This course will explore the experience and legacies of colonialism in France’s vast empire, covering geographic areas as diverse as Asia (Cambodia, Vietnam), Sub-Saharan Africa (Cameroon, Senegal), the Maghreb (Algeria), and metropolitan France. Each week we will study one film from across the francophone world in order to learn about France's colonial past. We will examine the ways in which French directors imagine and represent this history, and consider the responses of directors from the former colonies. We will also explore the legacies of the French colonial project in multiethnic contemporary France. The films we will study introduce a range of complex questions related to immigration, violence, exile, and belonging. They ask us to consider how both France and its former colonies have come to terms with their colonial pasts and their postcolonial identities. In each instance, we will seek to interrogate the relationship between form and content, in other words, between the filmic image and the historical and political realities in question. Knowledge of French is not required.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Critically
analyse the films in depth, especially in terms of their aesthetic, linguistic,
historical and societal components;
- Appreciate the
relationship between form and content in a set of 20th-century and contemporary
French and francophone films;
- Formulate,
present and evaluate an original film analysis;
- Develop
insights into a major non-English speaking culture and into international
debates about identity, memory, the history of imperialism;
- Undertake in-depth research in French and francophone cinema.
Indicative Assessment
Two In-class quizzes (10% each, 25 minutes each) [1,2,3,4]
One Reaction paper of 1500 words (20%) [1,2,3,4]
Final test (20%, 50 minutes) [1,2,3,4]
Class participation, including online activities (Wattle), comprehension questions for each film, and readings to be completed outside class (10%) [1,2,3,4,5]
An extended essay of 4000 words (drawing on Reaction paper) (30%) [1,2,3,4,5]
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 48 hours of contact: 12 hours of lectures, 24 hours of screenings and 12 hours of tutorials.
b) 82 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
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- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $2652 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $4080 |
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First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4889 | 20 Feb 2017 | 27 Feb 2017 | 31 Mar 2017 | 26 May 2017 | In Person | N/A |
