In East Asian Cinemas, we watched the Korean film Sopyonje, which is centered around a traveling family and Pansori, traditional folk singing. It was a touching movie, but has been criticized as self-orientalizing and so romanticized that it is no longer believable.
In Philosophy in East Asian Literature, we are reading Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, which I read some of at BU for Eastern Religions, but not as much in depth. In a way, a lot of what we talk about reminds me of Existentialism, but the way of thinking is very different. There is an emphasis on analogical thinking, and language is seen as insufficient for explaining concepts such as the t'ai-chi (the ultimate). Anything that can be defined is phenomenal, and is just a manifestation of the neumenal (metaphysical) world. The neumenal realm is considered what is real, and what is truth, and these things are therefore beyond perception. etc etc?
<-- Tao
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