Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Contemporary Hong Kong, Mainland Chinese and South Korean cinema since 1997 and broad awareness of previous movements/developments in those cinemas.
- The diversity and recurrence of themes and styles in the work of specific directors.
- Key concepts of transnational and Asian cinema.
- Debates surrounding the relationship between auteur and genre.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Understand and use a range of specialised terms and concepts.
- Successfully analyse specific filmic texts, situating this analysis in aesthetic and cultural context.
- Apply different theoretical models and concepts to a variety of filmic texts.
- Engage critically with a range of theoretical material.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Organise your time successfully, respecting and meeting deadlines.
- Independently identify and locate appropriate critical resources.
- Write effectively, accurately and critically in an appropriate academic style.
- Coherently and persuasively argue your ideas, verbally and in written form.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Teaching | 48.5 |
Independent Study | 101.5 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Stephen Teo (2007). Director in Action: Johnnie To and the Hong Kong Action Film. HK University Press.
Michael Ingham (2009). Johnnie To Kei-Fung’s PTU. Hong Kong UP.
Leon Hunt, Leung Wing-Fai, eds (2008). East Asian Cinemas: Exploring Transnational Connections on Film. I.B.Tauris.
Meaghan Morris, Siu Leung Li, Stephen Ching-Kiu Chan, eds (2006). Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema. Duke UP.
Ackbar Abbas (1997). Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of Disappearance. University of Minnesota Press.
David Bordwell (2000). Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment. Harvard UP.
Anne Tereska Ciecko, ed (2006). Contemporary Asian Cinema: Popular Culture in a Global Frame. Berg.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
Assessments designed to provide informal, on-going feedback: • You will be invited to discuss preparation for formal assessment with the tutor. • You will be invited to discuss your work in progress, including seminar presentations and contributions, with the tutor. • Guidance on all forms of assessment will be supplied in initial module documentation and in class. • Written feedback on assignment cover sheets. • Discussion of completed assignments in tutorials.Note on assessments for MA level work • Topics chosen for the assignments should allow a great degree of focus and detail, whether of analysis, examination of and commentary on facts, critical insight, independent argument, or other factors. • Conversely, assignments should demonstrate a broad knowledge and understanding of context, a confident use of analytical and critical tools, and a mature handling of argument and materials. • Optimal standards of presentation are required, in terms of spelling, punctuation, and grammar; sophistication of vocabulary; provision of footnotes; inclusion of full bibliographical and related details; physical appearance of work, etc. In short, MA level students should aspire at all times to the highest possible levels of work.Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Presentation | 10% |
Essay | 90% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Coursework | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Coursework | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External