Chinese 136 - Intro to Chinese Cinema
Fall
2024
01
3.00
Enhua Zhang
TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM
UMass Amherst
28431
Herter Hall room 217
ezhang@llc.umass.edu
Chinese cinema, broadly defined to include films from Hong Kong and Taiwan, from its inception at the turn of the century to the present. Explores Chinese film as an art form, an instrument of political propaganda, and a medium of mass entertainment. No background required, although some knowledge of modern Chinese history is helpful. Conducted in English.