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Chateaubriand

A predecessor of Romanticism and an activist and participant in the Bourbon monarchy, Chateaubriand embodied conservative 19th-century politics. This program analyzes both the writer and his turbulent times and offers a glimpse into post-Napoleonic France and one of the men whose writings and actions influenced the era. In French. (14 minutes)



 
    

Item#: BVL8789
Copyright date: ©1995
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-2106-6




     
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery et Le Petit Prince
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A consideration of the book and its importance, which reaches far beyond that of a children's fable, interwoven with dramatic readings from it and with details of the author's life and his search for spiritual meaning in flight. (French, 33 minutes, ...(more details)
 
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Victor Hugo: Les Miserables
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A vivid, compelling film dramatization of Hugo's great novel, which provides students with an excellent historical and social portrait of France-and particularly Paris-at mid-19th century, as well as an insightful treatment of one of the greatest of ...(more details)
 
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Emile Zola

Emile Zola, his writings, and the social issues that inspired him are the topics of this program. Using dramatizations of portions of three of Zola's most famous works-Les Victimes de l'Alcoolisme, Medan, and Germanal-we see how they reflected import...(more details)
 
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Flaubert

Infamous for his most popular novel, Madame Bovary, for which he was unsuccessfully prosecuted, Flaubert was a relentless critic of bourgeois morality and hypocrisy. This program examines 19th-century French society, which was the impetus for many of...(more details)
 
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Balzac

Balzac's tour de force, La Comedie Humaine, is a panorama of French history and society. His attempt to present a complete social history of France with scientific accuracy and in minute detail testifies to his prodigious literary energy. This progra...(more details)
 
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