Summer 2003
Classroom: TBA
Term: July 14-
Time: MTWTh
Instructor: Dr. Pingchao Zhu
Office: Rm315
Office Phone: 885-7166 or 885-2563
Office Hours: MW
Email: pzhu@uidaho.edu
Website: www.uidaho.edu/~pzhu
For the Americans,
Course Requirements
1. Four movie reviews 50 points each
2. In-class presentation 50
3. One term paper 100
4. Attendance 50
Information on Assignments
The movie reviews are on six of the movies under discussion in this courses. Specific movies will be given at the beginning of the course. The review must be typed, double spaced and 3-4 pages in length.
Please follow the guideline below in your writing:
--a brief background of the movie making (director's name, main characters' name, or interesting stories about the movie making);
--a general summary of the story;
--historical reality behind the movie (most of the movies on the list have a history or event behind);
--your comments on the movie in terms of how the movie portrays the war and people in the war (on both sides, if applicable).
Graduate students should see the instructor for graduate credits.
Grade Scale
A=500-450 B=449-400 C=399-350 D=349-300 F=299 and below
Course Schedule
Week One July 14-17
Monday
French
Ho Chi Minh
Film:
Documentary: Ho Chi Minh
Tuesday
Kennedy’s strategies
NLF & VC
Film: We Were Sildiers
Wednsday Escalation of war
The
Film: The
Green Beret
Thursday Americanization
The Tet Offensive
Film: Full Metal Jacket
Week Two July 21-24
Monday
Anti-war movement
Film: Born
on the Fourth ofJuly
Tuesday Counter-culture
Film:
Hair
Wednesday The Realities of War
Film: Hamburger Hill
Platoon
Thursday Casualties of War
War atrocities
Film: Casualties of War
Week Three July 28-31
Monday Vietnamization
Invasion of Cambodia
Film: When the October Comes (North Vietnamese movie)
Tuesday “Peace with Honor”
Peace talks
Film: Documentary
Wednesday The End of the War
The
fall of
Film: Heaven
& Earth
Thursday Reporting
Media & Literature
Film:
We
Were Soldiers
Week Four Aug. 4-7
Monday Remembering the War
The
Memorial
Veterans of both sides
Film: Dear Hunter
Tuesday The POWs
Film:
Wednesday Postwar
Communist Rule
Thursday Overview
Film: TBA
This schedule is subject to changes by the instructor.