Approaches to French and Francophone Performing Arts

Catalog description

This course, which is entirely conducted in French, is an introduction to French and Francophone Performing Arts from the early modern period to the present day. The emphasis is placed on the relationship between the performers and the viewers through theatrical illusion, speech, and the body in the theater, operas, ballets and poetry readings. Students will discuss the significance of social issues in French and Francophone performing arts on a global scale. The main sources are read and discussed in French. They include landmark texts and recordings of works by writers and performers including: Molière, Corneille, Hugo, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Cocteau, Mnouchkine, Delcuvellerie.