Korean Film

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4 pages double-spaced in MLA or Chicago style formatting. Your paper must have a clear thesis and argument developed out of the topics below or your own topic. You may focus on only one part of the prompt. Refer to the rubric for grading guidelines. Your paper must include close readings of at least two scenes that you use as evidence for your argument. These readings must employ accurately terminology from formal film analysis. You must have at least three direct citations of relevant assigned readings (Rediscovering Korean Cinema, edited by Sangjoon Lee (U of Michigan Press, 2019). You can expand on one of your short papers. Topics: 1) Discuss Sigmund Freud’s notion of “the uncanny” in The Housemaid (Kim Ki-Young, 1960). 2) Discuss intermediality and/or media ecology in Chilsu and Mansu (park kwang-su, 1988), focusing on the class politics of the film and the problem of political and cultural representation.  3) Discuss the significance of genre and the translation of genres in the globalized South Korean film industry of the 2000s, referring to the example(s) of The Host (bong joon-ho, 2006). How should we understand the formation and transformation of film genres across historical periods and national borders? What happens to the Western or a monster film in its translation into the South Korean context?