FREN 445
Contemporary Cinema in French
Fall 2021
Topics
- French cinema history
- Film language
- Poetic Realism
- Nouvelle Vague
- Cinema as cultural industry
Readings
- Méliès. Le Voyage dans la lune (film, 1902).
- Dulac. La souriante Madame Beudet (film, 1923).
- Vigo. L’Atalante (film, 1934).
- Cocteau. La belle et la bête (film, 1946).
- Godard. À bout de souffle (film, 1960).
- Demy. Les demoiselles de Rochefort (film, 1967).
- Pialat. À nos amours (film, 1983).
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- FREN 445 A1: Contemporary Cinema in French ↗2016
- FREN 445 A1 - Contemporary Cinema in French ↗2020
- FREN 445 A1 Contemporary Cinema in French ↗2021
- FREN 445 B1- Contemporary Cinema in French ↗2018
- FREN 445 B1 - Contemporary Cinema in French ↗2020
- Public outline lists films studied, available through YouTube, Kanopy, or Criterion; other course materials on Moodle.