EAST 309 - Chinese Popular Cinema and Public Intellectualism


This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Cinema Studies
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, CD, WINT

Does Chinese popular cinema function as public intellectualism? This course examines the history, genre, aesthetic, and politics of the post-reform Chinese fiction films and documentaries from 1982 to 2014. Studying the works of Zhang Yimou, Jia Zhangke, Wu Wenguang, Wong Kar-wai, Ann Hui, He Zhaoti, Wei Desheng and others, we examine the extent to which influential directors have become a new class or organic intellectuals who raise political questions to propel social change.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: H. Deppman
Prerequisites & Notes
This course is offered in conjunction with English 387 "Bolloywood"'s India: An Introduction with which it will share 4 class meetings and their accompanying film viewings.


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