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1414442 - Francuska knjizevnost i film u nastavi 2

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Acronym 1414442
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      ESPB 3.0 Status
      Condition Successful completion of Teaching French Film and Literature 1 course Oblik uslovljenosti
      The goal Introduction to some examples of French literature film adaptations, problems and challenges of turning a literary work into film, basic application of acquired knowledge and skills in classroom.
      The outcome Students will become able to interpret on an elementary level particular techniques of literary and cinema discourses and to learn about their application in teaching French language, literature and civilization. They will strengthen their knowledge of French civilization and cinematography.
      Contents
      Contents of lectures Analyzing main questions of literary text adaptation. The issue of fidelity to the source material and creative freedom in its adaptation (familiarization with some positions of French filmmakers).Subjectivity and objectivity of judgment on a screened literary work. Analyzing didactisation examples of film sequences in secondary education. Comparative analysis of literary work and its film adaptation. Creation of didactic exercises from selected sequences.
      Contents of exercises Parallel reading of literary text and its adaptation. Creation of didactic exercises from chosen film sequences. Literary texts and their film adaptations are chosen following several criteria (among which the level of language comprehension). Four chosen films represent different historical and literary periods, from the 17th to the 20th century (adaptations of Molière's The Misanthrope, Prévost's Manon Lescaut, Flaubert's A Simple Heart and Boris Vian's Foam of the Daze), while three others are adaptations of popular contemporary francophone authors' works (Amélie Nothomb, Frédéric Beigbeder, David Foenkinos).
      Literature
      1. J-M. Clerc et Carcaud-Macaire, L’Adaptation cinématographique et littéraire, Klincksieck, 2003. (Original title)
      2. Francis Vanoye, L’adaptation littéraire au cinéma, Armand Colin, 2011. (Original title)
      3. André Gaudreault, Du littéraire au filmique : système du récit, A. Colin / Nota bene, 1989/2005. (Original title)
      4. Various didactic materials offered by http://www.lepointdufle.net/cinema.htm
      Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
      Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
      2
      Methods of teaching Students read complete literary work and watch its adaptation before class. Representative sequences are watched in class as an introduction to adaptation analysis. Students will resume and comment existing critical analysis of given films, discuss success of the adaptation following the criteria they discussed in class. They will practice how to make didactic materials from some film sequences and also comment cultural features of books and films, especially in cases of major historical transpositions. The course is taught in French.
      Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
      Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
      Activites during lectures 20 Test paper
      Practical lessons 30 Oral examination 50
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