FREN 315 French and Francophone Cinema
In this course, we will explore the social and cultural implications of film through the analysis of the history, aesthetics, languages, themes and perspectives presented in French and Francophone cinema. Areas of discussion and inquiry include examinations of the impact of the invention of cinema, surrealism and the avant-garde, World War II and the Occupation, the nouvelle vague, global feminisms, sexual orientations and identities, colonialism, and immigration as viewed on the big screen by audiences in France and around the world. Films will be screened in the original version with subtitles. Course readings and discussions will be conducted in English.