動態影像與時間性的批評:亞洲電影裡的酷兒與群鬼

This course investigates what figures of queers and ghosts mean in Asian cinema. We will read postcolonial theory, theories of film and the moving image, contemporary queer thoughts on affects and negativity, and recent scholarly literature on Asian cinema and queer cinema. We will also inquire about the relations between images and history, and between images and the archive—and see how figures of ghosts and queers destabilize the theoretical assumptions of film images as visual evidence and documents of history. This course is both a theory course and a cinema and media studies course. We will not only read theoretical texts but also watch film texts carefully to see how we can analyze films through theory and problematize theory through films. The theoretical texts that we will read include those written by Benjamin, Chakrabarty, Spivak, Gopinath, Doane, Love, Lim, Fuhrmann, Heberer, and Tsai, among others. Updated on February 10th: Professor Feng-Mei Heberer, Associate Professor in the Department of Cinema Studies at New York University, will give a lecture entitled "Media, Medium, Migration" in our class on May 8th. 本課將以亞洲電影出發,由當代電影與動態影像理論、後殖民理論與酷兒理論的角度交叉碰撞與思索鬼魂與酷兒形象所代表的理論意義。我們會思索影像與時間和記憶的關係,也會討論影像與歷史的理論聯繫,更會探討影像作為檔案的矛盾性。 這會是理論與電影與動態影像研究並重的一堂課;我們將以理論思索影像,也會反過來,以影像思索理論。 P.S. 紐約大學電影系Feng-Mei Heberer教授會在五月上旬來我們的課堂上演講;切勿錯過這個難得的可與Heberer教授對談在當代電影與媒體理論、女性主義與酷兒理論、與移民與流離研究的交會中思辨當代影像創作的機會。

As usual, we will use a social media platform as our virtual class space. This is our intellectual engagement with what's going on in our contemporary media environment. For this class, we will be on Discord.

Students who take this course may 1) write a term paper, 2) produce a documentary, an experimental film/video, or an essay film; or design a computer game, or produce a work of art in any form, provided that they speak to me first and obtain my permission; or 3) curate an art/media/film exhibition or festival as the final project for the class. 期末作業可以1)選擇寫論文;2)有創作背景的同學可以以電影或錄像作品、電腦遊戲設計、影像策展、或其他形式藝術作品等方式呈現;請先與授課教師討論並取得同意即可。

地點

The instructor's office.

時間

Thursday afternoons or by appointment.

聯絡方式

hwajentsai@nycu.edu.tw