ENGL 276
Fall 2026 Part of Term 1
Aug 24-Dec 9
Credit: 3 hours.
Studies a variable selection of popular film genres produced and circulated in Asia (e.g., martial arts, horror, musicals, anime, melodramas, science fiction, monster movies, comedy) that have an impact across the region, with emphasis on East and Southeast Asia, and beyond. Takes a historical and transnational comparative approach to analyzing shifting narrative and visual and other cinematic realizations of each genre across different contexts, including Western reception and cross-cultural adaptations.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in
Fall 2022 for: