On tourne!: French Language and Culture through Film

by Véronique Anover, Rémi Fournier Lanzoni

Overview

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On tourne! is a one-semester, advanced French textbook (5th/6th semester of instruction) designed to be used as a stand-alone text for a course on French and francophone films or for a French conversation course. This textbook could also be used as a supplementary text in an advanced conversation course, a composition course, or a contemporary culture course. On tourne! guides students to analyze and discuss thirteen films from France and the francophone world. Each chapter focuses on a single film and includes pre-viewing activities, vocabulary, information on the cultural and linguistic nuances of the film, and post-viewing activities and discussion points. Moreover, each chapter contains a review of an essential grammatical structure as well as idiomatic expressions used in the film to highlight their pragmatic function. The films included explore a wide array of themes, ranging from family, food, and fashion to politics, religion, and racial/ethnic identities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626167377
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
Publication date:	02/03/2020
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Language:	French
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Véronique Anover is a professor of French and Spanish at California State University San Marcos. She is the coauthor of, among other books, A vous!, a first-year French program.

Rémi Fournier Lanzoni is an associate professor of romance languages at Wake Forest University. He is the author of several books on French and Italian cinema.

Table of Contents

Préface vii

Acknowledgments ix

Chapitre Préliminaire xi

1 Comme un chef-La gastronomic 1

2 Samba-L'immigration 15

3 L'arnacæur-L'amour 33

4 Le prénom-La famille 45

5 La French-Le polar 59

6 Intouchables-L'amitié 75

7 Yves Saint Laurent-La mode 89

8 Made in France-Le terrorisme 103

9 Les adieux à la reine-L'histoire 119

10 Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont-La France des villages 133

11 Rock the Casbah-La francophonie 149

12 Cloclo-La musique 163

13 Les héritiers-L'Education nationale 177

Index 191

About the Authors 195

What People are Saying About This

Heidi L. Holst-Knudsen

On tourne! allows for a rich exploration of French language, culture, and society through the lens of contemporary film. The manual’s plethora of variegated and thought-provoking activities stimulate critical thinking while facilitating work with vocabulary and grammar, in-class discussion, written expression, and cultural analysis and comparisons.

Jessica L. Strum

On tourne!is a well-conceived and meticulously designed survey of contemporary French cinema and culture. Its collection of films addresses relevant topics and exposes students to a wide variety of genres, actors, and directors. In addition to its primary goal of presenting pragmatics and highlighting social language use,On tourne!also provides a communicative application of grammar and language functions.

Jessica L. Sturm

A well-conceived and meticulously designed survey of contemporary French cinema and culture, . . . [On tourne!] provides a communicative application of grammar and language functions.

Theresa A. Antes

On tourne! . . . is sure to provoke thoughtful discussion in class by allowing learners to consider the experiences of fictional characters from all angles, and it scaffolds this discussion with careful vocabulary and grammar support.

Editorial Reviews

On tourne! . . . is sure to provoke thoughtful discussion in classby allowing learners to considerthe experiences offictional characters from all angles, and itscaffolds this discussion with carefulvocabulary and grammar support.

Theresa A. Antes

A well-conceived and meticulously designed survey of contemporary French cinema and culture, . . . [On tourne!] provides a communicative application of grammar and language functions.

Jessica L. Sturm

On tourne! allows for a rich exploration of French language, culture, and society through the lens of contemporary film. The manual’s plethora of variegated and thought-provoking activities stimulate critical thinking while facilitating work with vocabulary and grammar, in-class discussion, written expression, and cultural analysis and comparisons.

Heidi L. Holst-Knudsen

On tourne!is a well-conceived and meticulously designed survey of contemporary French cinema and culture. Its collection of films addresses relevant topics and exposes students to a wide variety of genres, actors, and directors. In addition to its primary goal of presenting pragmatics and highlighting social language use,On tourne!also provides a communicative application of grammar and language functions.

Jessica L. Strum