Richard G. Duran
Associate Chair of the Department, Professor of French and Director of the Division of French and Italian
Old Main 302, (254) 710-6023
Office Hours, Spring 2013: Monday/Wednesday 1:30-3, Tuesday/Thursday 11-12:30 and by appointment
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Cornell University
New York University in France, University of Paris I and X
M.A., University of North Texas
B.A., University of Dallas
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
20th century French literature, 20th century Mexican novel, Mexican-American Literature, Critical Theory, Language Pedagogy
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
“Beckett’s En attendant Godot and Camus’s Le Mythe de Sisyphe,” The French Review 82 (2009): 982-993.
“An Immersion Course in Beginning French: The Crucial First Days.” Recipes for Success in Foreign Language Teaching. LINCOM Studies in Second Language Teaching, 2007.
“If This Is French, then What Did I Learn in School?” co-authored with George McCool, The French Review 77 (2002): 282-93.
TEACHING INTERESTS:
French language and literature, Modern Great Texts
COURSES TAUGHT AT BAYLOR:
French 1401 (Elementary French I)
French 1402 (Elementary French II)
French 2310 (Intermediate French I)
French 2320 (Intermediate French II)
French 3320 (Conversation and Composition in Paris)
French 3310 (Introduction to French Literature)
French 4317 (17th Century Literature)
French 4318 (18th Century Literature)
French 4320 (20th Century Literature)
French 4325 (Theater in Paris)
French 4331 (Survey of French Literature I)
French 4332 (Survey of French Literature II)
Spanish 1401 (Elementary Spanish I)
Spanish 2320 (Intermediate Spanish II)
University Scholars 3301 (The Modern Tradition)