| Course title | Documentary Film and East Asia |
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| 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 |
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| Course content |
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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
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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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.
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| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
Attendance (80%), written assignment (20%) |
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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 for Practice (2024) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |