Course: Documentary Film and East Asia

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Course title Documentary Film and East Asia
Course code ASK/DOC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Sebö Gábor, Dr.
Course content
Contemporary Challenges of Infrastructure, Industry, and Innovation in East Asia, The Rise of Korean Independent Film and the Documentary Movement in the 1980s, The Ch'ongryon Cinema: North Korean Film Cooperations in Japan, Korean documentary pioneers in a diasporic frame, Digital turn and Classical Korean texts, Modernization in Linguistics in East Asian Context, The representation and acceptance of LMBTQ+ in Korea, Labour Rights Movement in Korea through Melting Icecream < >, Zainichi Koreans in Japan through the film Yakiniku ToRaJi < >, Beauty, Excess, and Power: Reimagining K-Culture as a Global Power in East Asia, Hungarian research materials in East Asian region, North Korea in the late 1990s: The Interplay between Documentary and Fiction in the Years of the Arduous March, North Korean Imagery through German Documentary Perspective

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
This course aims to equip students with the tools to critically analyze documentary film genre from the East Asian regin, with a special focus on the two Koreas. Students will learn how documentary film reflects and shapes political, historical, and cultural realities, including democratization, activism, and minority experiences. By engaging with key films and scholarship, students will develop the ability to: -Identify and explain the distinctive features of East Asian documentary, with a special ficus on South and North Korean documentary practices. -Analyze how documentaries represent activism, ideology, and marginalized communities. -Compare documentary traditions across Korea, Japan, and China. -Understand the broader socio-political role of documentary film in divided societies.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Attendance (80%), written assignment (20%)
Recommended literature


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
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 for Practice (2024) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -