2015-2016 Undergraduate General Catalog


100

MDFL 152 Central and West-African Cinema

This course will survey Central and West African film from the 1960’s to the present. Class discussion and analysis will center around key social and political issues: confronting (post)colonialism, corruption and violence in post-colonial societies, the positive and negative effects of traditions, identity formation and coming of age, and changing women’s roles in modern Africa. All films are subtitled in English; no previous training in French or film studies is required.

Credits

3

MDFL 197 Topics:

Courses that offer students opportunities to study issues surrounding and related to modern foreign languages, cultures and literatures.

Credits

1