KSCB076 A history of Taiwanese cinema

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2018

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Rozsah
1/1/0. 4 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
Prof. Adina Zemanek (přednášející), Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Garance
doc. Lucie Olivová, MA, Ph.D., DSc.
Seminář čínských studií – Centrum asijských studií – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. et Mgr. Dušan Vávra, Ph.D.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Seminář čínských studií – Centrum asijských studií – Filozofická fakulta
Předpoklady
KSCA013 Dějiny Číny II || KSCB004 Dějiny a kultura Taiwanu || KSCA028 Dějiny moderní Číny
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
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Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 50 stud.
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Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
This course is intended as an introduction to Taiwanese cinema, well-known directors, the central themes and techniques employed in their works. However, the standpoint it adopts is not simply that of film studies. I also use the history of cinema as a pretext for introducing major social and political issues in the island’s recent history reflected in cinematic works: the “228 Incident”, the “White Terror” and the “economic miracle” of the martial law era, national identity and the trend towards Taiwanization initiated during the 1980s and 1990s, the re-writing of national history, ethnic issues, or the tensions of cross-strait relations. It will discuss both art house and commercial cinema, those chapters in Taiwan’s film history which have already been explored by many scholars (such as the New Wave), those forgotten and only recently rediscovered (such as the Taiwanese-language cinema of the 1960s), and the newest cinematic trends.
Výstupy z učení
After completing this course, students will be able to:

- Gain knowledge related to Taiwan’s history, with special emphasis on the period after World War 2
- Gain knowledge related to the main trends in the history of Taiwanese cinema
- Identify and analyze the main themes and artistic techniques characteristic to major Taiwanese directors
- Relate approaches to various issues reflected in films from different periods to a larger political, economic and social background
- Relate films to other forms of elite and popular culture in Taiwan
Osnova
  • 1. The beginnings of cinema in Taiwan
  • 2. Taiwanese-language commercial cinema and martial arts films (the 1960s)
  • 3. ‘Healthy realism’
  • - Beautiful Duckling (養鴨人家, 1965)
  • - Oyster Girl (蚵女, 1963)
  • 4. New Wave Cinema (the 1980s): major themes, techniques, works and directors
  • 5. Micro-level history, the native Taiwanese (本省人), experience and realism: Hou Hsiao-hsien and Wu Nianzhen
  • - City of Sadness (悲情城市, 1989)
  • - Dust in the Wind (戀戀風塵, 1986)
  • - A Time to Live, a Time to Die (童年往事, 1985)
  • - A Borrowed Life (多桑, 1991)
  • 6. Mainlanders (外省人), the city and intellectuals: Edward Yang and Wang Tong
  • - A Brighter Summer Day (牯嶺街少年殺人事件, 1991)
  • - Terrorizers (恐怖分子, 1986)
  • - Banana Paradise (香蕉天堂, 1989)
  • 7. Homelessness and separation in the post-colonial city: Tsai Ming-liang
  • - Rebels of the Neon God (青少年哪吒, 1992)
  • - Vive l’Amour (愛情萬歲, 1994)
  • - The River (河流, 1997)
  • 8. After the New Wave: Ang Lee – between Asia and Hollywood
  • - the ‘Father Knows Best’ trilogy (1990s)
  • - Lust, Caution (色戒 2007)
  • - Life of Pi (2012)
  • 9. Round-the-island movies: tradition and recent works
  • - Children of the Yellow Emperor (黃帝子孫, 1955)
  • - Brother Wang and Brother Liu Tour Taiwan (王哥柳哥遊台灣, 1959)
  • - Island Etude (練習曲, 2006), The Most Distant Course (最遙遠的地方, 2007), Anywhere Somewhere Nowhere (到不了的地方, 2014)
  • 10. Ethnic ambiguity: Niu Chengze. “Imagine there’s no China”: Southern Taiwan and the Japanese colonial past: Wei Te-sheng
  • - Monga (艋舺, 2010)
  • - Paradise in Service (軍中樂園, 2014)
  • - Cape No. 7 (海角七號, 2008)
  • - Seediq Bale (賽德克巴萊, 2011)
  • - KANO (2014)
  • 11. Old and new topics in recent documentaries
  • - Viva Tonal. The Dance Age (跳舞時代, 2003)
  • - Bridge Over Troubled Water (拔一條河, 2013)
  • - Wansei Back Home (臺生回家, 2015)
  • - Poetry from the Bookstores (書店裡的影像詩, 2015)
  • - Small Talk (日常對話, 2016)
  • 12. Nostalgia for the 1990s
  • - You Are the Apple of My Eye (那些年，我們一起追的女孩, 2011)
  • - Our Times (我的少女時代, 2015)
  • - At Café 6 (六弄咖啡館, 2016)
  • 13. Film festivals, cross-strait cooperation and the ‘generic China’
  • - The Moment (我們的那時此刻, 2016)
  • - Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault (痞子英雄首部曲：全面開戰, 2012)
  • - Love (愛, 2012)
  • - This Is Not What I Expected (喜歡你, 2017)
Literatura
  • Berry, Chris, Lu, Feii (2005). Island on the Edge. Taiwan New Cinema and After. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
  • Chen, Robert Ru-Shou (2013). Walking out of Sadness: the Other Side of Taiwan Cinema. The Journal of Literature and Film, 14(1): 61-79.
  • Yeh, Emilie Y. (2014). Bentu: Marketplace and Sentiments of Contemporary Taiwan Cinema. Asian Cinema 2(1): 7-13.
  • Lin, Sylvia Li-chun, Sang, Tze-lan D. (Eds.) (2012). Documenting Taiwan on Film. Issues and Methods in New Documentaries. London and New York: Routledge.
  • Wilson, Flannery (2014). New Taiwanese Cinema in Focus. Moving Within and Beyond the Frame. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Udden, James (2009). No Man an Island. The Cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
  • HONG, Guo-Juin. Taiwan cinema : a contested nation on screen. First published. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, xiii, 233. ISBN 9780230111622. info
  • Taiwan film directorsa treasure island. Edited by Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh - Darrell William Davis. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, x, 296 p. ISBN 0231128991. info
Výukové metody
Lectures combined with the screening of film fragments and class discussions.
Metody hodnocení
Students will be graded based on a written test, which will require them to draw upon and extrapolate from knowledge obtained during the course in order to answer questions, explain certain phenomena or situations, or analyze materials presented during the exam (short videos or illustrations).
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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