CHINESE 203
China on Screen
Please note: this is archived course information from 2015 for CHINESE 203.
Description
The transformation of China’s contemporary cultures and communities can be charted through film. This course uses films from the 1930s until this century to examine the development and contestation of the Chinese nation. Several films will be compared with their literary originals in translation.
The course centres on discussion of ten major films from the Chinese-speaking world. Our first films are from the 1930s and the 1940s and focus on the position of women. Socialist Chinese cinema is represented by several films, including literary adaptations. The rise of a new generation of filmmakers in the 1980s is a major theme, as we trace the changes in their careers, art and audiences. The internationalisation of Chinese cinema by the turn of the Twenty-first Century completes the course. A selected film each from Taiwan and Hong Kong helps extend our coverage and offers comparisons with mainland developments.
Availability 2015
Semester 1
Lecturer(s)
Lecturer(s) Professor Paul Clark
Points
CHINESE 203: 15 points
Prerequisites
30 points from ASIAN 100, CHINESE 130, JAPANESE 150, KOREAN 120, or 30 points from FTVMS 100 and 101, or 45 points at Stage I in BA courses
Restrictions
ASIAN 207, ASIAN 307, CHINESE 303