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Septi�me Art

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ISBN-10: 1413016448

ISBN-13: 9781413016444

Edition: 2008

Authors: David Aldstadt, Jean-Louis Hippolyte

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You can learn a great deal about French culture, history, politics and social problems by studying French cinema, and the discussion and analysis of specific films is the ideal way to deepen that knowledge. SEPTIЀME ART shows you how to use language in a meaningful way through the study of film and the exploration of the different cultural aspects portrayed in both popular and "high art" films. By going on a culturally-authentic, chronological journey through French cinema, the text challenges you to develop not only better conversational skills, but important writing and critical thinking skills as well?resulting in a deeper, more meaningful understanding of both French language and…    
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List price: $99.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cengage Heinle
Publication date: 1/11/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English

David Aldstadt received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 2002. His specialty areas are French cinema, modern French culture and literature, and language teaching. He is currently an assistant professor of French at Southern Methodist University, where he teaches courses in French language, literature, culture, and film. He recently received a University Research Council grant to fund research at the Marcel Carne archives at the French Library in Boston.

Jean-Louis Hippolyte received a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in 1998, and he is currently an Assistant Professor of French at Rutgers University (Camden). His area of specialization is Twentieth-Century French Literature, with a focus on the extreme contemporary. His teaching interests include French language and culture, contemporary literature and criticism, and French cinema. He is currently working on a book on the topic of uncertainty in literature entitled Fuzzy Fiction.

Chapitre Preliminaire
Le Langage Du Cinema Et Le Vocabulaire Technique
Sujets
Le langage du cin+�ma
Les m+�tiers du cin+�ma et le tournage d''un film
Le vocabulaire technique pour l''analyse d''un film
Introduction
Le langage du cin+�ma
Le vocabulaire technique
Le vocabulaire technique (suite)
Le vocabulaire technique (fin)
Du Cinema -�Spectacle-+ Aux Series
Sujets
Le 19e si+�cle et la Belle Epoque
L''invention du cin+�ma
Les premiers films, les cin+�astes et les studios
L''+�tablissement de l''industrie du cin+�ma
Le cin+�ma -�spectacle-+
Les s+�ries (les policiers +� +�pisodes)
Introduction
Une nouvelle forme d''art
Les -�vues-+ des fr+�res Lumi+�re (1895-1897)
Voyage dans la lune (Georges M+�li+�s, 1902)
Les Annees 20: Le Cinema Muet Et L''Avant-Garde
Sujets
Le cin+�ma et la politique
Le cin+�ma narrative et les genres populaires
L''avant-garde
La photog+�nie
La menace du son
Introduction
Le cin+�ma des ann+�es 20: entre la droite et la gauche, entre le cin+�ma du samedi soir et l''avant-garde
Un Chien andalou (Luis Bu+�uel, 1928)
La Passion de Jeanne d''Arc (Carl Dreyer, 1928)
LES ANNEES 30: -�L''AGE D''OR-+ DU CINEMA PARLANT
Sujets
La standardisation
Le th+�+�tre filme
Le cin+�ma personnel
Le r+�alisme po+�tique
Le cin+�ma engag+�
Introduction
L''+�ge d''or entre deux crises
L''Atalante (Jean Vigo, 1934)
La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir, 1938)
Les Annees 40: Le Cinema De L''Occupation Et De La Reconstruction
Sujets
La -�dr+�le de guerre-+
L''Occupation
Vichy
Le C.O.I.C
La Lib+�ration
L''+�puration
La reconstruction
Le C.N.C
La qualit+� fran+�aise
Introduction
Guerre et reconstruction
Les Enfants du paradis (Marcel Carn+�, 1945)
La Belle et la B+�te (Jean Cocteau, 1946)
LES ANNEES 50 ET 60: LA QUALITE FRAN & Ccedil;AISE ET LA NOUVELLE VAGUE
Sujets
Les -�trente glorieuses-+
La France sous De Gaulle
La tradition de la qualit+�
La Nouvelle Vague
Le cin+�ma d''auteur
Introduction
Nouvelle soci+�t+�, nouveau cin+�ma
A Bout de souffl+� (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)
Hiroshima mon amour (Alain Resnais, 1960)
R+�flexion
Exploration DVD Interactif: Jules et Jim (Fran+�ois Truffaut, 1960)
LES Annees 70-80: Le Cinema Feminin
Sujets
La condition f+�minine en France
Le cin+�ma: Regard masculin? La difficult+� d''un autre regard
Introduction
La voix des femmes
Diabolo menthe (Diane Kurys, 1977)
Sans Toit ni loi (Agn+�s Varda, 1985)
Les Annees 80: Postmodernite Et Cinema Du Look
Sujets
Les ann+�es Mitterrand
Le plaisir des images (le je[u] des surfaces) et le retour du cin+�ma populaire
La d+�construction des genres (le collage postmoderniste)
Le marginal comme h+�ros: le chaos comme mod+�le
Introduction
Le cin+�ma du look
Diva (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1981)
Le Grand Bleu (Luc Besson, 1988)
Les Annees 80-90: Retour Sur L''Histoire-Les Lieux De Memoire
Sujets
La Deuxi+�me Guerre mondiale: L''+�v+�nement capital du 20e si+�cle
Revivre l''Occupation: Entre collaboration et r+�sistance, les deux faces extr+�mes de la guerre
Le spectre de l''Holocauste
La comm+�moration: Filiation et lieu de m+�moire
Introduction
Histoire et culture
Au Revoir les enfants (Louis Malle, 1987)
Un H+�ros tr+�s discret (Jacques Audiard, 1996)
Les Annees 90 (I): Nouvelles Directions, Nouveau Realisme
Sujets
L''int+�gration: Succ+�s ou faillite? Les banlieues: Zones de non droit? La fracture sociale
Le retour d''un cin+�ma engag+�
Introduction
La crise au cin+�ma
La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz, 1995)
La Vie r+�v+�e des anges (Erick Zonca, 1995)
Les Annees 90 (Ii): L''Identite En Question
Sujets
L''homosexualit+�
La transsexualit+�
L''homophobie
Com+�die et engagement politique
Introduction
L''orientation sexuelle au cin+�ma
Gazon maudit (Josiane Bala