FR
341 Le cinéma français / FRENCH CINEMA
Mid-semester dossier
45%
Jean-Jacques
Thomas
Final
exam 45%
Fall
2016
Active
class participation 10%
Theme "Crime doesn't pay"
Tuesday & Thursday 12:30 - 1:50
Mandatory textbook:
Course web site
http://www.ieeff.org/ub341S16.html
ELEMENTARY FRENCH VOCABULARY FOR FILM STUDIES
Suggested:
Marilyn Fabe,
Closely Watched Films, University of California,
10e ed., 2014.
Class presence is mandatory. Any absence should be
justified with a note preferably in advance
SYLLABUS
August
T 30 : Introduction / presentation of the course. Goals of
the course. Structure of the course. Short history of French cinema.
September
Th 1 :
Short
history of French cinema.
T 6 : Th 8 :
Fantomas and the early French Mystery charactersT 13 :Th 15 :
Arsene Lupin, the likable criminal - the early tradition
T 20
: Th 22 : T 27 : Lacombe Lucien, Louis Malle
Th 29
Maigret , the French detective observer of the social surroundingsOctober
T 4 : Th 6 :
T 11: Th 13:
La Cérémonie, Chabrol
T 18 : Th 20 :
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, Louis Malle
T 25: Th 27:
Plein Soleil, René Clément
T 1 :
Th
3: T
8:
Le
Samourai, Jean-Pierre Melville
Th 10 : T 15 : Week-end, Jean-Luc Godard
Th 17 : T 22 La Mariée
était en noir, François Truffaut
Thanksgiving Recess
T 29 : Les Lyonnais, Olivier Marchal
December
Th 1:
T6 : Th 8 :
Mesrine, ennemi public no 1,