CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VISUAL CULTURE (CAVC)

Dear all, please do not circulate them beyond classroom use. Shadow Play in Context https://nuss.nagoya-u.ac.jp/public.php?service=files&t=50ddfb2b1185e6fa86297e8a4e7baca7 Fallen Woman of Shanghai https://nuss.nagoya-u.ac.jp/public.php?service=files&t=04a01734ddd90c4f467605122608f798

Film for Discussion (no in-class screening) Sisters of the Gion [ 祇園 の 姉 妹 ] , dir. Kenji Mizoguchi, 1936 (available at YouTube with English subtitle) LINK:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrMlL4GSq7k Required Readings Kirihara, Donald. “Sisters Of Gion”. Patters of Time: Mizoguchi and the 1930s . Madison,WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1992, p116-136 David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson, Film History: An Introduction (3 rd edition), MdGraw Hill Higher Education, 2010, p226-228 NOTE: you will have the readings in paper format on Nov 28th 

Week9/Nov 28 th       Lecture & Discussion Required Readings Kristine Harris, “The Goddess: Fallen Woman of Shanghai,” in Chris Berry, ed.  Chinese Films in Focus II link: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1qWJk80W  password: 3odf [for Week 7 to Week10] Tony Rayns, “The Second Generation”, Electric Shadows: A Century Of Chinese Cinema , eds. James Bell, BFI, 2014, p16-27 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1iCIatGj0eLY25WUC1BNUNNNDQ/view?usp=sharing [I will also distribute this reading in paper format on October 14th] Zhang Yingjin, “Cinema and National Traditions 1896-1926”, Chinese National Cinema , p58-78 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1iCIatGj0eLS3BRX0VsbHVHQ28/view?usp=sharing