CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VISUAL CULTURE (CAVC)

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Please do not circulate for other uses. Thank you ; ) Early Japanese Cinema https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B77fnvpX2gCNX3B4cTZaY2JEeGM/view?usp=sharing From Beijing to Shanghai https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B77fnvpX2gCNSVRRNUZZMlpuNWs/view?usp=sharing

Laborer’s Love 「 勞工之愛情 」 , Dir. Zhang Shichuan, 1922 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAjnySwHsk Never Weaken , Dir. Harold Lloyd, 1921 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhmsovkmU5A

Required Readings Jay, Leyda. Dianying/Electric Shadows , 15-59 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1iCIatGj0eLWEdvSFdyUjRZSXM/view?usp=sharing Zhang Yingjin, “Cinema and National Traditions 1896-1926”, Chinese National Cinema , p13-22 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1iCIatGj0eLVHppZ19OSXg5X1k/view?usp=sharing Huang Xuelei & Xiao Zhiwei, “ Shadow Magic and the Early History of Film Exhibition in China", The Chinese Cinema Book , eds. Song Hwee-lim & Julian Ward, Palgrave& Macmillan, 2011 p47-55 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1iCIatGj0eLd3RwdlhHa0xxclU/view?usp=sharing Reference Readings Kirk Denton’s OSU webpage, “a Brief History of Chinese Film” [ http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/denton2/courses/c505/temp/history/history.html ]

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FALL 2014:ASIAN FILM HISTORY BEFORE 1945 Lecture Period/Venue:   Fridays   10:30 - 12:00 / 文学部 131 [School of Letters Rm 131] Lecturer: MA Ran Office Location / mail :   School of Letters, Room 224/maran@lit.nagoya-u.ac.jp Office Hours: Monday~Thursday by email appointment Course Blog: http://2014afh.blogspot.jp/ [readings and other course-related materials/notifications would be updated on the course blog] Course Description & Objective By figuratively dividing the film history in Asia into two stages, namely the pre and post World War II periods, we shall start our two-part survey on Asian film history with this particular course, in which the highlight is directed to early cinemas from East Asia. In positioning the survey of films within the socio-historical exigencies and cultural context of Japan, China (Taiwan & Hong Kong) and Korea before and during World War II, this course offers the students an opportunity to engage with the early...