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Instructor:Tian Li Registration starts at March 1st, Contact [email protected] for more information! Mondays & Wednesdays 1:00-3:50pm Summer Session II August 7-September 13, 2017 This course is designed primarily to introduce students to the spread of Korean popular culture and the literature based on this cultural phenomenon in the context of globalization. In this course, students will examine the paradoxical co-existence of nationalism and transnationalism in contemporary border-crossing cultural engagements. Through this examination, students will rethink the notion of popular culture in the context of increasing transnational collaborative relations,globally and locally. Students will be equipped to critically and analytically examine the establishment of popular culture’s spectatorship within and beyond its border. Students will also learn different perspectives on the influences that the screening culture produces on and off the screen. Primary texts include literature, film, and television. All readings are in English. SIGN UP NOW! SESSION TIME East Asian 40 Korean Popular Culture

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Page 1: Culture Korean Popular East Asian 40humanities.uci.edu/eastasian/user_files/EA40.pdf · the hideous truth, concealed far too long kbs 2tv . created date: 20170224013333z

Instructor:Tian Li

Registration starts at March 1st,Contact [email protected] for moreinformation!

Mondays &Wednesdays 1:00-3:50pm

Summer Session II August 7-September 13, 2017

This course is designed primarily to introducestudents to the spread of Korean popular culture andthe literature based on this cultural phenomenon inthe context of globalization. In this course, studentswill examine the paradoxical co-existence ofnationalism and transnationalism in contemporaryborder-crossing cultural engagements. Through thisexamination, students will rethink the notion ofpopular culture in the context of increasingtransnational collaborative relations,globally andlocally. Students will be equipped to critically andanalytically examine the establishment of popularculture’s spectatorship within and beyond its border.Students will also learn different perspectives on theinfluences that the screening culture produces onand off the screen. Primary texts include literature,film, and television. All readings are in English.

SIGN UP NOW!SESSIONTIME

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