FR 335 - War, Literature, Film

[3 Credit Hours]

This course examines the strategies used by French writers and filmmakers to translate the experience and memory of World war I and World War II into literary and cinematic form. Topics treated will include eyewitness testimony, uses of irony and humor, the representation of disfigurement, the question of documentary, collaboration with the enemy, and practices of commemoration. Taught in english, with no knowledge of Frech necessary.