Course Syllabus

2013 YONSEI INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL

Korean Cinema
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[COURSE INFORMATION]
This is a broad examination of Korean cinema that is grounded in historical study and film theory. We start with some rare surviving colonial period films and work our way to the very recent films of the Korean wave era. Our thematic focus will be post-coloniality, ideological division, war, national reconstruction, democratization, and intensified global capitalism; our critical focus will be on problems of nation, class, and gender. At the heart of work for the course will be attention to the films themsel where we will try to account critically for shifts in style and form.

COURSE DESCRIPTION & GOALS

PREREQUISITE

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Participation (20%), Weekly Responses (20%), Mid-term Exam (30%), Final Exam (30%)

GRADING POLICY

TEXTS & REFERENCES

In-class screenings. Selection of essays on film analysis and Korean cinema. Course reader will be available.

INSTRUCTORS PROFILE

Steven Chung is Assistant Professor in the East Asian Studies department at Princeton University. He focuses his research on Korean cinema, and is drawn especially to the relationship between politics and aesthetics in the film cultures of the late colonial through the early postwar periods. He has published articles in edited volumes North Korea: Toward a Better Understanding (2009) and Democracy and Cinema (Korea) and in the Journal of Korean Studies and Memory and Vision (Korea). Chung is finishing his first manuscript, The Split Screen: Sin Sang-ok and Postwar Korean Film Cultures also beginning work on his next book, Cold War Optics: Asia.

Course Syllabus
2013 YONSEI INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL

[WEEKLY SCHEDULE]
* Your detailed explanation would be very helpful for prospective students to get a pre-approval for credit-transfer from their home university in advance. COURSE MATERIAL & WEEK (PERIOD) WEEKLY TOPIC & CONTENTS REFERENCE ASSIGNMENTS

Korea, Cinema, Reality

Crossroads of Youth, An Chong-hwa (1934) Homeless Angels, Choe In-gyu (73 min, 1941)

Postwar Blues and Reds

The Housemaid, Kim Ki-yong (108 min, 1960) The Stray Bullet, Yu Hyon-mok (107 min, 1960)

Farmers and Workers, North and South

Chilsu and Mansu, Pak Kwang-su (108 min, 1998) The Flower Girl, Kim Il Sung? (1972)

New Korean Cinemas

Sopyonje, Im Kwon-taek (112 min, 1993) The Day a Pig Fell in the Well, Hong Sang-su (113 min, 1996

Korean Waves

Oldboy, Pak Chan-uk (120 min, 2003) Save the Green Planet!, Chong Chunhwan (117 min, 2003)

Here and Now

Breathless, Yang Ik-jun (130 min, 2009) Castaway on the Moon, Yi Hae-jun (116 min, 2009)