TLÜ ÕIS

French Cinema

Course code

GRR6904.HT

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Prantsuse filmikunst

Course title in English

French Cinema

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2025/2026 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2025/2026 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Knowledge about the history of French cinema. Capacities to analyse the esthetics of certain periods or schools of film art. Doing so on the bases of contemporary theories and methods

Brief description of the course

Differents periods of French cinema. Avangardism, impressionism, symbolism in cinema. Directors, critics, magazines.How to analyse films. Film and novel. The pre-requisite for the registration is A1 level in French.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to periodise the history of French cinema;
- is able to analyse films from different aspects in their temporal and aesthetical context;
- has capability to do so using contemporary theories and methods.

Teacher

Kaia Sisask

Study programmes containing that course