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Updated:Aug20181TheHongKongPolytechnicUniversitySubjectDescriptionFormPleasereadthenotesattheendofthetablecarefullybeforecompletingtheform.
SubjectCodeFH1C02SubjectTitleAnIntroductiontoAsianPopularCulture亞洲流行文化導論CreditValue3Level1Pre-requisite/Co-requisite/ExclusionNil.
ObjectivesThesubjectaimstoprovideaperspectiveinunderstandingAsianpopularcultureintheflowofglobalizationbyintroducingculturaltheoriesthatanalyzepopularcultureandthemediaaswellaswestern-developedconceptsindefiningandanalyzingthem.
Keyregionaltrendsintelevisions,films,mediasystemsandpan-Asiandevelopmentofpopularculture,withparticularfocusontheanalysisoffilm,TVdramas,comicsandpopularmusic,willbeintroduced.
AreastobefocusedonareSouthKorea,ChinaMainland,HongKong,Taiwan,Japan,IndonesiaandIndia.
IntendedLearningOutcomes(Note1)Uponcompletionofthesubject,studentswillbeableto:a.
haveabasicunderstandingofissuesandthemesincontemporaryEast,SoutheastandSouthAsianpopularculturewithreferencetointer-culturaldialogue,transnationalflowsaswellasglobalization;b.
haveadecentknowledgeofthesocio-culturalcontextofcontemporaryAsiancriticalinquiry;c.
haveabasicideainculturalstudiesconceptsandmethodologies;d.
developcriticalanalyticalskillsinunderstandingpopularculture;e.
havelibraryandweb-basedresearchskillsrelevanttoAsianstudies,culturalstudiesandmediastudies;f.
meettheEnglishreadingandwritingrequirement.
SubjectSynopsis/IndicativeSyllabus(Note2)1.
Introduction2.
Understandingpopularculture3.
CosmopolitanismandChinesenessinHongKongPopularCulture4.
TaiwanesepopularcultureinChinesespeakingregions5.
NationalisminChinesefilms6.
ConsumerisminChineserealliveTVshows7.
J-popandK-pop8.
TransnationalflowsofpopularcultureinEastAsiaI:thecaseofhanryuandKoreaTVdrama9.
TransnationalflowsofpopularcultureinEastAsiaII:thecaseofJapaneseTVdrama10.
WhatisSubculture11.
PopularCultureinIndonesia12.
TheBollywoodIdentityandBollywood'sResponsetoAmericanism13.
AsianCenturyFormAS140Updated:Aug20182Teaching/LearningMethodology(Note3)Pre-classreadingswillbesupplementedbytheuseofpictorials,audioandvideomaterialsinthelectures.
Studentsarealsorequiredtowatchmediaitemsfortutorialdiscussion.
AtthebeginningofthesemesterstudentswillbeassignedatopicofAsianculturalitemorphenomenontostudywithandlaterdeliveroralpresentationsinthetutorials.
Studentsarerequiredtopreparethefinalessaywithresearchelement.
AssessmentMethodsinAlignmentwithIntendedLearningOutcomes(Note4)Specificassessmentmethods/tasks%weightingIntendedsubjectlearningoutcomestobeassessed(Pleasetickasappropriate)abcdef1.
Finalquiz20%√√√2.
GroupOralPresentation30%3.
Draft1and2fortheFinalEssay10%4.
FinalEssay(2,500wordsminimum*)40%Total100%Explanationoftheappropriatenessoftheassessmentmethodsinassessingtheintendedlearningoutcomes:1.
Thefinalquiz,includingmultiplechoicequestionsandsimpleanswerquestions,willhelpgaugestudents'masteringofthekeyconceptsofanalyzingpopularcultureandmajorissuescoveredinthelecturesandrequiredreadings.
2.
Thegrouporalpresentationcaninformtheteachertheprogressstudentshavemadeintheirgeneralgraspofthesubjectandtheirskillinwritingandoralcommunication.
3.
Thedraft1anddraft2ofthefinalessay,whichwillbemarkedbyELC,helpstudentstodeveloptheirresearchskillsandunderstandingoftheessay,whereasfulfillingtheirEnglishreadingandwritingrequirementofthecourse.
4.
Thefinalessaycanhelpassessthestudents'overallin-depthunderstandingofthesubject.
StudentStudyEffortExpectedClasscontact:Lectures26Hrs.
Tutorials12Hrs.
Otherstudentstudyeffort:Pre-classreading48Hrs.
Reportandessaywriting36Hrs.
Totalstudentstudyeffort122Hrs.
ReadingListandReferencesMedia:JiangWen,LettheBulletsFly(讓子彈飛),2010.
PeterChan.
AmericanDreaminChina(中國合夥人),2013AndrewLauandAlanMak:InfernalAffairs(無間道)(2002).
Updated:Aug20183JiangsuSatelliteTV:IfYouAretheOne(非誠勿擾).
HunanSatelliteTV:WhereareWeGoing,Dad(爸爸去哪兒)(2013-14)MiyazakiHayao:NausicaintheValleyoftheWind(1984)MiyazakiHayao:SpiritedAway(2001)WinterSonata(2004)ManfromtheStars(2014)Hanayoridango(2005)Nodamecantabile(2007)Kesurupan/Possessed(2008)FarahKhan,OmShantiOm(2007).
KaranJohar,MyNameisKhan(2010).
Readings:Requiredreadings:EstherC.
MYaued.
AtFullSpeed:HongKongCinemainaBorderlessWorld.
MinneapolisandLondon:UniversityofMinnesotaPress,2001.
(ER:pp.
1-28).
Iwabuchi,Koichi.
"Nostalgiafora(Different)AsianModernity:MediaConsumptionof'Asia'inJapan.
"Positions10:3(2002).
(ER:pp.
547-73).
Storey,John.
CulturalTheoryandPopularCulture:AnIntroduction.
Harlow:PrenticeHall,2001.
(ER:pp.
1-242).
Supplementaryreadings:Abbas,Ackbar.
HongKong:CultureandthePoliticsofDisappearance.
MinneapolisandLondon:UniversityofMinnesotaPress,1997.
Allen,MatthewandRumiSakamoto(eds).
PopularCulture,GlobalizationandJapan.
London:Routledge,2006.
Appadurai,Arjun.
DisjunctureandDifferenceintheGlobalCulturalEconomy,Philadelphia:Project,UniversityofPennsylvaniaPress,1990.
Athique,Adrian.
"Bollywood,BrandIndiaandSoftPower".
Chapter6inIndianMedia.
Cambridge:PolityPress,2012.
Berry,ChrisandMaryFarquhar.
ChinaonScreen:CinemaandNation.
NewYork:ColumbiaUniversityPress,2012.
Kitley,Philip.
Television,Nation,andCultureinIndonesia.
Athens,Ohio:OhioUniversityCenterforInternationalStudies.
,2002.
Miklitsch,Robert.
RolloverAdorno:CriticalTheory,PopularCulture,AudiovisualMedia.
Albany:StateUniversityofNewYorkPress,2006.
Pauwels,HeidiR.
M.
(ed),IndianLiteratureandPopularCinemaRecastingClassics.
LondonandNewYork:Routledge,2007.
Sen,KrishnaandHill,DavidT.
.
Media,CultureandPoliticsinIndonesia.
Melbourne:OxfordUniversityPress,2000.
Zhang,Yingjin.
ChineseNationalCinema.
NewYorkandLondon:Routledge,2004.
Note1:IntendedLearningOutcomesIntendedlearningoutcomesshouldstatewhatstudentsshouldbeabletodoorattainuponcompletionofthesubject.
Subjectoutcomesareexpectedtocontributetotheattainmentoftheoverallprogrammeoutcomes.
Note2:SubjectSynopsis/IndicativeSyllabusUpdated:Aug20184Thesyllabusshouldadequatelyaddresstheintendedlearningoutcomes.
Atthesametimeover-crowdingofthesyllabusshouldbeavoided.
Note3:Teaching/LearningMethodologyThissectionshouldincludeabriefdescriptionoftheteachingandlearningmethodstobeemployedtofacilitatelearning,andajustificationofhowthemethodsarealignedwiththeintendedlearningoutcomesofthesubject.
Note4:AssessmentMethodThissectionshouldincludetheassessmentmethod(s)tobeusedanditsrelativeweighting,andindicatewhichofthesubjectintendedlearningoutcomesthateachmethodpurportstoassess.
Itshouldalsoprovideabriefexplanationoftheappropriatenessoftheassessmentmethodsinassessingtheintendedlearningoutcomes.