French Film Classics

Calendar

WEEK #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Introduction
2	Cinema, the Seventh Art?	Weekly Response due
3	The Avant-garde Special Guest: Prof. Sarah Keller	Weekly Response due
4	1930s, Realism and the Popular Front	Weekly response due
5	Occupation & Liberation	Weekly response due
6	Is France where the movies go to become classic?	MIT WGS Screening of Tomboy, Céline Sciamma, 2011 Weekly Response due
7	A Hexagon-shaped World? Special Guest: Prof. James Cahill	Weekly Response due
8	Classic French Stars: Brigitte Bardot	Weekly Response due
9	The New Wave Special Guest: Prof. Brian Jacobson	Weekly Response due
10	1970s Sex and Sectarianism	Weekly Response due
11	The “Cult” Classic I: The Cinéma du Look	Weekly Response due
12	The “Cult” Classic II: La Haine	Papers due Weekly Response due
13	What is “Classic” Today?: The Popular
14	What is “Classic” Today?: The Art House	Course Evaluations