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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Spring 2021 |
Registration ID | EALCH230B001 |
Course Title | Postwar Japanese Cinema |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | East Asian Languages and Cultures |
Instructor | Schoneveld,Erin |
Times and Days | MTh 11:10am-12:30pm
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Room Location | VCAM201 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2065 This course provides an introduction to Japanese cinema from the immediate Postwar period of 1945 to the present day. Focusing on films by influential directors including Ozu Yasujiro, Kurosawa Akira, and Mizoguchi Kenji among others we will consider how Japanese filmmakers use cinema to investigate issues of truth, beauty, identity, and nationhood in an attempt to answer fundamental questions regarding life and death in Japan’s Postwar period. ; Crosslisted: East Asian Languages & Cultures, Visual Studies, Environmental Studies; Enrollment Limit: 15 Humanities, B: Analysis of the Social World, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (; Hav: HU, B, A) Temporary enrollment limit set to 12 for spring 2021; All students, in-person and remote (these students via Zoom) |
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