JAPANESE 10 Introduction to Japanese Culture (Identical to AMES 13) Japanese 10 Course Syllabus Instructors and office hours Japanese 61 Course Description Regular Attendanc Essays Final Examination Grades Texts Films Schedule of Topics, Readings, and Films:   Japanese 10 Course Syllabus, Spring 2000 Instructors and office hours Dennis Washburn Bartlett 303 (Tel: 646-1287) Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 1:00~2:30 Description Japanese cultural history through a broad survey of literature, art, social and political institutions, and popular culture. Modern conceptions of Japan and formations of Japanese identity have evolved under the pressures created by radical swings between periods of wholesale appropriation of foreign cultural forms and periods of extreme isolation. The course will trace the evolution of Japanese culture by examining the ways in which cultural archetypes are distinguished in Japan. These types include: warrior, aristocrat, nurturing woman/demonic woman, merchant, wanderer, peasant/laborer, and outcaste. Taught in English. Open to all classes. Completion of Assignments Homework must be completed on time. This requirement applies to both written work and reading assignments. Participation in class discussions will count heavily in calculating grades. Regular Attendance Attendance is mandatory for all classes and screenings. Unexcused absences will be penalized heavily when figuring the final grade. Essays you will write three essays (5-6 pages each) in response to questions distributed in class. Please see the schedule below for dates. Final Examination Date to be announced Grades Essays will count 20% each, for a total of 60% of your final grade. The Final Examination will count 30% of your final grade. Class participation will count for 10% of your final grade. Texts: You must purchase a two-volume course packet from Wheelock Books. The following books are available at the Dartmouth Bookstore or at the Reserve Desk in Baker. Japanese Culture, by Paul Varley Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Matsuo Bashô Life of an Amorous Woman, by Ihara Saikaku The Doctor's Wife, by Ariyoshi Sawako Some Prefer Nettles, by Tanizaki Jun'ichirô The Setting Sun, by Dazai Osamu Kokoro, by Natsume Soseki A Wild Sheep Chase, by Murakami Haruki As We Saw Them, by Masao Miyoshi Films Date to be announced Schedule of Topics, Readings, and Films: PART I Turning Japanese: the trope of cultural identity 3/27 (M) Introduction: Cultural encounters and the problem of translation Topic 1 -- The dynamics of stereotypes: The West's Japan 3/28 (T) Edward Said, "Introduction," from Orientalism 3/29 (T) Pierre Loti, selection from Madame Chrysanthéme Basil Hall Chamberlain, selections from Things Japanese Lafcadio Hearn, selections from Japan's Great Interpreter 3/31 (F) John Dower, selections from War Without Mercy Michener, selection from Sayonara Michael Crichton, selection from Rising Sun Topic 2 -- The dynamics of stereotypes: Japan's West 4/3 (M) Documentary: The Japanese Version 4/4 (T) Masao Miyoshi, As We Saw Them 4/5 (W) 5 Masao Miyoshi, As We Saw Them 4/7 (F) Tanizaki Jun'ichirô, Some Prefer Nettles 4/10 (M) Tanizaki Jun'ichirô, Some Prefer Nettles 4/11 (T) Nosaka Akiyuki, "American Hijiki" Mary Yoko Brannen, "Bwana Mickey," from Re-Made in Japan 4/12 (W) Dorinne Kondo, "The Eye/I" from Crafting Selves Robert Smith, "Self and Other," from Japanese Society *** First set of essay questions distributed in class PART II Japan as historical trope Topic 1 -- Geography and Earliest History 4/14 (F) Maps of Japan; Varley, Ch. 1 4/17 (M) Kojiki; Varley, Ch.2 Topic 2 -- Court and Society 4/18 (T) Ivan Morris, "Politics and Society," from The World of the Shining Prince Selections from The Pillow Book of Sei Shônagon, Varley, Ch. 3 Topic 3 -- Warrior and Society 4/19 (W) John Whitney Hall, "Feudalism in Japan," from Studies in the Institutional History of Early Modern Japan; Varley, ch. 4 ***First essays due in class 4/21 (F) Varley, Ch. 5,6 Topic 4 -- Modernization and War 4/24 (M) Varley, Ch. 7.8 4/25(T) Marius B. Jansen, "The Meiji Restoration," from The Cambridge History of Japan; Varley, Ch. 9 Topic 5 -- War and Aftermath 4/26 (W) Varley, Ch. 10, 11, Carol Gluck, "The Past in the Present," from Gordon, ed., Postwar Japan as History 4/28 (F) H. D. Harootunian, "America's Japan/Japan's Japan," from ,u>Japan in the World *** Second set of essay questions distributed in class PART III Japan's Japan: Depicting Identities Image 1: Warrior 5/1 (M) Selections from Tale of the Heike, "Atsumori," from Anthology of Japanese Literature; Kagemusha 5/2(T) Mori Ôgai, "The Abe Family " and "The Incident at Sakai, " from The Historical Fiction of Mori Ôgai; Kagemusha 5/3(W) Mishima Yukio, "Patriotism, " from Death in Midsummer Image 2: Merchant 5/5 (F) Tamae Prindle, selections from Made in Japan 5/8 (M) Shall We Dance? ***Second essays due in class Image 3: Aristocrat 5/9 (T) Selections from The Tale of Genji 5/10 (W) Dazai Osamu, The Setting Sun Image 4: Faces of Eve 5/12 (F) Ihara Saikaku, Life of an Amorous Woman 5/15 (M) Ariyoshi Sawako The Doctor's Wife 5/16 (T) When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Image 5: The Wanderer 5/10 (W) Matsuo Bashô, Narrow Road to the Deep North Topic 6: Peasant/Laborer 5/19(F) Edward Fowler, selections from San'ya Blues Topic 7: Outcaste 5/22 (M) Natsume Soseki, Kokoro *** Third set of essay questions distributed in class 5/23 (T) Natsume Soseki, Kokoro 5/24 (W) Vengeance Is Mine PART IV Exotic Japan and the Postmodern Turn 5/26(F) Marilyn Ivy, "Itineraries of Knowledge," from Discourses of the Vanishing David Harvey, selections form The Condition of Postmodernity 5/29 (M) Memorial Day, no class 5/30 (T) Murakami Haruki, A Wild Sheep Chase ***Third essays due in class 5/31 (W) The Castle of Cagliostro   | HOME | COURSES | CONTENTS | Last Modified June 21, 2000, by Yukari.