Syllabus IEE3300-01 (Spring, 2021) CONTEMPORARY KOREAN Course Title Credits 3 CINEMA AND SOCIETY Instructor Hyunjun MIN Department OIA e-mail
[email protected] Undergraduate students open to all majors Target Students Classes are conducted using pre-recorded video lecture. The turbulent recent history of South Korea has produced a society that is engaged with a variety of local and global social forces in complex and contradictory ways. The sweeping social changes in South Korean society have engaged it in a struggle to redefine and re-examine itself, and its relation to such Course Descriptions basic ideas as gender, class, tradition and nation. Contemporary films provide an & Goals especially interesting entry into these issues and how Koreans have been thinking about them. This course is intended to enhance students` understanding of a variety of historical, social, cultural issues of South Korean society by analyzing relevant contemporary South Korean films. Prerequisite None Course method Film screening - lecturing – thinking - discussion Grading 20(%) Attendance + 40(%) Writings Assign + 40 (%) Final Paper Policy(Absolute) Texts & References Seoul National University Instructor’s Profile City University of New York University of Maryland at College Park Syllabus in English This is a class running in english. Course Material Week Period Weekly Topics & Contents Range & Reference Assignments Yoon JK, Ode to (3.2.) Spring 2020-03-01 Introduction to the course and policies. 1 My Father semester classes 2020-03-07 (2014) begin Korean