Chinese Film Short Essay and Short Answer Questions Assignment | Online Assignment

There will be 3 parts to this assignment. The first two parts are 1 page essays, and the last part is a list of 10 short answer questions. I can provide the sources if necessary or you can find your own.

Part I: Choose one topic and write a one-page paper on it.

1. Cite film examples to discuss the major characteristics of films from 1950 to 1966.
2. Discuss the images of women in The White Haired Girl and The Red Detachment of Women
3. Choose any mainland film during the period of 1966-1980s and discuss its major features

Part II: Choose one topic and write a one-page paper on it.

1. What do you know about the fifth generation of Chinese directors?
2. Discuss the ending of the film, Yellow Earth, (images, ambiguous meanings, etc)
3. Discuss Zhang Yimou and Ju Dou

Part III: Answer the questions thoroughly (all the questions). One to two paragraphs each.

1. Discuss the characteristics of the film Laborer’s Love
2. Discuss the image of the Chinese women in The Goddess and Street Angels.
3. Discuss the major differences between Crows and Sparrows and Spring in a Small Town.
4. Please discuss the color, the light, and images and Nature in Yellow Earth.
5. Discuss the major differences between the fifth generation directors and the third and fourth generations of directors.
6. The male in Raise the Red Lantern is obviously under-represented. How does Zhang Yimou project the manipulative power of patriarchy throughout the film?
7. Discuss the Chinese history, life philosophy, and its cinematic representation in the films To Live and Farewell My Concubine.
8. Cites examples from In the Heat of the Sun and Green Tea to discuss the characteristics of a sixth generation director.
9. Discuss Lu Chuan’s film City of Life and Death (Nanking, Nanking) with your own comments.
10. Do you like Goodbye Mr. Loser (Xia Le Te Fannao)? Explain why you like or do not like the film.