Fear & Trembling

In this section, we’ll read and view Amelie Nothomb’s comical auto-fiction about her return to Japan, her new job and her experiences with culture shock.

 

Benoît Duteurtre THE LITTLE GIRL AND THE CIGARETTE

In this section, we’ll take a look at a more contemporary novel that satires many aspects of today’s society. Try to make some connections between the message in the book and this PSA from Canada about banning smoking in bars and restaurants.

 

Ousmane Sembene

 

Senegal – Different modes of storytelling

Here is a video of African griots at work passing on ancestral stories using the oral tradition. We’ll also check out the written mode with Mariama Ba’s So Long a letter and the cinematic mode with Ousmane Sembene’s film adaptation of his book Xala.

 

Surrealist Art/ Poetry

 

Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain

 

One of many THE LITTLE PRINCE inspired videos…

 

Existential cartoons are fun