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EA105 Summer 2013
Course Outline / Schedule

SUBJECT LINE FOR THIS CLASS:

EA105Su13 LASTNAME classname keyword

*The classname is the first name you have asked me to use. It may or may not match roster first name. You should use it on all tests, exercises, emails, and so on.

*The keyword is a special tag I request you include to help me filter submissions.

DEADLINES & OTHER IMPORTANT DATES

  • Tu, May 28 - First class
  • W, May 29 - Teams formed
  • Fri, June 14 2AM (morning of Friday, NOT Saturday!) - Individuals report to me which two films s/he has chosen
  • Sat, June 15 2AM (morning of Saturday, NOT Sunday!) - The team reports to me which three films it has chosen
  • M, June 17 2AM (morning of Monday, NOT Tuesday!) - Essay 01
  • M, June 24 2AM (morning of Monday, NOT Tuesday!) - Essay 02
  • Tu, June 25 2AM (morning of Tuesday, NOT Wednesday!) - IA (Individual Analysis) Presentation PPT is submitted to me (on your preliminary positions)
  • Tu, June 25 - IA (Individual Analysis) Presentation is given during class, to the class
  • Sat, June 29 2AM (morning of Saturday, NOT Sunday!) - IA (Individual Analysis) is submitted to me *However, note that there is a deadline the next day. You might need to complete this phase earlier than this deadline, in order to allow time for the team to meet and sort things out. The TA is based on the IAs but you submit the IAs only to me and it is when I have the full count (an IA from every member of the team) that I send them all to all members. Thus it will be sometime on Sunday that you will receive the IAs from me—hopefully early in the morning, if everyone actually submitted on time and followed the instructions.
  • M, Ju1 1 2AM (morning of Monday, NOT Tuesday!) - TA (Team Analysis) is submitted to me but accessible to the class as well
  • W, July 3 2AM (morning of Wednesday, NOT Thursday, so before our final class begins!) - SAATA (Summary Analysis of All Team Analyses) is submitted to me but accessible to the class as well
  • W, July 3 - Last class

OUTLINE-SCHEDULE

Orientation

Tu, May 28 (Session 01): Orientation • Core course concepts

Worldviews & values as the context for the interpretation of romantic narratives

W, May 29 (Session 02): Some key Western concepts on love

Th, May 30 (Session 03): Daoism (Taoism, ancient Chinese cosmology)

M, June 3 (Session 04): Premodern views of intercourse and sexual relations

Tu, June 4 (Session 05): Confucianism

W, June 5 (Session 06): Buddhism

Premodern prose narratives

Th, June 6 (Session 07): Chinese premodern texts & related support material

M, June 10 (Session 08—same link as Session 07): Chinese premodern texts & related support material

Tu, June 11 (Session 09): Korean premodern texts & related support material

W, June 12 (Session 10—same link as Session 09): Korean premodern texts & related support material • Chunhyang as film

Th, June 13 (Session 11—same link as Session 09): Chunhyang as film

M, June 17 (Session 12): Japanese premodern texts & related support material: terms, misc. concepts, The Tale of Genji, "Double Love Suicide at Amijima" (will quiz material)

Tu, June 18 (Session 13—same link as Session 12): Japanese premodern texts & related support material): continued from previous session, "Double Love Suicide at Amijima" as film: Double Suicide (Japan, 1969)

W, June 19 (Session 14—same link as Session 12): "Double Love Suicide at Amijima" as film: Double Suicide (Japan, 1969), continued

Modern cinema

Th, June 20 (Session 15): Modern Cinema (China-Beijing)—House of Flying Daggers

M, June 24 (Session 16): Modern Cinema (China-Taipei)—Three Times

Workshop interlude

Tu, June 25 (Session 17): IA (individual Analysis) presentations

Modern cinema (continued)

W, June 26 (Session 18): Modern Cinema (China-Hong Kong)—2046

Th, June 27 (Session 19): Modern Cinema (Japan-Tokyo)—Dolls

M, July 1 (Session 20): Modern Cinema (Korea-Seoul)—3-Iron

Tu, July 2 (Session 21): MIDTERM

Workshop

W, July 3 (Session 22): Final Discussion

Schedule:

M, June 17
Tu, June 18
W, June 19
Th, June 20

M, June 24
Tu, June 25
W, June 26
Th, June 27

M, July 1
Tu, July 2
W, July 3
Th, no class


Course theme: The interpretation of East Asian narrated romance (premodern and modern) through awareness of worldviews and select core values as context.

Course goals:

1) Deeper and more accurate interpretations of East Asian romantic narratives premodern and modern.

2) Vertical analysis (contemporary narratives compared to historical traditions) — As a necessary activity in working towards Goal #1, we try to take a measure of the place of premodern values (relevant to romance) in instances of modern East Asian cinema (with speculation of what this might suggest of society).

3) Horizontal analysis (comparison to one another of values in film and beyond of China, Korea and Japan) — As a derivative of #2, a comparison of China, Korea and Japan, finding differences and similarities worth noting.

Primary means to the goal: Disciplined interpretation & analysis constrained to specific method and rules that consider narratives within cultural context. Analysis is carried out through individual, team, and classwide exercises, reports, presentations & discussions. The class, therefore, is part lecture, part discussion and part workshop.

Course rules:

"all about love" "equal interest in the three countries" "beat average Joe" "subtle differences" "contribution to the class" "tolerance of others" "team cooperation" "narratives are not reality" "subtitles are the official language"