Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2006-2007
FREN 480 - COCTEAU:FILMAKER,NOVELIST,POET
Long Title: COCTEAU: FILMMAKER, NOVELIST, POET
Department: French Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): FREN 311 OR FREN 312 or placement test
Description: Poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, painter, Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) a protean creator, was also the first French writer to become a famous film-maker. During his career, J. Cocteau was close to most of the avant-garde movements of this time: Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism. The goal of this course is to discover the various aspects of this multi-faceted work, where cinema and poetry meet under the sign of Orpheus.