| Title: | The Voice in French Cinema |
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| Course Section Number: | FRE-277-01 |
| Department: | French |
| Description: | This course introduces students to aesthetic and formal aspects of French and Francophone cinema across a diverse range of examples, from the cinematic Avant-Garde and the French New Wave to the "father of African Cinema," Ousmane Sembène, and the Third Cinema movement. We will use theorists such as Michel Chion, Kaja Silverman, and Vlad Dima to analyze the way the voice is represented on screen. In this way, we may better place the films in their social, historical, and political context. How do gendered conventions inflect the way the female diva's voice functions in cinematic narrative? What were the functions of individual and collective voices during decolonial struggles in Algeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo? How do postcolonial film directors from Senegal, Mali, and Haiti redefine the role of cinematic voice in their narratives? FRE-277-01=BLS-270-01 |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 15, 2024 |
| End Date: | May 4, 2024 |
| Meeting Information: |
TU 01:10PM
- 03:55PM
(DET 220)
LEC
TH 01:10PM
- 02:25PM
(DET 220)
LEC
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| Faculty: | Altergott, Renee |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 20 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 2 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
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