Term G- I
G30 Fall AY2022

First Year Seminar
Undergraduate / Graduate

Undergraduate

Registration Code0063211

Course Category

First Year Seminar

Credits

2.0

Term (Semester) / Day / Period

G-I (1st year, Fall Semester) / Wed / 2（10:30～12:00）

Instructor

OGAWA Shota●Theme of irst Year Seminar
Writing about Movies: Korean Cinema as Method. In this course, we will approach Korean Cinema not so much as astable object of study, but as a critical method to consider the dynamics of (post)colonialism, cultural cold war, andglobalization. In other words, rather than training Korean culture experts, the course offers a practice ground forverbalizing how culture informs and is informed by various transnational forces such as imperialism, cold war, andglobalization, but also cinephilia/fandom, melodrama, and diasporic longing.
●Goals of the Course【Standardized across all programs】
This course is conducted in the form of a small seminar. It will provide multifaceted intellectual training with a special
emphasis on reading (obtaining, analyzing, and evaluating sources), writing (summaries, papers), and speaking(discussion, presentation) which forms the most basic skills (“common basic”) needed for learning and studying atuniversity. Our goal is to help the students to acquire a good understanding of the "process of knowledge exploration," the“pleasure in learning," and independent learning ability. A wide variety of themes are prepared according to the research
field of the instructors●Objectives of the Course
By the end of the course, students will have acquired a set of criteria to evaluate arguments presented in various texts andthe skills to engage with them in their own writing. Through weekly assignments of academic texts and bi-weekly
assignments of films, students will acquire the technique to “close read” written texts and audio-visual works. In-classdiscussions, presentations, and short essays offer students a safe space to practice verbalizing complex ideas using
concrete examples. In addition, the course offers an entry point to humanistic debates on the complex issues ofpostcolonial critique, cultural cold war, and globalization.
●Course Content or Plan
Module 0: Orientation
Module 1: Korean Cinema in a Global Frame(Short Paper 1)
Module 2: Korean Cinema in a Colonial Frame(Presentation 1)
Module 3: Korean Cinema in Cultural Cold War(Presentation 2)
Module 4: Korean Cinema in a Diasporic Frame(Abstract, Peer Review, Essay Exam)●Course Prere uisites and Related Courses
None●Course Evaluation Method and Criteria
Attendance and discussion participation - 15%
Mid-term Essay (Short Paper 1) - 15%
Presentation 1 10%
Presentation 2 10%
Abstract 10%Peer Review 10%
Essay Exam 30%
Students need to notify the course withdrawal to a instructor. Without notification of the course withdrawal to a instructor,"F" will be given in the case of insufficient attendance (not counted legitimate and documented absences).
●Study Load (Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours)
A typical weekly study load consists of three hours of reading (both from a composition handbook and a separate assigned
text based on the discussion topic).
●How to Respond to Questions
NUCT messages (please be sure to have the message forwarded to instructor’s email account)

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Textbook
Reference Book

G30 Fall AY2022
Gocsik, Karen M., Dave Monahan, and Richard Barsam. 2019. Writing about Movies. New York:W. W. Norton & Company (ISBN: 978-0-393-66490-4)
All required texts will be provided in the form of pdf files and made accessible through NUCT

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