Choose one of the specified essay topics and identify an appropriate primary corpus, and

critically analyse how your sample texts have changed when placed in dialogue with

other cultures. You may wish to consider what is culturally specific about these texts, and

what has local and global significance. Your essay should not reproduce material dealt

with in your tutorial presentation or literature review.

Do NOT write about Japanese manga or anime, as these are comprehensively dealt

with in other units.

be 3000 words;

 be presented in 12-pt font, 1.5-spaced, 2cm margins;

• use an approved referencing style, e.g. MLA, Chicago, Harvard, APA;

• be fully referenced with at least five relevant academic references (books, book

chapters or journal articles) (You can locate scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles by

using the library databases such as Project Muse or Academic Advanced Premier. You

can find these by using the Library’s Multi Search: >Databases>Project Muse, e.g.

You can also put a key word into Multi Search under books and articles, but you need

to be precise in your choice of term, or you’ll get hundreds of irrelevant references.

You may include graphics and website materials, but they will not be counted as

academic references);

 list “Works Cited” at the end of your essay. This should not be a general bibliography

or references, but contain all and only works cited within the essay;

• avoid the use of subheadings (a coherent argument should link components of a short

essay such as this); and

• minimize description of content and story elements – analyze!

The topic for the essay : What advantages and disadvantages are there in making films which combine local

Asian themes and Hollywood-style production values?

Compare films from TWO countries in your answer.