German Occupation in French Literature and Cinema (in French)

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The course explores how literature and cinema from 1945 to the present have covered the topic of the "Années noires" ("the Dark years"), or the period of German occupation in France. Figured against the backdrop of the events of World War II and the Occupation, the course examines the complexity of questions of identity, memory, and narrative in relation to this complex moment in French history. Includes texts by Sartre, Vercors, Modiano, Perec, Duras. Films include *Les Jeux Interdits (*René Clément), *Lacombe Lucien *(Louis Malle), *Night & Fog *(Alain Resnais). In addition students participate in an overnight trip to visit the D-day beaches and other World War II sites in Normandy. In French.