04:30 PM to 07:10 PM R
Planetary Hall 120
Section Information for Spring 2015
A renaissance of Korean culture coincided with the rise of democracy and new esthetics and values. As a vessel of historical and cultural representation, Korean films explore salient themes of the divided nation, politics, society, culture, economy, and modernity in dynamic flux and metamorphosis. Korean films and dramas are also at the heart of the exciting new phenomenon of popular culture, or Korean Wave (Hallyu), in Asia and winning accolades in the world. Highlighting historiography and filmography, the class examines: cultural phenomenon of Hallyu; economic and technological success of South Korea; famine, human rights and nuclear problems of North Korea; prospects of unification and globalization; generational and gender transformation; industrial development and scientific innovation; civil society, leadership, and state; substance of history debates; and worldwide diaspora and Korean identity.
With lectures, readings, and film viewings, the course investigates modern Korean history through a wide array of films and multi-media. The class discussion engages directorial styles, book-to-screen adaptation, author’s intent, controversies, and reviewing and writing techniques, among others.
Broader conception themes of the class are: Shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism and Christianity; tradition and modernity; nationalism, colonialism, and imperialism; capitalism, communism and anarchism; democracy, authoritarianism and dictatorship; development and crises; war and peace; division and unification; and competitiveness and globalization.
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Credits: 3-6
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