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The Algerian War Flyer & Syllabus FREN 1410R-25426 IMAGES D’UNE GUERRE SANS NOM: THE ALGERIAN WAR IN LITERATURE AND FILM SPRING 2015 Tu 4-6:30; Barus & Holley 141 Ourida Mostefai Visiting Professor French Studies & Comparative Literature Office Hours: Tu-Th 10:30-11:30; Rochambeau 311; 3.2494 [email protected] Marcel Mariën, “La dernière carte,” Les Lèvres nues 9 (novembre 1956) Not officially acknowledged as a war by France until recently, the Algerian War of independence remains, more than a half-century later, a contested battleground in the French national consciousness. Focusing on depictions of the Algerian War in literature and film we will investigate the many taboos that still endure, most notably around the question of violence and torture, and attempt to reassess the relative “invisibility” of this conflict. Readings will include films by Gillo Pontecorvo, Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Resnais, Rachid Bouchareb, and works by Frantz Fanon, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Benjamin Stora, Assia Djebar, and Maïssa Bey. SYLLABUS: JANUARY 22: LA GUERRE D’ALGÉRIE N’EST PAS TERMINÉE. Marcel Mariën, “La dernière carte.” Les Lèvres nues 9 (novembre 1956) Étienne Balibar, “Algérie-France : une ou deux nations?” Lignes 30 (1997): 7-22. pdf Réda Bensmaïa, “The War that haunts France.” L’Esprit Créateur 54.4 (2014): 6-14. pdf FEBRUARY 3: DE LA TOUSSAINT ROUGE AUX ACCORDS D’EVIAN : CHRONOLOGIE D’UN CONFLIT Guerre d’Algérie: La déchirure, 1954-1962 Benjamin Stora, Histoire de la guerre d’Algérie (1954-1962). Paris: La découverte, 2004. Mohamed Harbi, “La guerre d’Algérie a commencé à Sétif.” Le monde diplomatique, mai 2005. FEBRUARY 10: LES “ÉVÉNEMENTS” VUS PAR LA NOUVELLE VAGUE Jean-Luc Godard, Le Petit Soldat (1960) Agnès Varda, Cléo de 5 à 7 (1961) Alain Resnais, Muriel, ou le temps d’un retour (1963) Suzanne Gauch, “Muriel, or the Disappearing Text of the Algerian War.” L’Esprit Créateur 41 (2001): 47-57. pdf FEBRUARY 24: LA GUERRE VUE D’ALGÉRIE PAPER #1 DUE Lakhdar Hamina, Mohammed. Chronique des années de braise (1975) Assia Djebar, Les enfants du nouveau monde (1962); Poèmes pour l’Algérie heureuse (1969) MARCH 3: LES INTELLECTUELS FRANÇAIS ET L’ALGÉRIE Albert Camus, Chroniques algériennes: 1939-1958 Jean-Paul Sartre, “L’Algérie n’est pas la France.” Temps Modernes 119 (Novembre 1955): 577-579. Roland Barthes, “Sur un emploi du verbe ‘être’: ‘L’Algérie est française.’ ” Les Lettres nouvelles 7 (avril 1959): 52-53. pdf Frantz Fanon, “L’Algérie se dévoile,” L’an V de la révolution algérienne (1959); Manifeste des 121 “Déclaration sur le droit à l’insoumission dans la guerre d’Algérie” Vérité-Liberté, n°4 (septembre-octobre 1960). MARCH 10 : FILMER LA GUERRE Gillo Pontecorvo,The Battle of Algiers (1965). Jean-Michel Frodon, “Le Film de guerre n’existe pas.” Cahiers du cinéma 593 (2004): 74-76. pdf MARCH 17: LES ENJEUX D’UNE GUERRE COLONIALE PAPER #2 DUE Rachid Bouchareb, Indigènes (Days of Glory, 2006). Benjamin Stora, “Quand une mémoire (de guerre) peut en cacher une autre (coloniale),” La Fracture Coloniale: La Société française au prisme de l’héritage colonial. Eds. Blanchard, Pascal, Nicolas Bancel, & Sandrine Lemaire. Paris: La Découverte, 2006, p. 57-65. 2 MARCH 31: LES PIEDS-NOIRS Yves Boisset, L’adieu. (2003) Albert Camus. L’hôte. pdf APRIL 7: LES HARKIS Alain Tasma, Harkis (2006) APRIL 14: LA TORTURE EN QUESTION Laurent Herbiet, Mon colonel (2006). Henri Alleg, La Question (1958), préface de Jean-Paul Sartre Joshua H. Cole, “Intimate Acts and Unspeakable Relations : Remembering Torture and the War for Algerian Independence,” Alec G. Hargreaves, ed. Memory, Empire, and Postcolonialism : Legacies of French Colonialism, Lexington Books, 2005, p. 125-141. APRIL 21: ENFANCE ET NOSTALGIE Brigitte Roüan, Outremer (1990) André Téchiné, Les Roseaux sauvages (1994) Maïssa Bey, Entendez-vous dans les montagnes (2002) PAPER #3 DUE: MAY 7 GRADING: 10% class participation and discussion, 10% oral report; 2 short papers (3-5 pages) 20% each; final paper (5-7 pages) (30%) REQUIREMENTS: • Attendance is required: unexcused absences will lower your grade. • Class participation is expected. Reading assignments are to be completed ahead of class meetings. • The 10-minute oral reports will be scheduled after the second week of September. • Three papers: please note the due dates for the papers. 3 .
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