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FREN304

Contemporary Francophone Cinema

French and Italian College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

FREN

Course Number

304

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVIT: GenEd-Diversity International, EMME: Major-Media and Comms Elective, GLC: GenEd-Global Challenges, MMED: Major-Media and Communications, ENFR: Minor-French Elective, ENME: Minor-Media and Comms Elective, NFIL: Minor-Film, NFRE: Minor-French/Francophone Study, NMED: Minor-Media and Communications

Course Short Title

Contemporary French Cinema

Course Long Title

Contemporary Francophone Cinema

Course Description

Through weekly screenings of recent films (released in the last decade or so), students are introduced to current social, cultural and narrative concerns in Francophone cinema. Intensive conversational and writing practice, along with regular language review and creative assignments provide students with numerous opportunities to acquire basic vocabulary and analytical tools that are specific to the study of audiovisual documents in French.

Min

4

Repeatable

-

Equivalent Course(s)

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