UNSW Handbook Course - Key French Texts

Key French Texts - ARTS3487


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of International Studies
	Course Outline: School of International Studies Course Outlines
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: ARTS3481 or FREN3102 or higher, or permission from Head of Program
	Equivalent: FREN3313
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 1 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Subject Area: French Studies

Key French Texts focuses on several major literary and cinematographic works in French: Camus' narrative ""La Chute""; his play ""Les Justes"" and Resnais' film ""Hiroshima mon Amour"", including Duras' screenplay. The course entails a study of political, ethical and social issues in these works. It also addresses the question of what makes these texts works of art, in particular in analyses of the forms of narrative, drama and film. Questions which recur in these works relate to justice, terrorism, war and peace, forgiveness, history and memory.

Key Topics: Conceptions of justice in the set texts; Terrorism; The limits of violence; Survival and self-sacrifice; Truth and fiction; Language, style and genre of the set texts.

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