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Session 21: Chinese (Beijing) film: House of Flying Daggers (screening and discussion), Third session
Topics for this session
❖ Recent cinema from China (Beijing): House of Flying Daggers, third session of five
Overall, persistent topics for this film:
- Deception's role in romantic narratives
- (Confucian) loyalty (zhong) / faithfulness (xin) vs. individual desire (Confucian ren? Qing? Modern liberties?)
Possible topics for this session:
- Deception creating and shrinking romantic spaces
Screening details
DVD menu scenes 15-21 (0:56:26-1:27:37, elapsed time 0:32)
The entire film is screened in class. If you have missed a class session, the movie is available as follows:
- Netflix: DVD
- Media Resources Center (Moffitt): DVD 3178
Required—to be completed for today's session
Access through sidebar tab FILM MODULES:
✓ House of Flying Daggers: Third session questions (scene summaries are optional)
Texts, multimedia notes, links*
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*THOUGHTS: Reading before class probably helps follow session content, reading afterwards might help consolidate notes, revisiting for tests is recommended. Content might be added before class or anytime up until about 24 hours ahead of a midterm.
*TEXTS, MULTIMEDIA NOTES, LINKS: If I have read from something, shown something or presented audio that is not elsewhere mentioned, I usually include that information here for the curious, sometime after the class (since I often make last-minute decisions about including something). It might take a while and sometimes I forget. You can email me.
*OTHER: When possible I note here names, places, and other details that I have mentioned in a lecture that would otherwise not be accessible in the assigned materials or easily located on your own. As with "TEXTS ..." this is usually sometime after class and, again, I might not be able to get around to doing it.