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Thursday, March 27, 2014
Popular Cultural Sites response
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Experimental Theater as Popular Entertainment response
Please respond to Rhinoceros
in Love (2008 version, written by LIAO Yimei and directed by MENG Jinghui). A 2003 adaptation of an earlier version is available here for study purpose only. This experimental play has been performed for more than 1000 times in China and has been widely performed outside by students of Chinese worldwide. Why is it so popular? Use textual evidence from the reading to support your argument. Due Wednesday March 26 by 10 pm. Comments to two responses due by 11:59 pm.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Pop Music Industry response
Please focus on "The ABCs of Chinese Pop" and "Rethinking Mainland Chinese Rock" for Wednesday's extra credit response. What do you find most interesting in these readings? Choose one of the pop music artists (or groups) mentioned in the
readings such as Wang Leehom, Cui Jian, Jay Chou, Tang Dynasty, Coco
Lee, etc., and attempt an explanation of his/her/their popularity. Use
quotes (with page numbers) from readings to support your argument. Due Wednesday March 12 by 11:59 pm.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Martial Arts Fiction and Film response
Please read the essay on Ang Lee's film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon for Tuesday and the essay on the Jin Yong Phenomenon for Thursday. Martial arts fiction and film have occupied an important position in Chinese popular culture and are still central to many forms of popular media. The author proposes a reading of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon as a work of "diasporic cinema" in the first essay. Was the author convincing in making this argument? What might be some of the most interesting evidences you can locate after reading it? The second essay on the Jin Yong Phenomenon starts with the film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and argues for a broader approach beyond martial arts fiction in the long and varying traditions of Chinese story-telling, Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies fiction, and New Literary movements. What interests you most in this essay? How might it relate to issues we've discussed in this class so far? Use textual evidences (quotes with page numbers) to support your responses. Due Wednesday March 5 by 11:59 pm for one extra credit.
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