China on Screen

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Taught at a host instution as CCSS 3440 - 'China on Screen'. "This course asks that students begin to understand Chinese cinema(s) as transnational, as a triangular composite of Mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong cinemas with extensive links to Asia and the rest of the world. We will examine 10 films directed by some of the twentieth and twenty-first century's most skilled directors. The syllabus is structured in rough chronological order and covers China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. This is by no means an exhaustive survey of Chinese cinema, but is instead meant as an introduction to Chinese film history and criticism.