ARTH488X

Also offered as FILM429L. Through critical screenings, viewings, readings, and discussions, we will examine cinemas and art by directors and artists in Greater China (PRC, Taiwan, Hong Kong), "cultural China," and the Chinese diaspora. Students will consider representative works by directors such as Ang Lee , Ann Hui, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wong Kar-wai, and Zhang Yimou, and artists such as Ai Weiwei, Cao Fei, Gao Xingjian, Gu Wenda, and Xu Bing, as a way to cross-examine the concepts of the contemporary and the transnational.