FMST 0280 - HISTORY OF FRENCH CINEMA

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will introduce students to the history of cinema in France from the beginnings of cinema to the present day. We will examine films from all periods and consider a diversity of forms and genres, including mainstream narrative films, art films, avant-garde experiments, blockbusters, and documentaries. No previous course experience with cinema is presumed as we will learn the basics of how to watch, discuss, and write about films and the film industry. The course will be taught in English; readings will be available in English; and all films with have English subtitles. This is a Critical Studies course and counts for Category I towards the Film and Media Studies major and minor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, DSAS The Arts General Ed. Requirement, Film Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req.

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