This project will be on a self-selected topic related to Chinese film. Conduct an investigation into an issue/ problem relating to Chinese film that you find interesting. To help get you started, this assignment asks that you write a 150 word abstract about your proposed project. Within the limited word count, explain your topic’s significance, the methodology you will use, and your preliminary thesis. Also, at the end of your abstract, state the number of words you use.

An abstract serves as a concise summary of a larger work. Two of our assigned readings begin with abstracts. Looking over these two examples might give you a better idea of how to compose your abstract:

Jean-Yves Heurtebise, “About the Conditions of Possibility of the Philosophical Analysis of Films: A Kierkegaardian, Girardian, and Deleuzian Reading of ‘In the Mood for Love’”

Marc J. Blecher, “Hegemony and Workers’ Politics in China”

Also, but not included in the word count, list your project’s title and provide a list of 4-5 sources that you will engage. At least two of your sources should be from outside of our assigned class readings or films. Additional sources do not need to be in English.

Treat this assignment more as a proposal than as a reflection of a completed work. As you begin to research your topic, your thesis, sources, and methodology might change.