FINAL PAPER

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Final Paper: Due on Feb 12th (Mon)

Write a 2500-word essay (typed, double-spaced, 12-point font, and 1” margins all around; refer to Chicago Manual of Style (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html)



SUBMISSION: Please submit the essay to the lecturer’s email address maran@lit.nagoya-u.ac.jp with the subject “Final Paper SEMINAR”; format your file name as ‘SEMINAR final paper + Your Name’. I’d send out confirmation email once your assignment is received. Late submission is not accepted unless emergency happens.

Format
Include the following information at the top of each assignment:


Your Name
Course Title
Submission Date
Final Paper
                                                                     Title of article










CONTENT:

1) THINK WELL before working on your arguments; in your final paper, while you could write about the LISTED films from our syllabus (refer to the list), it is also possible that you could integrate it with your own PhD/MA project. Nevertheless, at least two references should be from our required/reference readings; remember: you are always welcome to quote extra sources

2) You are expected to engage with certain concepts (such as keywords proposed or elaborated on by scholars) and/or arguments/theoretical frameworks, and situate them within specific historical-social context of East Asia. You should be able to present your own interpretation and viewpoints.


Possible Film List:
中国の鳥人/The Bird People in China, Dir. Miike Takeshi, 1998
Yasukuni, Dir. LI Ying, 2008
Ghost in the Shell/攻殻機動隊, 1995, Dir. 押井守/Oshii Mamoru
I Wish I Knew/海上传奇, dir. Jia Zhangke
Lost in Thailand/泰囧, 2012. Dir. Xu Zheng

Okja, 2017. Dir. Bong Joon-ho

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