2012-2013 Catalog 
    
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2012-2013 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

KORE 130 CM - Korean Cinema and Culture

This course examines Korean history, politics, culture, and society through analysis of their representation in contemporary Korean cinema. This course will follow the history of Korea chronologically from Yi Dynasty to the present focusing on the topics such as Confucianism, Colonial period, nationalism, Korean War, national division, military government, and democratic movements. The focus of the class will be equally distributed between the films themselves and the historical time and people captured on these films. Knowledge of Korean is not required.

Offered: Every other year

Credit: 1

Course Number: KORE130 CM