By the end of the course students should be able to: • Be introduced to and have a basic working knowledge of the ideas inherent in “Classic Hollywood Cinema,” Auteur Theory, and National Cinemas. • Be able to apply these ideas to the cinema of the east, especially Taiwanese film.

A reading pack will be provided.
Supplementary Texts:
Bordwell, David, and Kristin Thompson. Film Art: An Introduction. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. Print.
— Film History: An Introduction. New York McGraw-Hill, 2010. Print.
—The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960. New York: Columbia UP, 1985. Print.
Corrigan, Timothy. A Short Guide to Writing About Film. New York: Longman, 2010. Print.
Film and Nationalism. Ed. Alan Williams. New Brunswick: Rutger UP, 2002. Print.
Cinema Taiwan: Politics, Popularity and State of the Arts. Ed. Darrel William Davis and Ru-shou Robert Chen. London: Routledge, 2007. Print.