@article{ART003178936},
author={Cho Young Hyun},
title={Recent research trends in Jia Zhangke's films — Focusing on ‘Poetic Realism’, ‘Spectacle(landscape)’, and ‘Soundscape’},
journal={The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China},
issn={1738-0502},
year={2025},
number={75},
pages={501-528},
doi={10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.019}
TY - JOUR
AU - Cho Young Hyun
TI - Recent research trends in Jia Zhangke's films — Focusing on ‘Poetic Realism’, ‘Spectacle(landscape)’, and ‘Soundscape’
JO - The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 75
PB - Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
SP - 501
EP - 528
SN - 1738-0502
AB - Jia Zhangke's film is considered a milestone between yesterday and today in Chinese cinema, as “since the beginning of China's cinematic history, there has never been a film that has expressed the breath of living Chinese people so authentically.” Michael Berry calls Jia Zhangke “not just a filmmaker but also a public intellectual, a real thinker.” Jia Zhangke's films are often discussed in the category of neorealism, which captured reality as it is, without embellishment, and showed social problems in everyday life. However, recent studies have argued for poetic realism, emphasizing that we shouldn't construct an ‘imaginary China’ based on the representation of ‘China’ in Jia Zhangke's films, and that we shouldn't construct an ‘imaginary China’ like Orientalism. Furthermore, research utilizing the concept of ‘景觀’(Spectacle/landscape) emphasizes that Jia Zhangke's works are not mere records of actual and objective reality, but constructions of the artist's subjective imagination of reality. Utilizing the concept of soundscape, the study argues that Jia Zhangke's use of loud noises, localized dialects, and timeless popular songs demonstrates his exploration of psychological space as well as the representation of physical space. This paper examines the methodological validity of this trend.
KW - Jia Zhangke;public intellectual;neorealism;poetic realism;spectacle (landscape);soundscape
DO - 10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.019
ER -
Cho Young Hyun. (2025). Recent research trends in Jia Zhangke's films — Focusing on ‘Poetic Realism’, ‘Spectacle(landscape)’, and ‘Soundscape’. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 75, 501-528.
Cho Young Hyun. 2025, "Recent research trends in Jia Zhangke's films — Focusing on ‘Poetic Realism’, ‘Spectacle(landscape)’, and ‘Soundscape’", The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, no.75, pp.501-528. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.019
Cho Young Hyun "Recent research trends in Jia Zhangke's films — Focusing on ‘Poetic Realism’, ‘Spectacle(landscape)’, and ‘Soundscape’" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China 75 pp.501-528 (2025) : 501.
Cho Young Hyun. Recent research trends in Jia Zhangke's films — Focusing on ‘Poetic Realism’, ‘Spectacle(landscape)’, and ‘Soundscape’. 2025; 75 : 501-528. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.019
Cho Young Hyun. "Recent research trends in Jia Zhangke's films — Focusing on ‘Poetic Realism’, ‘Spectacle(landscape)’, and ‘Soundscape’" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.75(2025) : 501-528.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.019
Cho Young Hyun. Recent research trends in Jia Zhangke's films — Focusing on ‘Poetic Realism’, ‘Spectacle(landscape)’, and ‘Soundscape’. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China, 75, 501-528. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.019
Cho Young Hyun. Recent research trends in Jia Zhangke's films — Focusing on ‘Poetic Realism’, ‘Spectacle(landscape)’, and ‘Soundscape’. The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China. 2025; 75 501-528. doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.019
Cho Young Hyun. Recent research trends in Jia Zhangke's films — Focusing on ‘Poetic Realism’, ‘Spectacle(landscape)’, and ‘Soundscape’. 2025; 75 : 501-528. Available from: doi:10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.019
Cho Young Hyun. "Recent research trends in Jia Zhangke's films — Focusing on ‘Poetic Realism’, ‘Spectacle(landscape)’, and ‘Soundscape’" The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China no.75(2025) : 501-528.doi: 10.16874/jslckc.2025..75.019
