CHINESE 303

China on Screen


Please note: this is archived course information from 2016 for CHINESE 303.

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 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 2016

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Professor Paul Clark

Points

CHINESE 303: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage II in Asian Studies or FTVMS, or Chinese 130 and 15 points at Stage II in Asian Studies.

Restrictions

ASIAN 207, ASIAN 307, CHINESE 203