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Academic Year 2000/2001

Studies in Asian Art: Seminar on Narrative Scrolls
ARHA 380 SP
Crosslistings:
EAST 380

This course is an investigation of Japanese narrative scrolls of the 12th to 14th centuries. These scrolls are a specialized form of painting that utilizes a variety of almost cinematographic techniques to transcend the fixed temporal and spatial viewpoint characteristic of most Asian and almost all Western art. The scrolls will be studied technically as a highly evolved form of narrative art and culturally in relationship to the rich heritage of medieval Japanese literature, history, and religio n

MAJOR READINGS

Murasaki Shikibu (Waley, transl.), THE TALE OF GENJI;
A. Sadler, TEN FOOT SQUARE HUT & TALES OF THE HEIKE;
G. Sansom, JAPAN: A SHORT CULTURAL HISTORY;
H. Okudairo, NARRATIVE PICTURE SCROLLS (Arts of Japan Series, V.5);
M. Murase, EMAKI: NARRATIVE PICTURE SCROLLS FROM JAPAN.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Pronunciation quiz; visual skills quiz; regular short written exercises (usually 1-2 pages; exhibition project or term paper (10-20 pages)

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ART    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: ARHA283 OR ARHA287 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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