| Course title | Screen Korea: Exploring Korean History, Society and Politics through Films |
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| Course code | ASK/KHSP |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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1) Introduction to the course: Overview of the course goals, schedule, and requirements 2) Colonial Times of the Korean Silver Screen (Chos?n Cinema): The Roles of the Colonizer Japan and the Colonized Korea 3) The Postcolonial South Korean Film Culture: The Power of Melodrama 4) Depiction of the Korean War from a Southern Perspective 5) Nation-building in Postwar South Korea 6) Haunted House, Haunted Family: The Crisis of Korean Middle Class on the Cold War Silver Screen 7) "Juche Realism": Establishment of National Stalinism in North Korean Cinema 8) Making National Korean Art: The Depiction of Minjoks?ng in Ch'unhyangj?n film adaptations in North Korea and South Korea 9) The Wind of Change in the 1980s (1): Transition to Democracy in the South 10) The Wind of Change in the 1980s (2): Hidden Cultural Relaxation in the North 11) DMZ on the Big Screen: The Theme of National Division and the Depiction of the "Other" 12) Reading Week/Self-study 13) Final exam
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| Learning outcomes |
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This course focuses on the movie arenas of the Korean Peninsula, starting from the colonial era, with a particular emphasis on South Korea. The manifold topics in the fields of Korean culture, history, and politics are narrated and understood in unconventional ways through the engagement of non-written texts and non-textual materials of cinematic works. The course uses arts, films, dramas, music to lead students through a journey of how colonial rule, the Korean War, economic development, the financial crisis and the rise of inequality and polarization, the emergence of democratization movement and a multicultural society in South Korea, and relations between the two Koreas can be narrated and understood from fresh and non-traditional aspects. Through the course, diverse works will be represented both from the movie arena and literature of the northern and the southern sides. Upon completion of this course, the students will be able: - to demonstrate an understanding of the key milestones in the historical development of the "visual literary," the national cinemas of the two Koreas, - to have an ability to critically evaluate the analyzed core works, an awareness of significant link to the cultural, social and political life of both sides of the peninsula, - to develop critical thinking skills and employing them in their research. - to acknowledge and explain the re-shaping of class, gender, and identity roles, - to examine a reflection of the main socio-political shifts and trends in the two Koreas' societies through their visual cultures. In addition, the course will equip students with knowledge and concepts for comprehensive understanding of contemporary society and cinema/visual cultures of the two Koreas.
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| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Main requirements: (1) Attendance (2) Small essays/film reviews for each week (3) final exam (4) Active Participation: Students are expected to actively participate in the group discussion in order to be able to represent their own reflections of the Korean visual cultural plethora in their written assignments. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Korean Studies (2023) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Korean for Business (2023) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Korean Studies (2022) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |