This unit will take as its starting point the interest aroused in post-Occupation France by American cinema and the French identification, within then recent filmic production of which France had been deprived, of a genre: film noir. Students will study the history of noir in France, paying particular attention to representative filmic works ranging from the pre-war period to the present day. They will situate its emergence and development in France in its socio-political and (inter-) cultural context. They will make a critical analysis of the genre and its shifts. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Philip Anderson
Prerequisites: At least French Studies 4 at any year level (ATS1064, ATS2064)
