Explores the relationship between aesthetic innovations and political writing from the 1920s onwards through literary works and films by French writers, poets, filmmakers, and other creators. These works dialogue with the main artistic movements and political conflicts that shaped France during the 20th century, in particular the First and Second World Wars and their aftermath, the Algerian War and May 68. Encourages students to engage with a wide variety of materials (literary texts, newspaper articles, films, podcasts, documentaries, etc.) in order to explore socio-cultural, historical, literary, and artistic movements and philosophies such as Surrealism, Existentialism, Social Realism, and Postcoloniality.