Midterm Exam Planning & Film Papers Prompt

Film Papers

For this course, there will be two 1000-word reflection papers on films of your choice from a list of important Asian films. Your response/reflection paper should make specific connections between our readings and the film.

The due dates are 2/28 (for a film set before major European advances into Asia) and 4/24 (films set in the period following). Please use MLA format.

Part I Films (examples):

• Confucius (2010)
• Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
• Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)

Part II Films (examples):

• To Live
• 1947: Earth
• Kung Fu Hustle (not easy to connect to course readings)
• Monsoon Wedding
• Eat Drink Man Woman

Midterm Exam 

Our midterm exam is on Friday, 3/6. It will be a take home exam, due before midnight, on TurnItIn (via the Moodle).

Please answer in outline or bulleted list format the following question:

How do India, China, and Southeast Asia relate and connect to each other?

Details to follow.