CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VISUAL CULTURE (CAVC)

Required Readings: Pozo, Diana. 2015. “Feminist Film Theory, Core Concepts.” In The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory , edited by Branigan Edward, Buckland Warren, 187-194. Routeledge.[click HERE] Stam, Robert. 2000. “The Feminist Intervention” [click HERE ] & “the Rise of Cultural Studies”[click HERE ]. Film Theory: an Introduction , Blackwell Publishing, 169-179 & 223-229  White, Patricia. 1998. "Feminism And Film".  Oxford Guide To Film Studies . 117- 131.  [click HERE ] Reference Readings: [HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, since it analyzes the film. You could skip the Deleuze part--would be useful for Reading Journal] Elsaesser, Thomas & Buckland, Warren. 2002.“Feminism, Foucault, and Deleuze (the Silence of the Lambs).” Studying Contemporary American Films: a Guide to Movie Analysis, Bloomsbury Academic . [click HERE ]

Third CFA reading journal due on Jan15, Monday, 5pm CHANGED TO January 22, Monday 5pm the reason is that you could then review either AUTEUR, or FEMINIST FILM THEORY, after the lectures

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Read the film reviews of Train to Busan carefully (collected from online news media and film blogs), and try to engage with the points of discussions with the critical frameworks you have learnt from 1) film genres; 2) zombie studies, and probably many more…? Is there such a strand that we could safely call, an Asian film genre? Review 1: https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/09/01/492185811/s-koreas-hit-zombie-film-is-also-searing-critique-of-korean-society S. Korea's Hit Zombie Film Is Also A Searing Critique Of Korean Society The plot isn't complicated: Everyday South Koreans find themselves trapped on a speeding bullet train with fast-multiplying zombies, creating the kind of claustrophobic feel that freshens up the zombie trope. But beyond a fast-paced summer thriller, it's also an extended critique of Korean society. "We don't trust anyone but ourselves," says film critic Youn Sung-eun, who writes for the Busan Daily. Wit...