WEEK 6 NOV 8 SCREENING JAPAN II—THE POST-STUDIO ERA

Homework Viewing:

Tokyo Godfathers (東京ゴッドファーザーズ), Dir. Satoshi Kon, 2003

link:http://www.veoh.com/watch/v19669490tZ6j9kwg

WEEK 6 NOV 8   SCREENING JAPAN II—THE POST-STUDIO ERA

Required Readings

David Scott Diffrient, “From Three Godfathers to Tokyo Godfathers: Signifying Social Change in a Transnational Context”, in Leon Hunt and Wing-Fai Leung, eds., East Asian Cinemas: Exploring Transnational Connections on Film (I.B. Tauris), 2008, 153-171.

[click HERE]

Wada-Marciano, Mitsuyo. “Introduction” , Japanese Cinema in the Digital Age, University of Hawaii Press, 2013
[distributed in class]

tales of moonlight and rain

Dear all,
a good preparation for your viewing of Ugetsu by Mizoguchi; here is the original novel





download the book HERE

reading journal

Reading Journal: Due on Nov 4^th Friday (instead of Oct 26^th) /Nov 30^th Wed/Jan 11 Wed

Write a 200-300 word reading journal (typed, double-spaced, 12-point font, and 1” margins all around; refer to Chicago Manual of Style format style; see http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html; Google for more) focusing on assigned reading for the previous month (assignment for Nov 4^th to review readings till Week 5; Nov 30^th to review readings till Week 9; Jan 11 for readings since Week 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.

Please submit the Journal to the lecturer’s email address maran@lit.nagoya-u.ac.jp with the subject “READING JOURNAL I/II/III”. I’d send out confirmation email once your assignment is received. Late submission is not accepted unless emergency happens.

Format

Include the following information at the top of each assignment:

Your Name Course Title Submission Date Title of article

You should engage with ONE OR TWO reading(s) as listed in our syllabus—one of which MUST be one of the required readings. You are expected to review, evaluate and even critique one or several RELATED theoretical concepts (such as keywords; concepts proposed by scholars) and/or arguments (much detailed explanations); no need to survey ALL readings covered. Instead of simply paraphrasing and repeating the authors’ ideas, you should be able to present your own interpretation and viewpoints. (further relevant analysis of film shots/scenes/aesthetics/styles etc. will be fine but not a must).

NOTES FOR WEEK 3

please download the NOTEs HERE

[this link expires by the end of October]

NOTE:
password for the download is the date of the lecture. for instance if the lecture takes place on January 01, 1900 then the password would be 19000101 (eight-digit:yyyymmdd)

readings for Week 4&5 SCREENING JAPAN I—TOUR DE FORCE OF THE MAESTROS

Required Readings

Needham, Gary. “Japanese Cinema and Orientalism”, in Asian Cinemas: A Reader And Guide, edited by Dimitris Eleftheriotis & Gary Needham, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006, p.8—16

[distribute in class]

Tezuka, Yoshiharu. “Chapter 2: Internationalization Of Japanese Cinema: How Japan Was Different From The West And Above Asia Before Globalization”, Japanese Cinema Goes Global: Filmworkers' Journeys, University of Hong Kong Press, 2011, p25-74

[download here]

note: pay attention to how many pages for you to read--so, maybe it's better to start reading earlier!

about the readings

Dear all,

Our class is a mix of 1st/2nd/3rd Year (and MA) students.

I hope the difficulties of the readings are fine; but still, if the 1st years find it challenging to finish the readings, please write me ; )


cheers
Ran

WEEK 3 OCT 18 ASIAN CINEMA CULTURE—BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AND THE TRANSNATIONAL II

Required Readings

Berry, Chris. 2014, “Transnational Culture in East Asia and the Logic of Assemblage”,

Asian Journal of Social Science, Volume 41, Issue 5, p453 – 470

 [download HERE]

Lim, Song Hwee. “Transnational Trajectories in Contemporary East Asian Cinemas”, in East Asian Cinemas: Regional Flows and Global Transformations, edited by Vivian P. Y. Lee, Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2011, pp15-32

Reference Reading

Higbee, Will, Lim, Song Hwee. “Concepts Of Transnational Cinema: Towards A Critical Transnationalism In Film Studies”, Transnational Cinemas, Volume 1, Number 1, January 2010, pp. 7-21(15).

[download HERE]