Korean Cinema

(4 Credits)

This course is designed to survey Korean cinema aligned with topics related to the social, political, and cultural history of Korea and beyond: colonialism, war, modernity, dictatorship, anti-communism, civil movements, global capitalism, mobility, labor, gender, diaspora, national cries, etc. Selected fiction and nonfiction films from the colonial and post-Korean war era to the platform age will provide students an overview of the development of Korean cinema in a chronological sense. Paired with scholarly readings, we will analyze the films from various points at issue.