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Preface
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Author: Kelley, Susanne
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Preface to Volume V
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La Francophonie dans un contexte éducatif : le nouveau monde à découvrir
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Author: Christopher, Kyle D.
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The Francophone culture of French overseas departments is largely overlooked in the
American university system. By examining these regions further, we will discover that
they have much to offer, not only from a linguistic perspective, but also from interdisciplinary
perspectives ranging from biology to politics. Moreover, the geographical proximity
of several of these regions to the United States, and especially to the city of Atlanta,
provides a unique opportunity for university-level students to examine the French
culture of these departments and enlarge our understanding of Francophone culture.
Several prominent Francophone scholars that are of Antillean origin provide a unique
perspective and opportunity to discover this “new world” that exists right here at
our doorstep.
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La lidia del toro bravo: Una aproximación a la controversia
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Author: de Mesa, Juan
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Bullfighting is a complex and highly controversial subject that continues to generate
passionate discussions in contemporary Spanish society. This essay examines bullfights
and bullfighting by examining several arguments and viewpoints related to this tradition.
To provide the reader with a global perspective, attention is also given to various
historical, cultural, and social elements surrounding bullfighting.
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Deutsche Touristen und ihre Suche nach Authentizität
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Author: Kubicz, Charlotte
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This essay is a study that combines the disciplines of film studies and cultural studies
to analyze two contemporary German films “Erleuchtung Garantiert” (2000) and “Kirschblüten”
(2008) by the filmmaker Dorris Dörrie. They both depict the pilgrimage of German tourists
to Japan in the effort to restore a sense of authenticity to their lives. The study
concentrates on the depiction of the encounter between Eastern and Western culture
in connection with the theory of “Orientalism” by Edward Saïd. The analysis focuses
on the confrontation of the illusory Japanese authenticity, as imagined by the German
tourists, and the “real” Japanese authenticity as presented in the movie. This paper
argues that although Dörrie criticizes her characters for their stereotypical understanding
of Japanese authenticity, she also participates to some extent, in representing Japan’s
“reality” in a stereotypical way. The stereotypes that are discussed in this study
are those reminiscent of anthropological films about non-Western people and how these
films contribute to the curiosity of Western viewers towards the “Other” and the Orient.
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La Femme brisée, le pouvoir brisé
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Author: Liuzzi, Jenna A.
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This essay examines the poem “À Celle qui est trop gaie” by Charles Baudelaire. In
addition to examining the original poem in French, I have also included one secondary
source to further support my argument. Specifically, the essay discusses Baudelaire’s
anger and frustration over his impotence in his rapport with the women he addresses.
The woman possesses a power over him, a power that infuriates and impels him to use
his poetry to rupture her dominance. Baudelaire verbally dissects the woman’s body
and essence, reducing her to merely “parts” of a person, and thus renders her incapable
of posing any threat to him. He then seeks to establish his own masculine authority
over her using phallic and violent imagery. At the end, we discover that he has reversed
the distribution of power; now it is she who must assume the status of impotence that
was previously held by Baudelaire.
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Buongiorno, notte: Dinamiche familiari e la prospettiva dei mass media
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Author: Susca, Katherine
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In his film Buongiorno, notte, Marco Bellocchio seeks to represent the kidnapping
of Aldo Moro both as a family melodrama and as an analysis of the historical reconstruction
of the Moro Case through mass media representations. Bellocchio claims to “have taken
certain liberties” with the historical facts of the Moro Case in an effort to pursue
his more artistic and sociological investigation, in the tradition of Manzoni. The
metamorphosis of the historical revolutionary Laura Braghetti into the traditionally
feminine, hesitant, and doubtful character of Chiara, the positioning of Moro as a
father figure to his captors, and the insistence upon their quotidian domesticity
(as opposed to the extraordinariness of the violent crimes they perpetrate) all indicate
an artistic vision of the situation as a conventional family melodrama. Furthermore,
this vision is evolved through images of the mass media, including repeated imagery
of the mass media, particularly round-the-clock television news coverage, films, and
newspapers. This intertextuality functions as an analysis of how modern society constructs
and deconstructs its own identity through self-representation. The unusual structure
of the film also lends to its analysis through the lens of the New Italian Epic, a
literary movement in Italy that is quickly spreading into other artistic areas.
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List of Readers for Volume V
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Author: Kelley, Susanne
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List of Readers
