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INTRODUCTION TO EAST ASIAN HISTORY
AN
INTRODUCTION TO EAST ASIAN HISTORY
THROUGH FILM AND LITERATURE
AN
INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
Monday, January 20, 2009
- Wednesday, February 25, 2009
(ten sessions)
"EVENING
FACES"
Monday, March 2, 2009
- Wednesday, March 18, 2009
(four sessions)
A detailed examination
of an important chapter from Japan's (and the world's) first novel
(The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu) accompanied by a
consideration of the long term historical impact of the imagery generated
in this excerpt on traditional, modern and contemporary Japanese aesthetic
culture.
RETURN
TO DRAGON MOUNTAIN
Monday, March 23, 2009
- Wednesday, April 1, 2009
(four sessions)
This historical
study (excerpts from the Jonathan Spence monograph on a member of
the Ming dynasty elite gentry class) provides insights into the
everyday life and activities of a prominent member of China's educated
upper class as he gets caught up in the transition from the Chinese-led
Ming dynasty to the Manchu-controlled Qing.
"RAISE
THE RED LANTERN"
Monday, April 6, 2009 -
Monday, April 13, 2009
(three sessions)
A brilliant cinematic
consideration of the impact on a young Chinese woman of early twentieth
century challenges and changes.
THE
MAKIOKA SISTERS
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
- Monday, April 20, 2009
(two sessions)
Japan's most influential
twentieth century novelist, Junichi Tanizaki, considers life in nineteen-thirties
Osaka through the eyes of four sisters.
"TWENTY-FOUR
EYES "
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
- Wednesday, April 29, 2009
(three sessions)
In this film, a
young teacher takes on her first assignment in a remote island school
on the eve of the Pacific War -- what does the future hold for her
twelve young charges?
WILD
SWANS
Monday, May 4, 2009 - Wednesday,
May 6, 2009
(two sessions)
The stories of
three generations of Chinese women -- one, a general's concubine;
the second, a prominent Communist official; the third, a refugee
from Mao's Cultural Revolution who flees to England -- provide intimate
portraits of the impact of twentieth century life in China on its
female citizens.
Putting everything together
in the context of the early twenty-first century.
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