Dr. Dudley M. Marchi
Professor of Comparative Literature
Department of World Languages and Cultures
Withers Hall 401
Bio
Read my bio here.
Courses
Spring 2025
FL 218/001 – The Harlem Renaissance in Paris – “Paris Noir” (in-person)
FL 216/601 Art and Society in France (online/asynchronous)
Spring 2024
FL 216/001 Art & Society in France (in-person)
FL 216/601 Art & Society in France (online/asynchronous)
Fall 2023
FL 218/001 – The Harlem Renaissance in France – “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
- Art and Society
- French-American Relations
- Racial Dynamics in Literature and Art
Research and Writing
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
The Merci Train Comes to Raleigh
Brief History of World Languages & Cultures @ NC State
Current Research Project
Paris Noir: Teaching French-American History, Culture, & The Harlem Renaissance
Creative Work
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