French Culture I
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
The course aims to guide the knowledge of the general lines of the history of French culture of the twentieth and twenty-first century, in relation to changes in social and political contexts.
Expected learning outcomes
Ability to describe cultural phenomena and to insert them in their historical-social context.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
The course is entitled: 'France through its cinema'.
Through the exploration of one of the most strongly identity-oriented cultural spheres in France - the cinema - the course aims to illustrate the evolution of French society from the end of the 19th century to the present day, indicating its main changes, fractures and lines of continuity.
Through the exploration of one of the most strongly identity-oriented cultural spheres in France - the cinema - the course aims to illustrate the evolution of French society from the end of the 19th century to the present day, indicating its main changes, fractures and lines of continuity.
Prerequisites for admission
No previous knowledge is required.
Teaching methods
The course, which will be held partly in French, will be conducted through lectures in which the exposition of the topics will be supported by the analysis of textual, iconographic and multimedia documents.
Teaching Resources
Bibliography for attending and non-attending students
- J. Cantier, Histoire culturelle de la France au XXe siècle, Paris, Ellipses, 2020
- R. Prédal, Histoire du cinéma français. Des origines à nos jours, Paris, Nouveau Monde, 2013
- a dossier of textual, iconographic and multimedia materials that will be uploaded on the Ariel platform
- J. Cantier, Histoire culturelle de la France au XXe siècle, Paris, Ellipses, 2020
- R. Prédal, Histoire du cinéma français. Des origines à nos jours, Paris, Nouveau Monde, 2013
- a dossier of textual, iconographic and multimedia materials that will be uploaded on the Ariel platform
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam will be oral and will start with the analysis of a document (among those studied in class), and then expand to the more general contexts and themes considered during the course.
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