狼圖騰
Wolf Totem
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2015 China Mandarin / Mongolian 121 minutes
本周我们小组讨论的电影是根据姜戎小说《狼图腾》改编，由法国导演Jean Jacques Annaud导演的同名华语电影。我们的看法是这是一部可以综合探讨生态平衡、农耕与游牧文化冲突、知青下乡、以及边境乌托邦（Frontier Utopia）的覆灭等议题的佳片，适合选修AP中文的高中生以及大学中文二年级以上水平的学生观看。也适合让学生结合小说和电影一起学习。如果各位老师有兴趣的话，推荐在寒假期间观看。同时欢迎看过小说或电影的老师踊跃发表观影或教学看法，谢谢！ （CLFedEx 小組 JJC）
因为我的电影课不仅介绍社会和文化，还要顾及中文学习，所以我一般选择学生在语言课里涉及到的知识点。否则重新介绍词汇，很耽误教学进度。所以我个人觉得这个电影在中文的词汇累积上比较缺乏，除非是英文纯讨论，要不然就算高年级同学，恐怕在语言准备上也要额外花很多功夫。 (YJH)
是一部非常值得推薦的電影。期待還沒看過的老師可以利用寒假的時候觀看之後給我們一些教學上的建議。 (YFC)
对对，特别需要教学建议，尤其是课前词汇准备上的教学技巧。内容课用target language教，真是不容易呢。 (YJH)
另外老师们给学生的课堂讨论准备vocabulary list 吗？有什么要注意的地方吗？我有点跑题了。下个学期就要上马教电影课。去年教过一次，急需改进课堂讨论环节。急盼各位的分享。……还有，因为是内容课，我班上有学过2年的，3年的，和快要毕业的4年级本科生，怎么来让中文水平不齐的学生都既有挑战又不超过他们承受范围太多？ (YJH)
預計花多少時間討論呢？有的時候我把電影當“泛讀”或“泛聽”的文化材料，要學生課前看，並指派一個同學簡述內容、帶討論，學生帶完討論後，也討論幾個我準備的問題來幫助學生理解內容。（也可以讓學生事先看些英文寫的背景材料。）學生程度不齊的話，有些問題，可以先兩人一組討論，再總結。 （YFC)
去年我是17个学生，一堂课是75分钟，看过电影以后，我给学生两个讨论话题。分别由两个学生做discussion lead. 每个同学挑看过的一个能体现话题的影片片段来描述、分析、和准备三个引申的问题给底下的学生讨论。讨论的时候，我分了小组，高年级的愿意用中文的就用中文讨论，低年级的愿意加入中文讨论的也可以去。但是有人觉得中文讨论不尽兴，还是愿意用英文讨论的话，他们就去英文小组。最后我让所有的小组代表发言，但是总觉得课堂秩序有点乱，一会有人中文发言，一会有人英文发言。code switching 太频繁。陈老师您觉得有什么好的解决办法吗？ (YJH)
麻煩解釋一下Frontier Utopia好嗎？謝謝！(SIC)
Frontier Utopian是乌托邦文学里的一个重要分支。有一些大词不知道怎么用中文解释，还是用英文吧。The exotic frontier is often made the vehicle, not merely for social satire which exposes the folly of mainstream social values, by contrast with the simple, unaffected, natural conducts of the savages, but for more or less serious assaults on the very base of mainstream society. In Wolf Totem, Tengger plain offers an exotic utopia space/ haven for these educated youth from techno-capitalist domination of Han Chinese. It adumbrates a prototype of human ecology shaped by a primitive environment. However, the author Jiang Rong is far from simply idealizing or romanticizing the Mongolian minority community or their ethnic culture because he perceives their vulnerability and victimization by Han Chinese colonization and material-oriented development. Therefore I see it more as a Frontier Dystopia or the loss of a Frontier Utopia. (JJC)
Students' Responds:
Student 1: (college student in the 5th semester of learning Chinese)
1. Do you like the film you watched, why or why not? 你喜欢这部电影吗？为什么？
For the most part it was pretty good. I think it had a lot of interesting historical and social elements about China. In terms of a general movie I do not think it was very unique. Most of the emotional and action were good but not especially moving. The plot was not bad but I wish it had been a bit more complex. I felt like the perspective of the movie was good and that it was fairly realistic with the exceptions of a few scenes(wolf suicide and escape from sheep pen). I would like to learn more about the cultural revolution and the conditions in different parts of China during that time. I think this movie helped to intrigue me in that way.
2. Do you think this film helps you learn the language? In what way? 从这部电影你可以学习中文吗？从哪方面？
Yes I think it was helpful in a couple ways. In a movie like this there is a fair amount of conversational dialogue so that I could understand most of what was said, while also introducing me to new colloquial sayings and words. There weren’t really any long monologues which is good because that might increase the time spent figuring out the meaning. Since the setting was something like rural China, I think there was an increase in some more unusual terms that I wouldn’t learn in an urban or modern setting.
3.1. Sections that you would like to use for reading comprehension practice? 你觉得可以用来做阅读练习的部分：
10:24 Couple of lines after almost being killed by wolves and the scene right after with reading
22:14 Maybe this scene when there is a bragin for information
24:52 Most of the conversation between the two groups there is some vocabulary I didn’t know
01:13:59 Interesting descriptions of changes in the setting and new vocabulary
3.2. Sections that you would like to use for listening comprehension practice? 你觉得可以用来做听力练习的部分：
31:08 Most of the crawling in the nest for cubs since the dialogue is interesting
49:56 The lecture given after the tragedy of the storm/wolves is very emotional
01:01:03 The conversation with a’ba is calm and interesting to hear
01:04:25 Talking to mostly just the little wolf is interesting to hear
4. Are there any sections you don't understand? If yes, what are they? (Please let me know the times/minute and second in the film with a very brief description.) 有哪些部分你不太了解？请你写下电影的时间（分/秒），然后写下你的问题
1:40 Why was beijing not doing well/what was going on with the cultural revolution?
11:57 Who is the the spiritual being they are referring to(mentioned throughout the film)?
01:10:19 Why did the mongols from the east have problems with their fields?
01:32:01 Are wolves that smart(they quickly drag dead sheep to build a staircase)??
01:40:09 What is the significance of the (officer?) talking about following orders and being leader?
01:44:49 Did they not take the wolf just because he was upset?
5. What cultural elements do you think are worthy of discussion in class? 有什么文化特点值得在课堂上讨论的？
Anything relating to the Mongolian spirituality or their social customs. The relationship between the rural Mongolians and the Chinese at this time. The relation between different classes of Chinese people and the government at this time. Anything about the cultural revolution and its impact on the average person in China.
6. Is there anything you would like to learn more or say about this film? 你对这部电影还有想学习的重点和其他的看法吗？
I am generally curious about how things progressed after the movie in terms of the interactions of the Chinese and the mongolians, as well as the progression/expansion of China in these rural areas. I am also interested in the history of Mongolia in general.
Student 2: (college student in the 5th semester of learning Chinese)
1. Do you like the film you watched, why or why not? 你喜欢这部电影吗？为什么？
For the most part it was pretty good. I think it had a lot of interesting historical and social elements about China. In terms of a general movie I do not think it was very unique. Most of the emotional and action were good but not especially moving. The plot was not bad but I wish it had been a bit more complex. I felt like the perspective of the movie was good and that it was fairly realistic with the exceptions of a few scenes(wolf suicide and escape from sheep pen). I would like to learn more about the cultural revolution and the conditions in different parts of China during that time. I think this movie helped to intrigue me in that way.
2. Do you think this film helps you learn the language? In what way? 从这部电影你可以学习中文吗？从哪方面？
Yes I think it was helpful in a couple ways. In a movie like this there is a fair amount of conversational dialogue so that I could understand most of what was said, while also introducing me to new colloquial sayings and words. There weren’t really any long monologues which is good because that might increase the time spent figuring out the meaning. Since the setting was something like rural China, I think there was an increase in some more unusual terms that I wouldn’t learn in an urban or modern setting.
3.1. Sections that you would like to use for reading comprehension practice? 你觉得可以用来做阅读练习的部分：
10:24 Couple of lines after almost being killed by wolves and the scene right after with reading
22:14 Maybe this scene when there is a bragin for information
24:52 Most of the conversation between the two groups there is some vocabulary I didn’t know
01:13:59 Interesting descriptions of changes in the setting and new vocabulary
3.2. Sections that you would like to use for listening comprehension practice? 你觉得可以用来做听力练习的部分：
31:08 Most of the crawling in the nest for cubs since the dialogue is interesting
49:56 The lecture given after the tragedy of the storm/wolves is very emotional
01:01:03 The conversation with a’ba is calm and interesting to hear
01:04:25 Talking to mostly just the little wolf is interesting to hear
4. Are there any sections you don't understand? If yes, what are they? (Please let me know the times/minute and second in the film with a very brief description.) 有哪些部分你不太了解？请你写下电影的时间（分/秒），然后写下你的问题
1:40 Why was beijing not doing well/what was going on with the cultural revolution?
11:57 Who is the the spiritual being they are referring to(mentioned throughout the film)?
01:10:19 Why did the mongols from the east have problems with their fields?
01:32:01 Are wolves that smart(they quickly drag dead sheep to build a staircase)??
01:40:09 What is the significance of the (officer?) talking about following orders and being leader?
01:44:49 Did they not take the wolf just because he was upset?
5. What cultural elements do you think are worthy of discussion in class? 有什么文化特点值得在课堂上讨论的？
Anything relating to the Mongolian spirituality or their social customs. The relationship between the rural Mongolians and the Chinese at this time. The relation between different classes of Chinese people and the government at this time. Anything about the cultural revolution and its impact on the average person in China.
6. Is there anything you would like to learn more or say about this film? 你对这部电影还有想学习的重点和其他的看法吗？
I am generally curious about how things progressed after the movie in terms of the interactions of the Chinese and the mongolians, as well as the progression/expansion of China in these rural areas. I am also interested in the history of Mongolia in general.
Student 3: (college student in the 5th semester of learning Chinese)
1. Do you like the film you watched, why or why not? 你喜欢这部电影吗？为什么？
I liked the film I chose very much. I feel that Wolf Totem is a great cultural reference to learn about early Mongolian life. The Mongolians belief strong belief in the circle of life and death or give and take, their god Tengger, and cultural songs (presented at 1:04:30) I also felt the aspect of human nature and animal nature proved to be very intriguing, for example, in terms of humans the movie displayed greed, betrayal, and corruption. In terms of the animals it presented a sense of hatred, and family but both showed feelings of loss, and love.
2. Do you think this film helps you learn the language? In what way? 从这部电影你可以学习中文吗？从哪方面？
I think the movie does help me learn grammatical structures in the Chinese language thanks to the Chinese subtitles, but in terms of learning the language only from listening is impossible for me. I am not certain if certain words were said with an accent but certain things that I heard did not match the subtitles that were presented. One example being the beginning of the movie when the lady was welcoming them to the village, the characters that appeared were 欢迎 but that is not exactly what I heard.
3.1 Sections that you would like to use for reading comprehension practice? 你觉得可以用来做阅读练习的部分：
1:37-2:00
27:07-27:40
3.2 Sections that you would like to use for listening comprehension practice? 你觉得可以用来做听力练习的部分：
4:15-5:45
1:20:12-1:21:29
4. Are there any sections you don't understand? If yes, what are they? (Please let me know the times/minute and second in the film with a very brief description.) 有哪些部分你不太了解？请你写下电影的时间（分/秒），然后写下你的问题
24:32-26:57 why is it a ritual to kill wolf cubs for Tengger? Who or what is Tengger?
5. What cultural elements do you think are worthy of discussion in class? 有什么文化特点值得在课堂上讨论的？
The strong belief of when they take something from the land they must return it one day. I also feel that their living style in the grasslands should also be discussed.
6. Is there anything you would like to learn more or say about this film? 你对这部电影还有想学习的重点和其他的看法吗？
I want to know if the main character returned to his life in Beijing or continued to live in the grasslands.
Student 4: (college student in the 5th semester of learning Chinese)
1. Do you like the film you watched, why or why not? 你喜欢这部电影吗？为什么？
At first glance I wasn’t sure what to expect from the movie, but after the first couple of scenes I was impressed with how well the movie kept my attention. It felt more like I was watching a documentary of sorts, and even though I am not sure how accurate its content was I felt that it was very informative nonetheless.
2. Do you think this film helps you learn the language? In what way? 从这部电影你可以学习中文吗？从哪方面？
I struggle with the speed at which the Chinese language is spoken, so reading the Chinese subtitles was tough but the English subtitles helped me keep up with the movie. However, when I did try and listen to what was being said and read the Chinese subtitles I was pleasantly surprised with how much of the characters I could make out. I think it helped me with my listening and reading skills overall because everything was happening so quickly that my comprehension had to be as reactive to each movie scene.
3.1 Sections that you would like to use for reading comprehension practice? 你觉得可以用来做阅读练习的部分：
There was a scene with Chen Zhen and A’ba, where they watch the wolves for a while. A’ba takes time to explain to Chen Zhen the wolves habits and how they work together to get their food. It was one of the more relaxed moments of the scene where the conversation was slower then usual. It seems like a good moment to practice following the conversation at a slower rate and then work toward becoming accustomed to the faster paced conversation.
3.2 Sections that you would like to use for listening comprehension practice? 你觉得可以用来做听力练习的部分：
Similarly with improving my reading comprehension, the scene where Chen Zhen explains to his friend that he can’t give up the wolf pup seems like a good spot to practice my listening skills. There is nothing else happening in the scene, and it is a pretty straightforward conversation so I think it would help to get proficient at understanding the spoken language at that pace and then start to understand the more complex conversations.
4. Are there any sections you don't understand? If yes, what are they? (Please let me know the times/minute and second in the film with a very brief description.) 有哪些部分你不太了解？请你写下电影的时间（分/秒），然后写下你的问题
I understood most of what was happening in the film, seeing as there were English subtitles, but the speed at which the scenes transitioned was tough to try and keep up with the subtitles. For me the only really difficult part was the translation of the Chinese subtitles into English, as I felt like I wasn’t getting the whole story seeing as some information was literally lost in translation.
5. What cultural elements do you think are worthy of discussion in class? 有什么文化特点值得在课堂上讨论的？
I really loved the whole setting of this movie as I knew little about Mongolia but knew that it was a really fascinating place. I can’t think of anything specifically that would be beneficial to discuss in class, but if there is anything I learned from this film it is to be accepting of other cultures. I was very uncomfortable when the natives killed the wolf pups, but similarly with my time spent in China, there are aspects of every single culture that can be frowned upon. Killing wolf pups in America isn’t custom or even moral, but to the natives in Mongolia they lived off of their land any which way they could. The Mongolians relationship with the earth really fascinated me throughout the film.
6. Is there anything you would like to learn more or say about this film? 你对这部电影还有想学习的重点和其他的看法吗？
Overall I would say it was a highly enjoyable film, so much so that my roommate actually watched it with me! I have stayed away from watching Chinese movies as I thought the subtitles would be annoying, but the film kept my attention very well and I would like to test my Chinese language skills more by trying to see how much of the language I can understand through film.
Wolf Totem (Chinese: 狼图腾, French: Le Dernier Loup) is a 2015 Chinese-language drama film based on the 2004 Chinese semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Jiang Rong. Directed by French director Jean-Jacques Annaud, the Chinese-French co-production features a Chinese student who is sent to Inner Mongolia to teach shepherds and instead learns about the wolf population, which is under threat by a government apparatchik. . .... Wikipedia
《狼图腾》（英语：Wolf Totem）是一部中法合拍的3D剧情片，改编自姜戎的同名小说《狼图腾》。导演是来自法国的让·雅克·阿诺，主演是冯绍峰、窦骁、巴森扎布、昂和妮玛和尹铸胜。拍摄地点在中国内蒙古自治区。…… 《劇情》1967年，北京知青陈阵和杨克来到内蒙古额仑大草原插队，和蒙古族牧民毕利格一家成为好友。 在与草原狼群接触后，陈阵对这一物种有了强烈的兴趣，甚至有了想自己养一只小狼的念头。 一群外来人贪婪地掠夺了狼群储存过冬的黄羊，打破了狼群和牧民之间的生态平衡，而以场部主任包顺贵为首的生产队员发起的灭狼运动，更使狼群和人类之间的关系陷入到了剑拔弩张的地步。…… 維基百科 豆瓣電影
2015 China/France Trailer
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