Hispanic Literature, Mass Culture, and Theory. A study of Hispanic texts
thematizing the effects of mass cultural fictions (serial novels, radio songs, movies) on those
who consume them. Fictional works will be juxtaposed with theories on the effects of mass
culture and its relationship to canonical literature. Authors of fictional texts include
Cervantes, Galdós, Marti, Borges, Marsé, Puig, and Martín-Gaite. Instructor: Sieburth. 3
units.
381. Special Topics Tutorial. Directed reading and research in areas unrepresented by
regular course offerings. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
391. Hispanic Seminar. Each semester one of the following topics will be selected for
intensive treatment: the Spanish language in America, studies in medieval literature, studies
in the literature of the Golden Age, studies in Latin American literature, studies in the
Spanish Renaissance and baroque, studies in Spanish poetry, studies in nineteenth-century
Spanish literature, and studies in twentieth-century literature. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
392. Hispanic Seminar. Each semester one of the following topics will be selected for
intensive treatment: the Spanish language in America, studies in medieval literature, studies
in the literature of the Golden Age, studies in Latin American literature, studies in the
Spanish Renaissance and baroque, studies in Spanish poetry, studies in nineteenth-century
Spanish literature, and studies in twentieth-century literature. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies
Edna Andrews, PhD, Director
Since its establishment in 1991, the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European
Studies has brought together faculty and students from different departments and schools
within Duke University who share a common interest in this region. The Center sponsors a
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