In this course students gain experience in using various approaches to study the roles of translation in the development of children's literature and films in North and South Korea. While the two countries share cultural traditions, their socio-political systems lead them to import and use foreign materials, as well as to export their own materials, […]
This course explores the development of literature and films in North Korea from the late 1940s to the present. Students use various approaches to the study of literature and film to analyze literary works and films in the context of the evolving socialist culture. Emphasis is placed on the historical background and the continuity and […]
Introduces Japanese cinema in the socio-historical context of both the film industry and modern Japanese history. Special emphasis will be placed on the relationship between the body and landscape in terms of colonialism, regionalism, nationalism, and globalization.
Provides students with the opportunity to view and study some 15 rare examples of early Chinese cinema, most from the silent period. These films demonstrate the growth of a film industry in pre-Revolutionary China. They are also indicative of the cultural and political values of China at the time.The aim of the course in examining […]
CROSSLISTED COURSE: AP HUMA 4800This course aims to explore the process of cultural translation in Chinese societies that leads to the construction of Chinese modernities as an emergent global phenomenon. Themes of this course include May Fourth modernization, Cultural Revolution, colonial and postcolonial regimes, cosmopolitan culture, immigration, travel, and exiles, thus leading to the construction […]
Chinese martial arts culture has been a great source of fascination in China, and it has had a powerful influence on global popular culture. Taught in English, this course aims to kindle students’ enthusiasm for this unique, significant, and highly relatable cultural form for critical inquiries. This course explores Chinese martial arts culture through literature […]
This course introduces the world's oldest tradition of humor and satire, and focuses on their characteristics in both written and oral works in modern and contemporary Chinese. Students learn the theory and the relationship between humor and satire, as well as their particular artistic devices. Through reading, acting and analysis of the selected works they […]
This course explores how the colonial encounter shaped the academic study of Buddhism and the image of Buddhism in the West. Reading popular and scholarly accounts of Buddhism written from the early nineteenth century to the present day, the course analyses how the legacy of and response to colonialism have coloured our understanding of Buddhism […]
This course explores Buddhist responses to the changing conditions of modernity in Southeast Asia. Seeking to understand Buddhism as a living religion, it investigates how Buddhists have drawn on religious narratives, symbols and rituals to respond to social and political challenges from the nineteenth century to the present, including issues of religious reform, colonialism, nationalism […]
Examines the complex external, and more importantly internal, causes, developments, and consequences of civil conflicts - in China, (1945-1949), Korea (1950-1953), and Vietnam (1954-1975) - in post-WWII East Asia.This course is restricted to History or East Asian Studies Honours majors and minors who have successfully completed at least 84 credits. Prerequisites: AP/HIST 1030 6.00 or […]