ARTH489L
Special Topics in Art History; The Transnational Cinema of Ang Lee
Cross-listed with CINE459L and WGSS498K. Students will examine how the award-winning director Ang Lee has been able to explore important issues of culture, gender, race, identity, and values across borders in a transnational world. Films to be studied are from a wide spectrum of genres and may include "The Wedding Banquet," "Sense and Sensibility," "The Ice Storm," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Hulk," "Brokeback Mountain," "The Life of Pi," and "Gemini Man."
Sister Courses: ARTH489B, ARTH489C, ARTH489D, ARTH489E, ARTH489F, ARTH489G, ARTH489K, ARTH489M, ARTH489N, ARTH489O, ARTH489Q, ARTH489V, ARTH489Z
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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.
Average GPA of 4.00 between 20 students*
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.