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FRENCH
EVENTS : SPRING 2007
Go to:
RETURNING
STUDENTS FROM FRANCE |
FEB.
6 (T) 4:00-5:00 pm
Herrick Room
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“ Deflating
the Legend: Michelet’s Portrayal of Napoleon”
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PRESENTED BY
THE FRENCH CULTURAL STUDIES COLLOQUIUM
JULIE MEYERS (’99), The University of Chicago
March
14 (W) 4:00-5:00 pm
Maas Conference
Room |
"LE
SPECTACLE FRANÇAIS" |
MARCH
29 (R) 6:30-8:00 pm
DeWitt Studio Theater
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Visit
to the ART INSTITUTE of CHICAGO
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CÉZANNE
TO PICASSO : AMBROISE VOLLARD,
PATRON OF THE AVANT-GARDE
(This groundbreaking exhibition focuses on art dealer
Ambroise Vollard’s championing of artists such as Cézanne, Gauguin,
Picasso, Renoir, and Van Gogh)
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EUGÈNE DELACROIX AND NORTH AFRICA
(Etchings and lithographs by the great Romantic painter Delacroix
document his
fascination with North Africa)
APRIL 4 (W) 8:30 am-7 pm
Visit the Art Institute's website at http://www.artic.edu/. |
PRESENTATION
OF STUDENT PAPERS
(In French)
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April 18
(W) 4:00-5:00 pm
The
Herrick Room/De Witt
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(In French with English subtitles)
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REVOIR LES ENFANTS |
Jan. 30 (T) – Granberg/Library, 6:00 pm
Feb. 1 (Th) – MMC 243, 6:00 pm
Julien Quentin lives in a boarding school where
he is a leader among his
classmates. A lonely (Jewish) boy, Jean Bonnet, becomes good friends with
Julien and they become inseperable until the German Gestapo shows up at
the school and call out names as they look for Jews. Jean is taken away…
Directed
by Louis Malle. 104 mns. |
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COMTE DE MONTE CRISTO |
March 5 (M) – MMC
243 6:00 pm
March 7 (W) - Granberg/Library, 6:00
Tells the dramatic story of Edmond Dantes, a young French sailor who is falsely
denounced as a political traitor and injustly imprisoned for 18 years without
trial. After a daring escape, Dantes flees to the island of Monte Cristo,
where he finds a colossal treasure bequeathed to him by a dying fellow inmate.
Using these riches, he assumes a new identity and devises, plan to vengeance
upon all those who betrayed him. TV adaptation of the work of Alexandre Dumas.
With Gérard Depardieu. The first part only will be projected
(There
are 4 parts). |
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