EASTD 120 - Melodrama in East Asian Cinema

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

Melodrama has been a prevalent mode of filmmaking in East Asia, addressing significant social changes and historical experiences. Through films by Bong Joon-ho, Mizoguchi Kenji, Kim Ki-young, Ang Lee, Ozu Yasujiro, Wong Kar-wai, Xie Jin, Zhang Yimou and other auteurs, this course takes a vicarious journey through modern China, Japan, and Korea, examining topics such as sentimentality and moral binaries, modernity and national identities, film genres and styles, as well as gender, class, and spectatorship.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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