Abstract
This essay raises some reflections on the construction of the discourse “Chinese Film School” popular in China in the past few years. By doing so, we intend to provide some ideas for the further development of the Chinese film industry and studies of Chinese cinema. We first trace the construction of “Chinese Film School” to the debates on “Chinese-language cinema.” Then, we scrutinize the term “school” in the context of academic communications between China and the West. Finally, by investigations of some central ideas, including universality vs. particularity, the prescriptive vs. the descriptive, temporality vs. spatiality, and objects and methods, we offer further insights into “Chinese Film School”.
Keywords
Chinese Film School, subjectivity, school (xuepai or liupai), communications between China and the West
First Page
133
Last Page
143
Recommended Citation
Lu, Hsiao-peng, and Haomin Gong. 2024. "Reflections on the Construction of the Discourse of a Chinese Film School in Recent Years." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 43, (5): pp.133-143. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol43/iss5/14
