Course Syllabus 2014 YONSEI INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL
Korean Cinema
CREDIT INSTRUCTOR Jungbong Choi
OFFICE OFFICE HOURS
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[COURSE INFORMATION]
Course explores key directors and texts of the post-1990 (South) Korean Cinema. Blending film aesthetics with socio-cultural criticism, the class will survey a wide variety of Korean film alongside socio-political contexts the nation has faced. The general course objective is to equip students with knowledge and concepts needed for COURSE DESCRIPTION comprehensive understanding of contemporary Korean society and cinema/visual & GOALS cultures. Class consists mainly of lecture, discussion, screening (clips) and will occasionally hold student presentations and tests.
PREREQUISITE none.
Regular attendance, participation, small group discussion, screening (clips), student COURSE REQUIREMENTS presentations and tests.
Attendance & Participation (30 %): Regular attendance and active class participation are expected and mandatory. Failure to attend classes will adversely impact the students’ grade for the course. Missed test/presentation may NOT be made up and full class participation points will NOT be rewarded to those missing class.
Introducing Director/Genre (15% x 2 = 30 %): Two group presentations on designated directors or genres. Each group will have a 10-15 minute PowerPoint presentation GRADING POLICY focusing on stylistics/thematics, codes & conventions, filmographic & biographic information.
Final Exams (40 %): Final exam is scheduled for the last day of the class. Questions will be based on lecture, reading, discussion, and screenings. Test format incldude multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short essay types.
TEXTS & REFERENCES Required Text: PDF files will be provided on YSCEC. Course Syllabus 2014 YONSEI INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL
Websites for Korean Cinema:
Korea Film Council http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/index.jsp Cine 21 (Korea’s leading film magazine) www.hani.co.kr.c21 Pusan International Film Festival www.piff.org Darcy’s website www.koreanfilm.org The Korean Herald Newspaper (for individual film reviews) www.koreanherald.co.kr USC’s Asian Pacific Media Center Page www.asianfilms.org
JungBong Choi is Assistant Professor in the Department of Cinema Studies, New York University where he teaches theories of cultural globalization, trans-national media/cinema/popular cultures, and the political economy of digital technologies. He authored Digitalization of Television in Japan: State, Economy, and Discourse (2008) and edited Globalization, Television and Japan (2010), Unsettling the National in Korean Cinema (2011), and Of Transnational-Korean Cinematrix (2012). His new book INSTRUCTOR’S PROFILE Global K-pop Fanthropology (in Korean) and a co-edited volume K-pop: the International Rise of the Korean Pop Music Industry will be published respectively in 2014
Course Syllabus 2014 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 (PERIODWEEKLY TOPIC & CONTENT& REFERENCE ASSIGNMENTS
Intro & Question of National Shin&Stringer Ch 4 1 Korean Cinema Unleashed; Sopyonje Cinema + Im KwonTaek + TBA
Chanwook Park vs. Shin&Stringer Ch 5 Lady Vengeance;Cut; Women on the 2 Sangsoo Hong Shin&Stringer Ch 6 Beach; Woman is the future of man
KiDuk Kim vs. Shin&Stringer Ch 7 S,S,F,W & Spring; Three Iron; Secret 3 ChangDong Lee + TBA Sunshine; Oasis
PDF: Pacquet on the JoonHo Bong & Korean film industry; K Memories of Murder; The Host; Snow 4 Korean Blockbuster Blockbuster Piercer; Welcome to Dongmakgol + TBA
Shin&Stringer Family Ties; A Wife of a Good Lawyer; 5 Family & Gender Ch 10&12 200 Pounds beauty; Weight of Hers
6 Violence & Thriller Genre Shin&Stringer Ch 8&9 The Chaser; The King of Pigs