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Picturing War in Twentieth-Century France

Course Number: FRNCH 432
Title: Picturing War in Twentieth-Century France
Day & Time 1: TR 10:30AM 11:45AM
Instructor I: Guyot-Bender M
Credit: 1.00
Course Description: Examines various representations of the wars that have marked 20th-century France. As tragic as wars are, they inspire texts in an unlimited variety of formats and media and tones (tragic, ambiguous, mundane and comical) that respond to specific needs, and impact their "public" in different ways. Course material includes 20th-century novels, fiction and documentary film; paper and electronic news media; monuments and museums, popular forms of expression (soldiers' letters, jokes, songs, games); and other visual arts.
Comments: Open to Senior French Concentrators only or permission of instructor.

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