MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
VSA2670
Asian cinema
Proposed to be offered next in 1997
F Freiberg
8 points + 4 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisite: At
least one of VSA1040, VSA1050, VSA2190 or VA103.06
Synopsis The subject involves an examination of films by the major
Japanese directors Ozu, Mizoguchi, Kurosawa and Oshima, and of some films by
Indian directors, including the work of Satyajit Ray, and an example from the
Bombay commercial cinema. Some examples of films from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the
Peoples Republic of China may also be included.
Assessment Essay (2000 words): 33% + Essay (3000 words): 50% + Visual
test (1 hour): 17%
Recommended reading
- Barthes R Empire of signs Hill and Wang, 1982
- Berry C Perspectives on Chinese cinema Cornell U P, 1986
- Bordwell D Ozu and the poetics of cinema British Film Institute, 1988
- Burch N To the distant observer Scholar Press, 1980
- Buruma I A Japanese mirror: Heroes and villains of Japanese culture
Macmillan, 1985
- Mellen J The waves at Genji's door Pantheon
- Said E Orientalism Penguin, 1982
- Sato T Currents in Japanese cinema Harper and Row, 1982
- Sen K Histories and stories: Cinema in new order Indonesia Centre of
South East Asian Studies, Monash U, 1988
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