The Summary of each researcher's study is as follows:
[Lee, Sangyup]
In The Brave New World, Huxley offers a picture of the world as it might become if man becomes subservient to science rather than science subservient to man. In Gattaca, the genetic...
The Summary of each researcher's study is as follows:
[Lee, Sangyup]
In The Brave New World, Huxley offers a picture of the world as it might become if man becomes subservient to science rather than science subservient to man. In Gattaca, the genetic endowment a human receives at conception will determine human beings' characteristics. But Vincent breaks free of his genetic limitations and molds himself into an ideal human being. In short, the behaviors of John the savage and Vincent are sometimes compelled by external forces whereas sometimes they are the result of human volitions and desires.
[Huh, Pilsuk]
In To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Ramsay may be 'the lighthouse as a signifier' shedding light over those around her: She cannot be defined in 'either/or' value judgement. This ambiguity of Mrs. Ramsay urges the reader to contemplate the true meaning of her behavior and the role of a woman in the patriarchal society. In Colin Gregg's film (1983), Mrs. Ramsay is represented as a typical 'angel of a family' and her act of charity sometimes causes disharmony in a family. Whether her act is a sacrifice or a giving is more at the center of the film. So the focus is shifted from the deconstruction of the empirical reality to the world of a symbolic order.
[Kim, Myungjin]
Three of most famous film adaptations of Shakespeare's Hamlet each reveals social and cultural milieu of its production. By amputateing important political elements, Olivier's Hamlet shows the influence of 19th century humanism, Freudian psychoanalysis and film noir. Zeffirelli finds in Hamlet a material for a Hollywood action movie. He arranged the text to fit the requirements of a moving picture. Brangh’s Hamlet is the cinematic model of the epic in terms of pacing, settings, and scope. Its modern traits are detected in its international casting, realistic speaking style, and feministic heroine.
[Kang, Kwansoo]
Most Americans believe in their traditional values. The values are concretized in American dream. However, The Great Depression broke American's belief in American dream and has the great influence on American people and Hollywood movie during the 1930s. In this era the distinguished and highly stylized genre emerges in the form of gangster film. In the classic gangster film the hero achieves success, but meets his fateful end. The hero's rise and fall is the main narrative of the gangster film. In other words, he is a distorted hero of American Dream.
[Kang, Sukjoo]
Geoffrey Sax's Othello and Tim Blake Nelson's O, represent modern British and American culture, especially the problem of racism. Although both films commonly represent anti-racism, Sax's Othello is quite different from Nelson's O in that the one directly deals with the serious problem of racism in modern British society while the other tries to hide the voice of racism in American society. Odin in Nelson's O is only a negro who desires to be successful in the society but turns into a beast as soon as he is caught in the trap of racism. John Othello in Sax's Othello becomes the black hero, but he cannot overcome the overruling racial prejudice in modern British society.
[Kim, Jongdoo]
In Rolland Joffe's The Scarlet Letter, feminism, concern for American indian culture and the value of family, the major themes of modern American cultural studies, are emphasized. In this movie Hester Prynne is not only a sex symbol, but also a female example of courage, fortitude and individuality. On the other hand, Rolland Joffe's addition of Chillingworth's two years suffering under Indians' capture shows his concern for American Indian culture. Movie's happy ending is another example of the one aspect of American culture. It indicates the very view of American culture which regards the family as a most valuable community.