2013-2014 Academic Catalog 
    
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2013-2014 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

FREN 160 - French Culture Seen Through Film: Jean Renoir


Analyzes cinematic aesthetic and narrative strategies of the films of Jean Renoir, a leading figure in French cinema. Traces development of his art and focuses particularly on the way two works, “The Grand Illusion” and “The Rules of the Game,” explore the historical problem of a continuing presence of prerevolution values and myths within 20th-century French republican culture. Taught in English and French sections.

Prerequisites: Prerequisite for students receiving French credit: one course above 130 or permission.

Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered periodically

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