Dr. Dudley M. Marchi
Professor of Comparative Literature
Department of World Languages and Cultures
Withers Hall 401
Bio
Read my bio here.
Courses
Spring 2024
FL 216/001 Art & Society in France
Fall 2023
FL 218/001 – The Harlem Renaissance in Paris – “Paris Noir”
FLF 492-592/001 – Contemporary French Society & Culture
Educational Initiatives
Engaged Learning: Cyrano de Bergerac & The French 17th Century
Inquiry-Guided Learning: Art & Society in France
Study Abroad: Paris, Lille, Belgium
Academic Interests
- Masterpieces of Western Literature
- American Poetry
- French Art and Society
- French-American Relations
- Racial Dynamics in Literature and Art
Research and Writing
Scholarly Books
The French Heritage of North Carolina
Contrary Affinities: Emerson, Baudelaire, and the French-American Connection
Montaigne Among the Moderns: Receptions of the Essais
Sample Articles
Engaging STEM Students in Humanities Courses
Saving French Studies: Art & Society in France
Montaigne and the New Millennium
Emerson, Baudelaire, and French-American Relations
Virginia Woolf Crossing the Borders of History, Culture, and Gender
Participatory Aesthetics: Reading Mallarmé & Joyce
Public History Videos
The Merci Train Comes to Raleigh
Public History Article
Brief History of Foreign Languages and Literatures at NC State
Current Research
Article – “Paris Noir” – French-American History, Culture, & The Harlem Renaissance in Paris
Article – Transcendental Education in the Posthumanist World
Article – The Black History of Raleigh
Poetic Works
American Cornucopia (in progress)
Children’s Book
Music, Poetry, Videos
Education
B.A. English and Comparative Literature University of Massachusetts at Amherst 1981
M.A. Comparative Literature University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1984
Ph.D. French and Comparative Literature Columbia University 1991