Marginality in Francophone Cinema
FREN 283
Spring 2008
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This course offers insights into the ways Francophone cinema from Europe, the Maghreb, and Sub-Saharan Africa represent/construct the racial, cultural, sexual, or social other in the postwar era of decolonization. We will study films formally and contextually to understand what Francophone representations of marginality add to the debates surrounding marginality, ethnicity, identity, and difference in contemporary Europe and postcolonial Africa. Theoretical and critical readings on both cinema and Francophone societies and cultures will help students analyze cinematic texts in depth, as well as compare cinematic aesthetics between Western cinema and so-called Third World cinema. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Intercultural Literacy, Interpretation
Students will interpret, speak and write about films in French by directors from various Francophone regions. They will reflect upon the function of the Other in different cultures, and understand the different aesthetics used in Francophone cinemas.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA RLAN |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: FREN215 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (COL)(FRST-MN)(FRST)(RMST) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Readings will include but will not be limited to:
Brahimi, Denise. Cinémas d'Afrique francophone et du Maghreb (1997)
Spaas, Lieve. The Francophone Film: A Struggle for Identity (2000)
Films viewed may include, among others:
Ma vie en rose (Belgium), Rosetta (Belgium), La Promesse (Belgium/France/Luxembourg), Waalo Fendo: Where the Earth Freezes (Senegal/Italy), Clando/Clandestine (Cameroon), Caché (France/Austria/Italy/Germany), Viva laldjerie (Algeria), Bab el Oued City (Algeria/France), Salut Cousin! (Algeria/France), Sans toit ni loi (France), La Cérémonie (France), La Vie rêvée des anges (France), Sur mes lèvres (France), West Beyrut (France/Italy/Lebanon/Germany).
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Examinations and Assignments:
At least one in class presentation. Two short papers, one research paper, and one exam. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
While any student who has completed FREN 215 (with a minimum grade of B) or has placed out of FREN 215 through the placement test may sign up for this course, it is an introductory course intended for students who have just completed FREN 215 or not taken more than one course in French beyond 215 and not yet studied abroad in a French-speaking country. Readings, written assignments and class discussion will be in French. Only COL students may take this course for credit. All others must take it for a letter grade. |
| Instructor(s): Leservot,Typhaine Times: .M...F. 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: FISK404; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 18 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: -2 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 6 | FR: 2 |
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| Total Submitted Requests: 3 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 2 |
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