KOREAN 435 A: Seminar in Modern Korean Literature and Culture

Korean Directors: Park Chan-wook

SP 2024: KOREAN 435A / CMS 497A

This course examines films of Park Chan-wook, one of the most representative South Korean directors. Since his directorial debut in 1992, Park has made stylistically innovative, thematically transgressive, and socially controversial films. By intensively surveying almost all representative films he directed, co-wrote, and produced, the course explores not only the artistic trajectory of the director but also the cultural and historical contexts in which his films are made. In so doing, students will better understand how a contemporary master of mise-en-scène communicates