Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Humanities Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: FRESHMAN SEMINAR: THE CREATIVITY OF FRANCOPHONE CINEMA: CHALLENGING THE HOLLYWOOD EMPIRE ***** The dynamic film production of French-speaking countries forms a unified artistic body still unadulterated by the Hollywood canon. A fundamentally non-commercial conception of cinema inherited from France allows Francophone directors to voice their otherwise silenced cultures. The 12 recent Francophone movies selected expose students to unconventional Western or non-Western images. Taught in English, all films subtitled in English and screened during class. ***** Also offered as FREN 123. ***** Enrollment limited to 15. Swift, Voltaire, Goethe, Heine, Twain, and Verne. Taught in English. ***** Also offered as FREN 123. ***** Enrollment limited to 15.