報告題目

1. 回憶錄

選擇幾篇討論在20世紀中國的個人或家庭經驗的個人回憶錄（至少需要引用三本書，其中一本可以選用課堂教材），並以作者的社會地位為比較基礎，以對映他們的經歷。並應嘗試將教材裡所提及的政治事件與作者個人經歷這些事件的經驗做出連結，例如說明哪些事件對個人而言有顯著的衝擊，但哪些重大政治事件卻並未對個人產生影響？報告中應同時對作者的寫作風格、正確性、以及可信度提出評論。

2. 電影與中國歷史

討論並分析二到三部以討論歷史事件為主題而分屬於不同類型的電影，並將所挑選電影的呈現方法和文本所記載的內容做比較，找出電影導演所強調的部分為何。電影導演是否為了戲劇效果或為了強調某種政治觀點而扭曲了歷史記錄？這種做法在電影中是否真有其必然性，又或者電影可以純粹只是「客觀」的紀錄？

學生作業

期末報告(PDF) （感謝Xuemin Chi授權提供）

八十年代和九十年代的中國電影 (PDF) (（感謝Emily Cheng授權提供）

Paper Topics

1. Memoirs

Choose several different personal memoirs that discuss the experience of individuals or families in China during the twentieth century. (Use at least three books, but one of them may come from the class syllabus.) Compare the social status of the narrators and contrast their experiences. Try to link the political events described in the textbook with the way these events were experienced by the narrators. Which national events were the most significant personally, and which great political events had no personal impact? Comment also on the writers' style, accuracy, and the believability of their accounts.

2. Film and Chinese History

Discuss and analyze two or three films of different types that discuss historical events. Compare their presentation with that given in written accounts. Which aspects do the filmmakers emphasize? Do they distort the record of the past to produce a dramatic story or to promote a political point of view? Is this practice inevitable in film, or is it possible to make an "objective" account?

Student Work

Final Paper (PDF) (Courtesy of Xuemin Chi. Used with permission.)

Chinese Cinema in the 1980s and 1990s (PDF) (Courtesy of Emily Cheng. Used with permission.)