COURSE DETAIL
KOREAN CINEMA
Country
KOREA, SOUTH
Host Institution
Yonsei University
Program(s)
Yonsei University Summer
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies
Asian Studies
UCEAP Course Number
103
UCEAP Course Suffix
S
UCEAP Official Title
KOREAN CINEMA
UCEAP Transcript Title
KOREAN CINEMA
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
In this course students will study the aesthetic and political aims of South Korean cinema since 1960. By analyzing individual films, considering historical contexts, and reading texts in film theory, we will attempt to understand how cinema proposes new ways of being and relating to others within the context of a rapidly globalizing Korea. Filmmakers to be discussed may include Kim Ki-young, Im Kwon-taek, Park Kwang-su, Hong Sang-soo, Bong Joon-ho, Jeong Jae-eun, Park Chan-wook, and others. Issues to be covered include: the ethics of neoliberal capitalism, the spectacle of cinematic violence, morality and film genre, and the critique of melodrama. Assessment: Quiz(20%), Midterm (30%), Final(50%)
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
IEE3306
Host Institution Course Title
KOREAN CINEMA
Host Institution Campus
Yonsei International Summer School
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Korean Studies