JPAN 302 - Japanese Literature and Film in Translation

Institution:

William Paterson University of New Jersey

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Description:

This course fosters an understanding of major works of Japanese literature and cinema, both traditional and contemporary. Drawing upon novels, dramas, poetry, and film, it examines how these genres reflect Japanese ethics, aesthetics, and samurai and commoner societies in the Edo period. Furthermore, the course explores the influence on contemporary literature of Westernization in the postwar period, and reconciliation of individual expression with group conformity in today's society. (Crosslisted with ASN 302)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.wpunj.edu

Phone Number:

(973) 720-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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