HS 374 - East Asia on Film

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course. A study of crucial aspects of the twentieth-century history and culture of China and Japan through film. In addition to examining how some major historical events and episodes are treated, the course focuses especially on the complex relationship between modern China and tradition and on the roles of context and culture in shaping human history. GT/IA/IF