French Culture since 1945

Abstract

Part 1 The arts: literature, Rachel Edwards literature engagee the Hussards the mode retro criticism the Nouveau Roman women writers a return to myth beur fiction poetry the theatre, Martin Sorrell from thelate 19th to the mid-20th century the theatre of the absurd - and the example of Rene de Obaldia Jean Genet - Anton Artaud Bertolt Brecht decentralization total theatre - Jean-Louse Barrault collective creation Jerome Savary and le grand magic circus Ariane Mnouchkine and le theatre du soleil the dominance of the director Peter Brook the re-emergence of the playwright French cinema since 1945, Keith Reader the beginnings the old and the new the new wave Godard and others women directors the return of quality Forum des Halles cinema conserving the cultural heritage of historic buildings and towns in France since 1945. Part 2 Popular culture: sport in France, A Greaves preamble - sports, games and pastimes administration participation - the gout de spectacle, media influence recent trends physical education in schoos and the Associations sportives physical education teachers - training, equipment status the media, Alan Pedley the decline of the Parisian daily press finance, production and distribution the Paris dailies radio television from state monopoly to privatization the rise of Frenc television advertizing and quotas from TFI to culture cable and satellite television - monster or panacea food and wine, Stephen Mennell the historical sociology of French haute cuisine nouvelle cuisine gastronomes and the gastronomic public domestic cookery conclusion popular music, G.Poulet. Part 3 Cultural debates: Paris versus the provinces - cultural decentralization since 1945 gender issues historical and social landmarks femmes, vous lui devez tout! women and language - the quest for a language autre conclusion the French language since 1945, D.A.Trotter.