| Course Title: Topics in Asian Studies: 'From Shadow Puppets to Digital Screens' |
| Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2026 |
| Description: This course provides a comprehensive exploration of the rich and diverse world of Chinese films, offering students a deep understanding of the historical, cultural, and artistic dimensions that shape this dynamic film tradition. We will highlight four major periods: The May Fourth and New Cultural Movement (1919-1930), the socialist era, the transnational developments since the 1980s in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and the current digital era. We will treat films as a window on the ongoing narrative of a people making history and responding to changing circumstances of revolution, reform, political movements, diaspora, and modernization. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Lingjia Xu | lingjiaxu@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | CIRU - Ciruti | 206 | Weekly |
| 01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026 | Film Screening | Monday | 07:15PM - 09:30PM | CIRU - Ciruti | 206 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| ASIAN0001 | ASIAN: Asian Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Asian Studies minor. |
| FMT0001 | FMT-HS: History | This course has been approved to count towards the Film, Media, Theater major in the History area. |
| PRI0001 | Used to identify primary sides of crosslisted courses for Workday conversion |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| FMT-230PT-01 Shadow Puppets/Digital Screens |
| ASIAN-211PT-01 Shadow Puppets/Digital Screens |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 18 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |