Modern Chinese Popular Culture I (204-0-20)
Instructors
Corey Byrnes
847/467-3314
1880 Campus Drive, Kresge Hall, Office 4-548
Office Hours: Varies quarter to quarter, please check with instructor.
Meeting Info
University Hall 121: Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM
Overview of class
AY 24-25 Introduction to Modern Chinese Popular Culture, Part I covers the history of modern Chinese popular cultural production between the mid-19th century and 1949. The course is designed around the introduction and adaptation of four media technologies: photography, film, mass print culture, and sound recording.
Learning Objectives
To learn how to use methods of close reading, viewing, and listening effectively to discuss a range of different media technologies and cultural forms
To acquire a formal and theoretical vocabulary for discussing and writing about popular culture and new media, including photography, film, mass print culture, and sound recording
To develop the rhetorical, analytical, and argumentative skills necessary to convey interpretations effectively in writing
To understand the broader historical and cultural contexts that shaped modern Chinese popular cultural production
To learn to evaluate critically scholarly sources of knowledge about modern Chinese popular cultural production
Teaching Method
lecture and discussion
Evaluation Method
Four short essays
Two quizzes
Class Materials (Required)
Materials will be available through Canvas
Class Attributes
Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: Reserved for students majoring or minoring in Asian Languages & Cultures or International Studies until the end of preregistration, after which time enrollment will be open to everyone who has taken the prerequisites, if applicable.