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TCSL Course Overview
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Department:
Teaching Chinese as a Second/Foreign Language
Course Title:
Media and Chinese Language Instruction – 2006 course
theme
Credit
hours: Three hours per
week:(Spring, 2006, Monday, 2:10-5:00
PM)
Instructor:: Hsiu-huei Lin (Domizio), Assistant Professor
Specialty:
Cross-cultural Communication & Chinese Pragmatics
Email:
HLIN2004@ntnu.edu.tw
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1. Course Objective:
This course aims to examine cultural
narratives in modern Chinese and trans-national cinema through articulations of
innovative film techniques, discourse and formal structures, as well as
stylistic productions of films from China, Taiwan and Hong
Kong. `
Students are
expected to evaluate films through the lenses of a director’s retrospection
and criticism of Chinese cultural tradition and life. Class members are
invited to exercise their critical thinking skills to appraise each film from
historical and cultural perspectives. Through the representation of people in
the cultural narratives of selected films, and objects, signs, signals,
symbolism and aesthetic presentation produced by each film director as a
whole, the students gain a greater understanding of history, social and
political changes in these three regions. Upon completion of this course, the
students are encouraged to use the knowledge they obtain from this class to
recognize, identify, and to promote cross-cultural communication in their
career of teaching any Chinese culture-related courses.
2. Textbooks and References
A.
Chris Berry (ed.) (2003).
CHINESE FILMS IN FOCUS: 25 NEW TAKES. Published by The British Film
Institute (bfi), 21 Stephen Street, London,
W1T 1LN (suggested)
B.
Course Pack: selected published journal
articles (It will be ready within first two weeks in TCSL office).
C.
Course Website created by the course
instructor and her assistant: http://www.ntnu.edu.tw/tcsl/Media_Language
3. Other Remarks:
1)
This course is offered to all currently registered students, except
undergraduate students, at NTNU. Both
domestic and
international students are welcome.
2)
Students are encouraged to register first online. If the total enrollment is
more
than 20, an English screening test in written
and oral interview will be held. Those
whose
English proficiency level are suitable for this class discussion will be
allowed to take this course. (### Auditors may not be allowed if
class size is too large.)
Requirements
1). Mindful reading of
the assigned chapters from book and handouts.
2). Grading System:
Attendance
& Evaluation of Films 20%;
Class
Participation 30%,
Mid-term &
final written and oral presentation 50%
Mid-term and final paper : Two 8- to10 page papers (mid-term and final). Students are
expected to come to all classes on time to take advantage of the curriculum
and learning designs. The papers must be students’ very own critical analysis
of one particular film for the mid-term paper; and the final paper must
encompass individual student’s mindful comparison regarding the cinematic
languages of two films: for
instance, the narrative discourse and directorial discourse (e.g. the use of
symbolism, contextual presentation and representative of characters, props,
costumes, editing techniques, sounds and camera technicalities.)
3). Participation and Preparation: prepare questions to class to enhance
discussion. The rotated panel discussant will comment and summarize the
discussions at the end of each class.
Students must find time to review critically at least once (if time
permits, twice) on the specific film assigned for each class, so that they
can contribute their critical critiques on each director’s filmic production.
Syllabus: see below for detail TIME: Spring, 2006, Monday, 2:10-5:00 PM)
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Week/ 1st
class
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I- INTRODUCTION & DISSCUSSION: SOME RECENT HISTORY
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Foundation
2 classes
2/27
3/6
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Read
I Content and Form (pp. 1-37)
Concept of Narrative And Form
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FILM- 千里走單騎 （張藝謀, 2005）& Discussion
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THE
FIFTH GENERATION
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1- 3/31
張藝謀
活著
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SCREENING FILM AFTER CLASS-
FILM #1- TO LIVE (1994, 132
min.)
-Familiarize yourself
with Zhang's Bio and Filmography on our course website
URL:
http://www.ntnu.edu.tw/tcsl/Media_Language/yimou
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2-
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III-
IN-CLASS DISCUSSION: Politics of China's
Fifth Generation Filmmaker
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張藝謀
作品特色
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Topics on the work of Yimou
Zhang
- To Live (huo zhe)
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PREPARE READING:
before this class
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Handout Reading-
b-Chinese Cinema: Lines
of Development (pp. 1-10)-Tam & Dissanayake
from New Chinese Cinema
c-Handout- “We Endure, Therefore
We Are: Survival, Governance, and Zhang Yimou’s
To Live (pp. 113-132) by Rey Chow, excerpt
from Ethics after idealism:
theory-culture-ethnicity reading, Indiana University Press (1998)
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3-
陳凱歌-
霸王別姬
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SCREENING
FILM #2- Farewell
My Concubine (1993, 172 min. )--by Chen, Kaige
Read before viewing the film:
a- Chen Kaige’s bio and his filmography
on course website
b- Read critically at
least 2 reviews on this film on our course website
III- IN-CLASS DISCUSSION:
c Farewell
My Concubine: National Myth and City Memories by Yomi
Braester (pp. 89-96) from Chinese Films in Focus
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NEW
TAIWAN CINEMA
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4- 4/10
侯孝賢
悲情城市
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SCREENING
FILM #3- City of Sadness
(1988, 158 min.)—by Hou, Hsiao-hsien
Before viewing the film please read Hou's
Bio and Filmography on our course website
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IV-IN-CLASS DISCUSSION:
The work of Hou, Hsiao-hsien: Epic
of Ethnographic Cinema
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PREPARE READING:
before this class
1- Read one portion in “Seduction of the Body”—pp. 107-109 on
Passions
for the Native Soil: New Taiwan Cinema and (Auto)ethnography
2- Book Review on A City of Sadness by Bérénice Reynaud (London:
British Film Institute,
2002) Stephen Teo (pp. 111-112) and
3- A City of Sadness, by Bérénice Reynaud
(pp.113-128)
Reference only-
CONSTRUCTING A NATION THROUGH
FILMS
a-Constructing a
Nation: Taiwanese History and the Films of Hou
Hsiao-Hsien (139-168)
b-The Actors, the
Plot and the Controversy over the Incident of “2-28.”
c- A Time to Live, A Time to Die: A Time to Grow Corrado Neri, Course
pack, pp. 81-84
Other film: “The PuppetMaster”
an biographical film of Mr. 李天祿by Hou, Hsiao-hsien
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5- 4/17
Student leader #1
楊德昌都會
作品 + 蔡明亮 “市井頽廢語言”人與時空交戰
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Reflexive Modernity in Taiwan by Edward Yang: FILM #4- YiYi
Cinematic Painter: Mingliang Tsai：FILM #5 – 洞 （蔡明亮）
V- IN-CLASS DISCUSSION
Read for discussions in
class:
1- YiYi:
Reflections on Reflexive Modernity in Taiwan by David Leiwei Li
(pp. 90-94)
2- “Diseased
Bodies and Domestic Space: Transmodern Space in
Tsai Ming-Liang’s The Hole
Jasmine Nadua
Trice (pp. 44-50) in course pack
More articles on our course website and on
sensesofcinema.com for reference.
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6- 4/24
Student leader #2
李安作品
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SCREENING
FILM #4- Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon (2000, 120 min.) by
Ang Lee
Diaspora and Displacement in the Films of Ang
Lee─
Before viewing the film please read Yang's Bio and Filmography on our course website.
VI- IN-CLASS DISCUSSION on Reading-
1- About Ang Lee, Richard Corliss, David Bordwell
(pp. 171-184)
2- Wedding Banquet: A Family
(Melodrama) Affair by Chris Berry
(pp. 85-89)
3- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon:
Cultural Migrancy and Translatability by Felicia Chan
(pp. 71-75)
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5/1
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MID-TERM PAPER DUE: A Critical Film Review
# Please leave your paper in Lin Domizio’s
mailbox by 12 noon
Review handout on - A Short Guide to Writing about Film- by
Timothy Corrigan (pp. 114-134)
Student Presentation on their research paper
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Hong Kong New Wave Cinema
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7-
5/8
Student leader #3
喋血雙雄
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SCREENING
FILM # 6: The Killer (1989, 111 min.) dir. by John Woo,
produced by Hark Tsui
Reminder- begin to
draft and organize your final paper and be ready for presentation
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VII- IN-CLASS DISCUSSION: INTERNATIONAL CINEPHILIA
by John Woo and Hong Kong Cinema
Watch the film喋血雙雄directed by John Woo and one Japanese film “Hana-bi” directed by Takeshi Kitano
(1997)
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PREPARE READING:
before this class
1-
Bullet in the Head: Trauma, Identity, and Violent Spectacle, by James Steintrager
(pp. 61-64)
2-
Lost Heroes: A Comparative
Study of Contemporary Japanese and Hong Kong
Gangster Films Yoko Ono (pp. 18-22)
3- The Killer: Cult Film and Transcultural (Mis)Reading
by Jinsoo An (pp. 185-202)
Topics below for reference only-
a-Transnational Action: John Woo, Hong Kong, Hollywood (pp. 224-234)
b-The Killer: Cult Film and Transcultural
(Mis)Reading
by Jinsoo Ann (pp. 95-109)
excerpt from At Full Speed
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8-
5/15
Student leader #4
王家衛
重慶森林
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SCREENING
FILMS #5: ChungKing
Express (1994, 102 min.) - Wong, Kar-wai
Before viewing the film please read Wong's Bio and Filmography on our course website
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VIII - IN-CLASS DISCUSSION: on ChungKing Express (1994) - Wong, Kar-wai
PREPARE READING:
before this class –
1- Hong Kong Filmmaker: Wong Kar-wai
by Ackbar Abbas (pp.
153-160)
2- Chungking Express: Time and its Displacement,
by Janice Tong (pp. 66-70)
3- WKW: A Cinema
of the Exappropriation by Jean-Michel Durafour (pp. 51-55)
For reference
only-
Three Films
about Food by Fruit Chan: Allegories of Hong Kong-China Relations after
1997, by Aida
Yuen Wong (pp. 37-43)
The Work of Wong, Kai-wai: Transfiguration of Time, Space, and
Identity and Memory:
Hong Kong Filmmaker: Wong Kar-wai by Cultural Critic, Ackbar
Abbas
-Recommended additional film (optional) for viewing outside of
this class:
a- In the Mood for
Love (2001) by Wong, Kar-wai
- Worldly acclaimed as the most
romantic, artistically articulated film in the 1990s.
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9-
5/22
Student leader #5
許鞍華
半生緣
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SCREENING
FILM #7: Eighteen Springs (1997, 125 min.) by Ann Hui
-- A literary adaptation from Shanghai Modernist Eileen Chang’s novel
(1943)
Before viewing read review on URL: http://chinesecinemas.org/eighteen.html
Hong Kong's Woman Filmmakers: Ann Hui
IX-IN-CLASS DISCUSSION after reading of
this article on- (pp.203-206) in course pack
Border crossings: Ann Hui’s cinema at the website:
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CHINA'S 6TH GENERATION FILMS
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10-
5/29
Student leader #6
王小帥
北京自行車-
十七歲單車
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SCREENING
FILM #8- Beijing
Bicycle (2001)-by Wang, Xiaoshuai
Before screening, read the bio and filmography
on this URL-
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/wang.html
X-IN-CLASS CONCLUSION- Reflection on the film
Other Reference-
The Sixth Generation, by Sheila Cornelius, in New Chinese
Cinema 106-117.
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Additional recommendation Frozen (1997)- also by
Wang, a docu-drama
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STUDENT FINAL PRESENTATION
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11 6/5/2006
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