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Touched by Japanese Cinema

Touched by Japanese Cinema

This six-week course examines a selection of films by the greatest artists of Japanese cinema from the 1960s to the present day. We will approach film as a work of art, exploring aesthetic questions: What makes a film “touch” us? What makes a film beautiful? Why do we cry? Why do we cringe? The course introduces the fundamentals of film analysis, along with critical lenses from aesthetic philosophy, film and literary theory, and cognitive science on topics including empathy, affect, and the imagination. Full schedule coming soon.
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Your Instructor

Matthew Mewhinney
Matthew Mewhinney

PhD in Japanese
University of California, Berkeley

Matthew Mewhinney is Associate Professor in the Department of Japanese Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. in Japanese from the University of California, Berkeley, and previously taught at Boston University and Florida State University. His research interests include lyric poetry and theory, narrative, cinema, subjectivity, and translation.

Japanese LiteratureLiterary TheoryPoetryTranslation
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$168

What you'll learn

An overview of some of the greatest works of Japanese cinema

Introduction to film and literary theory

What cognitive science and aesthetic philosophy can tell us about empathy and imagination

What You Get

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Small discussion groups

Maximum 15 students for personalized attention

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