李安電影專題

Focusing on Ang Lee's films and related socio-cultural phenomena, we will investigate how his cinematic aesthetics and politics make him a successful director of global films. Besides, being engaged in nuanced and critical rethinking of the dialectical relationship between the global and the local, we will discuss how he has become a cultural crosser in the East-West encounter. We will also investigate the capital flow and cultural flow in film making and marketing in the wake of globalization. Other issues to be explored include: global modernity and transnational diaspora; post-modern time-space compression; the formation of gender or cultural identities in the intersection between nation, race, and gender; the possibilities of ethnicity or fetishism as cultural discourse; and the relationship between transnational imaginary and media spectatorship.

1. Class participation and discussion 10 % 2. Five Weekly responses ( 200 words) to be posted on e-platform: 10% You can discuss the assigned articles, films, or introduce any paper and films related to the subject of the week. Deadline for posting weekly response: 11:59 pm, Monday. 3. Oral presentations: 20% Each student should conduct a 20-minute oral presentation in class related to the weekly topic. Students could demonstrate his/her comprehension and criticism of the theories of the week, or conduct review and research of the films related to the weekly topic. 4. Midterm paper: 4-6 pages (double space) 20% Each student should turn in a 4-6 page midterm paper (double space), applying at least one of the theories or concepts learned from this course for textual analysis of a novel, film, or theatrical work. 5. Final paper: 10 pages (double space) 40% Each student should turn in a 10- page final paper. The subject of the final paper is flexible and to the student’s interest. In this final paper, student is required to apply at least one theory and to cite at least 3 scholarly works based on MLA format. 6. Skipping class for three times with no official or medical proof will result in failure in this course. Plagiarism will result in failure in this course.

1.Reader of Ang Lee Seminar (to be purchased in Xerox room, Hao-ran Lib, 4th Fl) 2.Excerpt. David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson and Jeff Smith, Film Art: An Introduction, 11th Edition. McGraw Hill, 2017. (to be purchased in Xerox room, Hao-ran Lib, 4th Fl) 3. Most visual material will be in reserve area of audio-visual center of campus library (浩然圖書館).

地點

HC 410

時間

Office Hours: 1:20-3:20 P.M., Wed or by appointment

聯絡方式

Extension:52723 Email: ivychang.nctu@gmail.com