Please note: Robert has left the "Romance Studies" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.
| Office Location: | 05 Language Center |
| Office Phone: | 919-660-3154 |
| Email Address: | |
| Web Page: | https://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Romance/visiting/rkilpatr |
| PhD in French Literature (expected) | Indiana University | 2009 |
| MA in French Literature | Indiana University | 2002 |
| BA in History | Truman State University | 1999 |
| BA in French | Truman State University | 1999 |
Current projects: I am currently completing my dissertation, Le Soulier de Theramenez: "Theory and Practice of the Adage in Erasmus and Montaigne"
Literature and Cultural Studies
16th and 17th century French literature, humanism and its legacy, rhetoric, history of the book, early modern theories of citation and imitation, influence of Neo-Latin authors on French writers, use of proverbs and other short forms in literature, the fragmentation of texts, early modern reading practices, intersection of learned and popular culture
Pedagogy
Oral proficiency assessment, applications of instructional technology (blogs and wikis, interactive voice boards, handheld digital media devices), teaching of writing across the disciplines, task-based language learning, use of digital technologies to allow student access to early modern texts