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On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
- Provide in-depth analysis of New Wave films;
- Situate the New Wave cinema in its historical context;
- Identify the formal and thematic innovations introduced by New Wave directors;
- Define and assess critically the New Wave conception of cinema ('auteur' theory);
- Discuss and assess critically the impact of the New Wave on film-making in France.
For key topics, see general module descriptor description.
Set Films:
Les Quatre Cents Coups, François Truffaut (1959)
A bout de souffle, Jean-Luc Godard (1960)
Hiroshima mon amour, Alain Resnais (1959)
Chronique d'un été, Edgar Morin & Jean Rouch (1960)
Cléo de 5 à 7, Agnès Varda (1962)
Prescribed Texts:
Michel Marie, La Nouvelle Vague: une école artistique, 4e édition revue et augmentée (Paris: Armand Colin, 1998).
Additional required reading materials in French and English will be made available online.
General Bibliography:
Baecque, Antoine de, La Nouvelle Vague: portrait d’une jeunesse (Paris: Flammarion, 1998).
Douchet, Jean, Nouvelle vague (Paris; Hazan, 1999).
Graham, Peter and Vincendeau, Ginette (eds), The French New Wave: Critical Landmarks (London: BFI/Palgrave Macmillan, 2009).
Greene, Naomi, The French New Wave: A New Look (London: Wallflower, 2007).
Monaco, James, The New Wave: Truffaut, Godard, Chabrol, Rohmer, Rivette (New York: Oxford University Press, 1976).
Neupert, Richard, A History of the French New Wave Cinema (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2002).
Sellier, Geneviève, La Nouvelle Vague, un cinéma au masculin singulier (Paris: CNRS, 2005).
Indicative Weekly Reading Programme:
Wk
1 Introduction No reading
2 Truffaut 1 Alexandre Astruc, ‘Naissance d’une nouvelle avant-garde: la caméra-stylo’
3 Truffaut 2 Anne Gillain, ‘The Script of Delinquency’
4 Godard 1 Luc Moullet, ‘Jean-Luc Godard’
5 Godard 2 Michel Marie, ‘It Really Makes You Sick’
6 No seminar
7 Resnais 1 Roundtables from Cahiers du Cinéma and Positif
8 Resnais 2 Marie-Claire Ropars-Wuilleumier, ‘How History Begets Meaning’.
9 Rouch/Morin Edgar Morin, ‘Chronique d’un film’
10 Varda Sandy Flitterman-Lewis ‘From Déesse to Idée’
11 Conclusion
12 No seminar
Student Effort Type | Hours |
---|---|
Lectures | 10 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 10 |
Specified Learning Activities | 48 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 38 |
Total | 106 |
Level-one language module FR10070 is a prerequisite for this module.
Learning Exclusions:FR30180
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assignment: Essay (2000 words) | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 60 |
Assignment: Essay (1500 words) | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 40 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Mid-term essay submitted in Week 7, group in-class feedback in Week 9, individual written feedback in Week 10, final assessment: end-of-module exam.