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Amyx. This course examines the politics and policies of contemporary Japan, applying a range of theoretical perspectives to analyze both recent history and current events. We will survey the core political institutions of the postwar era, exam patterns of political interaction, and investigate current debates over policyThe 1990s have been marked by political change at many different levels in Japa and the course will investigate the significance of these changes, as well as enduring continuities. Recent changes have included the introduction of a new electoral system, shift from one party rule to coalition government rule, breakin the bureaucracy, a financial crisis and prolonged economic stagnation. In thlatter part of the course, we will focus in particular on the puzzle of how Jappolitical economic structures and policies could have proven so successful for long and yet so disastrous of late. Throughout the course, students will be encto think about Japanese politics in a comparative context and to consider the functioning of the Japanese political system in the context of more theoreticaldebates in political science.
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History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Harrington. This course introduces the major intellectual developments and problems within Japan's history. Special attention will be given to explaining why and how Japanese thinkers only selectively absorbed Chinese thinking during Japan's first "opening" to outside influence and then later tried again to be selective when engaged with the West. Japanese thinkers' differing way of understanding and utilizing Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Christianity, and European philosophy will be considered. So too, however, will be what are usually taken to be "native" patterns of thought--viz. Shinto, The National Learning School, and what came to be called "the Code of the Warrior." Surfacing at various points in this course will be questions that could be addressed to any nation or people and their intellectual history--viz. What does it mean for anyone to claim there might be "indigenous" modes of thought and appreciation Can thought and philosophy get free of being suspect as ways for the expression of nationalism in its various forms What are some of the practical consequences in and for a society, especially in our "globalized" world, when its intellectual trajectory differs from that of the "West" and important contemporary thinkers within wish to retain that divergence Because of its double and deep interaction with two "alien" thought modes--that of China and that of the modern West--Japan provides an especially fine venue for the exploration of such topics.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Kano. This seminar deals with issues which such as the cultural and historical constructions of femininity and masculinity; gendered division of education and labor; representation of gender and sexuality in literature, theater, and popular culture; and forms of activism for the rights of women and sexual minorities. This course will use films, videos, and manga, as well as readings from anthropological, historical, literary, and theoretical texts. All readings will be in English, but Japanese materials will be available to those interested.
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3.00 Credits
Harrington. Prerequisite(s): EALC 002 or EALC 069 or permission from the instructor. This course examines the nexus between the Japanese music and manga (graphic novel) industries and the consequent symbiotic relationship between animation (anime), live-action TV drama and film, popular literature, and advertising in contemporary Japan. Through the consideration of such relationships, we will come to engage with larget questions of artistic autonomy versus the commodified production of art, connecting them to an understanding of the history of literary and artistic production in Japan and elsewhere. We will analyze the poetics and aesthetics of the Japanese popular music that is used as opening and ending theme songs for anime and live-action dramas. What is the significance of the fact that on any given week it is not uncommon for nearly half of the songs in the Top 10 chart to be theme songs for not only anime and TV dramas, but even for weekly TV sports shows or advertising selling anything from fleeces to station wagons In addition to examining the relationship, or lack thereof, between the music and the shows, by tracing the life-cycle of stories such "Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit" and "Fullmetal Alchemist" through their incarnations as popular literature or serialized graphic novels, animation, cinema, etc. students will be guided to consider the distinct features of each genre and medium, as well as the aesthetic principles involved in adaptation from one genre/medium to another. As the semester progresses students will acquire skills of close reading and analysis of various kinds of texts, focusing on their narrative, poetic, visual, and musical components. Throughout the semester we will also engage in a literature review of the expanding body of academic publications on Japanese popular culture. Pre-requisites: EALC 002 or EALC 069 or permission from the instructor
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3.00 Credits
History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Hurst. Offered through the College of General Studies -See the CGS Course Guide. Graduate students may take this course as EALC 576 and should see the instructor to discuss additional requirements for graduate credit. This course deals with the samurai in Japanese history and culture and will focus on the period of samurai political dominance from 1185 to 1868, but it will in fact range over the whole of Japanese history from the development of early forms of warfare to the disappearance of the samurai after the Meiji Restoration of the 19th century. The course will conclude with a discussion of the legacy of the samurai in modern Japanese culture and the image of the samurai in foreign perceptions of Japan.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This course surveys the history of Korean literature from the warring periods when the three kingdoms were each vying for dominance on the peninsula to the end of the long Choson dynasty in the 19th century. Students will be introduced to the major authors, works and genres, as well as important historical figures and events in order to examine the development of Korean literature and culture during these periods of turbulence and peace. Some of the topics we will explore are: literati versus folk culture; identity and language; gender and class relations; and the intersection between history and literature. We will explore these issues through various texts and other media representations, such as film and historical television dramas.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. Is Korean cinema experiencing a "renaissance" in the 21st century We will take the recent surge of success behind Korean cinema as a way to explore our object of study: Korea and the cinema. We situate Korean cinema in broader (and at times narrow) cultural, social, and aesthetic contexts to investigate transnational media production and circulation, globalization, consumer culture, commercialization, Hollywoodization, and construction of national, ethnic, gender identities, etc. The course focuses on the works of prominent filmmakers of Korea's past and present, such as Shin Sangok, Im Kwontaek, Kim Kiduk, and Lee Ch'angdong, as well as paying special attention to genres of Korean film such as the melodrama, slapstick comedy, and erotica. No prerequisites. All films with English subtitles.
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3.00 Credits
Chance, F. The goal of this course is understanding the development of visual, performing, and literary arts in Korea and the historical, religious, and social contexts in which they flourished. It serves as an introduction to the arts of Korea, with emphasis on painting, sculpture, ceramics, and architecture and additional consideration of dance, drama, poetry, and culinary arts. Covers the whole history of Korea, from prehistoric times to the twenty-first century.
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3.00 Credits
Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Steinhardt. Using wall painting, sculpture, and minor arts as evidence, the course will examine the attitudes toward life and death beliefs in Han (206 BCE-AD 220) China.
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3.00 Credits
Steinhardt. The Yuan Dynasty (1257-1368), the period of Mongolilan rule, was the only time in Chinese history when China was part of a larger empire that spanned the Asian continent. Using architecture, sculpture, painting, and excavated evidence, this course examines the unique results of an international Asian world centered in China.
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