Course Syllabus

2014 YONSEI INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL

Korean Cinema

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Jungbong Choi

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COURSE DESCRIPTION & GOALS

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 comprehensive understanding of contemporary Korean society and cinema/visual cultures. Class consists mainly of lecture, discussion, screening (clips) and will occasionally hold student presentations and tests.

PREREQUISITE

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Regular attendance, participation, small group discussion, screening (clips), student 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 focusing on stylistics/thematics, codes & conventions, filmographic & biographic information.

GRADING POLICY

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: It is required to have your own copy of the following book, which can

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Chi-Yun Shin & Julian Stringer, eds. New Korean Cinema. NY: NYUP, 2005.

Websites for Korean Cinema:

Korea Film Council http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/index.jsp Cine 21 (Koreas leading film magazine) www.hani.co.kr.c21 Pusan International Film Festival www.piff.org Darcys website www.koreanfilm.org The Korean Herald Newspaper (for individual film reviews) www.koreanherald.co.kr USCs Asian Pacific Media Center Page www.asianfilms.org

INSTRUCTORS PROFILE

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 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

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COURSE MATERIAL WEEK (PERIODWEEKLY TOPIC & CONTENT& ASSIGNMENTS REFERENCE

Intro & Question of National Cinema + Im KwonTaek

Shin&Stringer Ch 4 + TBA

Korean Cinema Unleashed; Sopyonje

Chanwook Park vs. Sangsoo Hong

Shin&Stringer Ch 5 Shin&Stringer Ch 6

Lady Vengeance;Cut; Women on the Beach; Woman is the future of man

KiDuk Kim vs.

ChangDong Lee

Shin&Stringer Ch 7 + TBA

S,S,F,W & Spring; Three Iron; Secret Sunshine; Oasis

JoonHo Bong & Korean Blockbuster

PDF: Pacquet on the Korean film industry; K Blockbuster + TBA

Memories of Murder; The Host; Snow Piercer; Welcome to Dongmakgol

Family & Gender

Shin&Stringer Ch 10&12

Family Ties; A Wife of a Good Lawyer; 200 Pounds beauty; Weight of Hers

Violence & Thriller Genre

Shin&Stringer Ch 8&9

The Chaser; The King of Pigs