The following sample topics are for you to brainstorm,combine, and expand if you want. Remember this time you are expected to come up with your OWN argument and statement and support it with your film analysis and engage critics' ideas.
The female body and female sexuality in Ermo and Suzhou River
Changing gender relationships in Plunder of Peach and Plum and Ermo
Changing concepts of family and community in Plunder of Peach and Plum and It’s My Day Off (or Ermo)
Changing roles of the individual in It’s My Day Off and Ermo (or Suzhou River)
The city as a site of disillusionment and destruction in Plunder of Peach and Plum andSuzhou River
The city as a communal space in It’s My Day Off versus an enigmatic space in Suzhou River
Different/similar attitudes to the forces of urban corruption in Plunder of Peach and Plum and Suzhou River
The impact of money on human relationships in Ermo and Suzhou River
Idealism and its fates in Plunder of Peach and Plum and Suzhou River
Challenges to male or patriarchal values in Ermo and Suzhou River
Keywords are central ideas you discuss in your paper. Sample keywords include: market, modernity, romance, value, woman, and the like. 4 keywords must be listed upfront below the title of your paper.
4 required sources refer to different works by authors listed. Again, a chapter in an edited volume counts as one source. All chapters in a single-authored book (like mine) count as 1 source. 2 books by the same authors (like mine) count as 2 sources.