Beginning with an introduction to the idea of the French Intellectuals and the concept of activism with J’accuse by Emile Zola, students will examine some of the major literary and cultural movements of the French Modern World through the eyes of leaders in literature, cinema, and cartoons. In this course, students will be able to discover some of the events and voices that have marked the modern Francophone history from Césaire to Beauvoir and Kassovitz. The course will challenge students to analyze texts and images that presented at the time of their creation a transition with an era. Students will establish parallels between the material studied, their own lives and our current world. The course will develop students’ language proficiency by following the world-readiness standards for learning languages set by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) focusing on improving the interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes of communication.
- Teacher: Sebastien Saunoi