Contemporary Korean Cinema and Society

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This is a class to introduce Korean contemporary films and relevant societal discourses during a semester. Students are expected to learn about, after the semester, first, the role of film/moving images in contemporary society, second, the rhetoric of visual media in broader context, and lastly, Korean contemporary films in more concrete realm. By writing critiques on each subjects as well as sharing in class time, students will experience to try to challenge the feelings and thoughts of their own, to broaden the knowledge and deepen the insight on film media.