watch a movie and read the readings then write a journal

watch a movie and read the readings then write a journal

Film: Giants and Toys (Kyojin to gangu, Masumura Yasuzo, 1958)

Reading: Michael Raine, “Modernization without Modernity: Masumura Yasuzo’s Giants and Toys (1958), in Japanese Cinema: Texts and Contexts, eds., Alastair Phillips and Julian Stringer (London: Routledge, 2007), 152-167.https://analepsis.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/japa…

Grading criteria is as follows (10 points total): On-time submission (attendance) = 1 point Length (300-400 words) = 1 point Pick one scene = 1 point Image = 1 point Originality (your own idea) = 1 point Reference to reading = 1 point Clarity of expression (correct grammar; clear meanings of terms) = 2 points Structure of argument (coherence; smooth flow) = 2 points