Topic: Unity and Disunity: History of South Korean Cinema

Catalog description

This 200-level course seeks to give students an historical introduction to the growth of South Korean cinema since the 1950s. It shows that national cinema has played a significant role in shaping the collective identity of South Korean state since the end of the Korean conflict, facilitating the country’s transformation from a military dictatorship into a democratic state, and in advancing the soft power expansion of South Korea today.