Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Dec 18th :Reading Journal No.2 Due


Write a 500- 800 word reading journal (typed, double-spaced, 12-point font, and 1” margins all around; refer to MLA format style; see https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/675/01/) focusing on assigned reading for the previous month (assignment for Nov 6th to review readings till Week 4; Dec 18th to review readings between Week) 7-10). Don’t be overly concerned with grammar (although spell-check will be helpful!), but do put a lot of thinking into your reading journals since they will be key to fruitful discussions in class and even your final paper.

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Week 12 Dec 18th Readings



Week 12 Dec 18th 
Required Readings:
Bordwell, David & Thompson, Kristin, “Film Genres”, Film Art: an introduction (7th edition), University of Wisconsin Press, 2003, p108-127


Knee, Adam. “the Pan-Asian Outlook of the Eye”, Horror to the Extreme: Changing Boundaries in Asian Cinema,

Lim, Bliss Cua. “Generic Ghosts: Remaking the New ‘Asian Horror Film’”, Hong Kong Film, Hollywood and the New Global Cinema: No Film Is An Island. ed. Gina Marchetti and Tan See Kam, London and New York: Routledge, 2007

NOTE: you will have printouts of these 3 readings in class.

Reference Readings:
Xu,Gary. “Remaking Asia, Outsourcing Hollywood”, Senses of Cinema. Feb.2005, Issue 34. < http://sensesofcinema.com/2005/feature-articles/remaking_east_asia/>