FRN2702

French Noir

(ART)

Philip Anderson

6 points + two-hour seminar and two-hour screening per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: FRN1320, FRN1420 or FRN2020 + Prohibition: FRN3702

Synopsis: This subject will take as its starting point the interest aroused in post-Occupation France by American cinema and the French identification, within that filmic production of which France had been deprived, of a genre: film noir. Students will study the history of noir in France, paying particular attention to representative filmic and literary works ranging from the pre-war period to the present day. They will situate its emergence and development in France in its socio-political and (inter-) cultural context. They will make a critical analysis of the genre and its shifts.

Assessment: Visual test (300 words in French): 15% + Individual seminar presentation (in French): 15% + Group seminar presentation (in French): 15% + Essay in French (1000 words): 25% + Essay in French (1500 words): 30%