Analyze social-historical dimensions of the film

Reference no: EM132273893

Topic: China, Movie review

Description:

1. You can write on movies that are not shown in class, so long as they are relevant to the China's history in the last hundred years.

2. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. It is easy to find out with the aid of Google.

3. review the movie as a historical and social/political story

4. You write the essay as a China Specialist which you are by virtue of enrolling in this class to help a non-China-specialist understand the movie.

5. You do so by describing the historical and social background of the movie. This includes when the story was taking place and what the Chinese society was like at the time.

6. You do so also by explaining the plots and characters in the context of thesocial and historical background.

7. You should show sufficient knowledge about the period in which the movie's story takes place. You may refer to the class readings and lectures. And you are encouraged to do research on your own to gather more information.

8. Some suggested components: Briefly summarize the film including Story and Plot of the movie, Time frame of the story/historical setting, Main or pertinent characters in the movie

Analyze social-historical dimensions of the film utilizing a sociological, historical perspective

(This is the main purpose of the essay and what you should spend the most writing space on.)

The social environment

The historic time (period)

Social and historical forces that shaped characters and plot

Influence or remnants of culture, politics, cultural and political changes

Briefly offer your general assessment

Which issues emerged as the strongestâ€¦as the weakest?

What was the most important thing you learned about China from watching this film?

What will you take away? Class Movie List (Reserved in Multimedia Resources Center at Ayala Science Library)

a. China In Revolution, 1911-1949

b. Yellow Earth

c. The Last Emperor

d. Hibiscus Town

e. Morning Sun

f. Breaking with Old Ideas

g. The Gate of Heavenly Peace

h. The Chinese People: A Time of Change i. Blind Shaft

Study Books Used in Class:

1) Origins of the Chinese Revolution, 1915-1949. By Lucien Bianco, Stanford University Press, 1971

2) Mao: A Biography. By Ross Terrill, Stanford University Press, 1999.

3) Born Red: A Chronicle of the Cultural Revolution. By Gao Yuan, Stanford University Press, 1987

4) Collective Killings in Rural China during the Cultural Revolution. By Yang Su, Cambridge University Press, 2011.

5) Black Hands of Beijing: Life and Defiance in China's Democracy Movement. By George Black and Robin Munro. John Wiley & Sons. 1993

Reference no: EM132273893

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