ASIA\ENGL 335 Course Calendar
Preliminary Course Calendar ASIA 335 Spring 2016 (Weeks One through Four) MODIFIED 5 FEB.–SEE WEEKS FIVE-NINE; MODIFIED 18 FEB.-SEE WEEK SEVEN AND EIGHT; MODIFIED 24 FEB. SEE 1 MAR.; 28 Feb. see 1 Mar.; FINAL ADDITION (I HOPE) 31 MAR.–SEE WEEKS TEN AND FOLLOWING
Unit One: Introduction
Notes: All films should be viewed before the class when they are assigned. Response papers are due the class day after they are assigned. Response papers should be about 250 words–Courier New 12 pt., double space, one-inch margins, align left
Week One Jan. 12-14
Tu. Orientation to the course; early Chinese silent film, Romance of the Fruit Seller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAjnySwHsk
Water Magician with benshi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RktuYdl45qE The Song for Rain https://vimeo.com/48717374
Th. The Goddess – 神女 (only the first 20 minutes and last 10 minutes are required https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_DXMCrB5Q8; Hadaka No Shima (The Naked Island 1960): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=watGzwZ6S-c FIRST RESPONSE PAPER (on silent film)
Week Two Jan. 19-21
Tu. The Opium War (sorry for the bad copy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ0wzIbhyxI ; “The Cinema of the People’s Republic of China” (both parts) https://vimeo.com/130812698 Part two https://vimeo.com/130812753
Th. Spring in a Small Town: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN_iu_1kVjA ; The Flowers of War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm3nndj4vqQ (at least first 20 minutes, last 15 minutes) SECOND RESPONSE PAPER
Week Three Jan. 26-28
Tu. The Detachment of Red Women (Part One, Part Five, and Part Eight) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoPM9d18e9o
Th. To Live (1994): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB7HYhUpDz8 THIRD RESPONSE PAPER
Week Four Feb. 2-4 (Convocation Week)
Tu. and Th. in-class film FOURTH RESPONSE PAPER
Week Five: Feb. 9, 11 (North Korean Film)
Tu. Pulgasari (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCKSR0JArUQ&index=52&list=PL4D1A9E71A707338B; Wolmi Island (beginning and end) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkKSMJ8vf18
Th. The Flower Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey2fvPtBsiA ; FIFTH RESPONSE PAPER
Week Six: Feb. 16, 18 (South Korean Film)
Tu. The Admiral (Yi) http://newasiantv.com/watch/the-admiral-roaring-currents.203.AF65YW.html
Th. Taegukgi (The Brotherhood of War) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as1jmkKOPGk ; SIXTH RESPONSE PAPER
Week Seven: Feb. 23, 25
Tu. Ode to My Father (on Netflix); rice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhno3XhD7gQ
Th. Miss Granny (on Netflix) ; My Little Bride https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sa-4eN5MLU; SEVENTH RESPONSE PAPER
Week Eight: Mar. 1, 3
Tu.North Korean Partisan in South Korea (1990 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxiur5Y6JAg ; Oseam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cPeo3G0Ay8
Th. Joint Security Area https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVU1wEKbzSI ; Hello, Brother https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E59QdKelD4 ; EIGHTH RESPONSE PAPER
Week Nine: Mar. 8, 10 Spring Break, no classes
Week Ten
Tu. Grave of the Fireflies (in class)
Tr. continued
Week Eleven
Tu. Mr. Thank-You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fK3kVs4eJs; Momotaro’s Divine Sea Warriors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdzrgJA_iWA; The Wind Rises https://vimeo.com/118474447
Tr. Kuroi Ame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWzbTQTkVnc
Week Twelve
Tu. Tokyo Story (Watch it on Hulu if possible.): pt. 1 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzsves_tokyo-story-1953-pt-1_creation pt. 2 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xztu47_tokyo-story-1953-pt-2_creation pt. 3 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzqizq_tokyo-story-1953-pt-3_creation
Tr. Yojimbo Watch it on hulu if possible. Otherwise, use Firefox or Google Chrome to access it through these links: Yojimbo Part One http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzymf3_yojimbo-1961-pt-1_creation Part Two http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzyadx_yojimbo-1961-pt-2_creation
Week Thirteen
Tu. Departures (Okuribito) (on Hulu)
Tr. Nobody Knows http://www.veoh.com/watch/v70223407gfnX6A5 ; Pom Poko http://www.watchanimemovie.com/sub-dub/pom-poko.html?url=http://videofun.me/embed/527e99b10466861d81ce1e076ecbd00b?w=718&h=438
Week Fourteen
Tu. Only Yesterday (Omohide Poroporo) all three parts http://www.watchanimemovie.com/sub-dub/only-yesterday.html?url=http://videofun.me/embed/f7022115d28990becf51e4469b6314f8?w=718&h=438
Tr. Marriage Simulator all three parts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EzWRPvgtP8; Gojira (on Hulu)
Week Fifteen
Tu. Spirited Away (in class)
Tr. Continued; A Geisha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jXeAClP6YM
Week Sixteen
Tu. Review
Final Exam Monday, 2 May, 10:15-12:15