Media and French Revolutions

In this course, we will think critically about the extent to which the information we consume via print, audio and visual news sources, as well as fictionalized filmic and novelistic accounts, influence public opinion and historical memory. We will examine contemporary (era-specific) representations of the French revolutions of the nineteenth-century as well as the Franco-Algerian War and the events of May 1968. By the end of this course-which will be taught in seminar format-we will have gained a deeper historical, cultural, and political understanding of these events. More generally, we will also have improved our ability to anazlyze how mediated representations shape an understanding of the world in which we live. 6 units. Three class meetings per week. Prerequisite: one 300-level course or consent of instructor.