Course Details
Country:
France
Institution:
Sciences Po - Paris campus
Course Title:
MIDDLE EASTERN CINEMA AND POLITICS
Course Number:
DHUM 25A03
Course Description:
Contemporary Middle Eastern cinema reflects the social, political and cultural challenges in the region, while revealing the revolutionary spirit of its filmmakers and their filmic language. This course will define dominant themes such as: territory, cultural identity, memory, modernism, religion, feminism, internal conflict and socio-political violence, within both historical and present political contexts. Filmmakers will include: Chahine, Saab, Kiarostami, Farhadi, Gitai, Maoz, Folman, Doueiri, Khleifi, Assad, Güney, and Ceylan, dealing with the challenges of Egypt, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, and Turkey. Basic film analysis terms and cultural theories will be covered in order to study and articulate the form as well as content of these films. While addressing the larger question of the relationship between aesthetics and politics, this course will encourage an analysis of film as a participant in social and political change.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 444
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