January 29

Introduction to the course.
What do we read, what do we watch, and why?

Chrétien de Troyes's Perceval, The Story of the Grail: Read and prepare appropriate sections for group reports.

January 31

View the movie Excalibur.

Chrétien de Troyes's Perceval, The Story of the Grail: Read and prepare appropriate sections for group reports.

February 5

Perceval, The Story of the Grail:
Introduction to Medieval Literature;
Exploration of Perceval's prologue; Quiz 1: on Chrétien de Troyes' text;
Discussion of book;
Excerpt of Rohmer's Perceval le Gallois; Discussion.

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February 7

Perceval, The Story of the Grail:
Quiz 2: on Rohmer's film and discussion;
Second excerpt of Rohmer's Perceval le Gallois; Discussion.

Madame le Prince de Beaumont's Beauty and the Beast:
Read and prepare questionnaire.

February 12

Beauty and the Beast:
Discussion of the text;
Excerpt of Walt Disney's version; Discussion.

Start reading Dangerous Liaisons.

February 14

Beauty and the Beast:
Quiz 3: on Beaumont's story;
Jean Cocteau's film (96 mn)

Continue reading Dangerous Liaisons;
Fill out viewing questionnaire on Cocteau' s film.

February 19

Beauty and the Beast:
Quiz 4: on Cocteau's version;
General discussion;
Scene analyses;
Conclusions on: Cocteau's version, importance of Beaumont's story, how to do a film scene analysis.

Finish reading Dangerous Liaisons;
Fill out reading questionnaire.

February 21

Dangerous Liaisons:
Quiz 5: on Laclos's text;
Discussion of the text and debriefing of questionnaire: characters, themes, images. style.

February 26

Dangerous Liaisons:
Literary analysis of selected passages: Letter 1;
Stephen Frears's Dangerous Liaisons: Excerpts and scene analyses; oral presentations.

Start reading Flaubert's Madame Bovary.

February 28

Dangerous Liaisons:
Dangerous Liaisons:
Literary analysis of selected passages: Letter 2;
Stephen Frears's Dangerous Liaisons: Excerpts and scene analyses; oral presentations.
Roger Vadim's Les Liaisons dangereuses 1960: Excerpts and scene analyses; oral presentations.

Continue reading Flaubert's Madame Bovary.

March 4

Dangerous Liaisons:
Literary analysis of selected passages: Letter 4;
Roger Vadim's Les Liaisons dangereuses 1960: Excerpts and scene analyses; oral presentations.
Literary analysis of selected passages: Letter 81;
Milos Forman's Valmont: Excerpts and scene analyses; oral presentations.

Continue reading Flaubert's Madame Bovary.

March 6

Dangerous Liaisons:
Literary analysis of selected passages: Letter 1;Roger Kumble's Cruel Intentions: Excerpts and scene analyses; oral presentations.

Finish reading Madame Bovary;
Fill out reading questionnaire.

March 11

Dangerous Liaisons:
Literary analysis of selected passages: Letter 1;Roger Kumble's Cruel Intentions: Excerpts and scene analyses; oral presentations.
Conclusions, writing topics.

Work on your first paper.

March 13

Professor away at CLTA conference in Irvine.
Class meets in library to view Viencente Minnelli's Madame Bovary.

Work on your first paper.

March 18

Madame Bovary:
Quiz 6: on Flaubert's text.
Discussion of the text and debriefing of questionnaire: beginning, characters, themes, images. style;
Literary analysis of selected passages.

Work on your first paper.

March 20

Madame Bovary:
Quiz 7: on Vincente Minnelli's film;
Excerpts and scene analyses; 2 oral presentations.
PAPER # 1 due

March 25
March 27

Rest, have fun, and...

Read Mérimée's Carmen;
Fill out reading questionnaire.

April 1st

Madame Bovary:
Excerpts and scene analyses from Claude Chabrol's Madame Bovary; 2 oral presentations.

April 3

Carmen:
Quiz 8: on Mérimée's text;
Discussion of the text and debriefing of questionnaire: beginning, characters, themes, images. style;
Literary analysis of selected passages.
Carmen Through the media.

Start reading Duras's Moderato Cantabile.

April 8

Carmen:
Excerpts and scene analyses from Otto Preminger's Carmen Jones; 3 oral presentations.

Continue reading Duras's Moderato Cantabile.

April 10

Carmen:
Excerpts and scene analyses from Carlos Saura's Carmen ; 3 oral presentations.

Finish reading Duras's Moderato Cantabile;
Fill out reading questionnaire.

April 15

Moderato Cantabile:
Quiz 8: on Duras's text;
Discussion of the text and debriefing of questionnaire: beginning, characters, themes, images. style;
Literary analysis of selected passages.

Start thinking about your second paper.

April 17

Moderato Cantabile:
Literary analysis of selected passages.

Continue thinking about your second paper.

April 22

Moderato Cantabile:
Screening of Peter Brook's Moderato Cantabile (95 mn).

Fill out viewing questionnaire.

April 24

Moderato Cantabile:
Quiz 9: on Brook's Moderato Cantabile;
Excerpts and scene analyses; 3 oral presentations;
Discussion of the film.

Read Duras's Hiroshima, mon Amour;
Fill out reading questionnaire.

April 29

Hiroshima, mon Amour:
Quiz 10: on Duras's text;
Discussion of the text and debriefing of questionnaire: beginning, characters, themes, images. style;
Literary analysis of selected passages.

Start reading Duras's The Lover.

May 1st

Hiroshima, mon Amour: Screening of Alain Resnais's Hiroshima, mon Amour (90 mn).

Continue reading Duras's The Lover.
Fill out viewing questionnaire.

May 6

Hiroshima, mon Amour:
Quiz 11: on Resnais's film;
Excerpts and scene analyses; 3 oral presentations;
Discussion of the film.

Finish reading Duras's The Lover.
Fill out reading questionnaire.

May 8

The Lover:
Quiz 12: on Duras's text;
Discussion of the text and debriefing of questionnaire: beginning, characters, themes, images. style;
Literary analysis of selected passages.

May 13

The Lover:
Screening of Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Lover (99 mn).

Fill out viewing questionnaire.

May 15

The Lover:
Quiz 13: on Jean-Jacques Annaud's film;
Excerpts and scene analyses; 3 oral presentations.;
Discussion of the film.
PAPER # 2 due

Review for the final exam.

May 20

FINAL EXAM