ALIT227

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ALIT227

Twentieth-Century Japan ALIT227 SP

Crosslistings: EAST227

Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:06 EST 1997 )

Section  Limit  Enrollment  Available
  01       20      5         15

This is an interdisciplinary course that brings together important topics in modern Japan, such as tradition vs. modernity, group vs. individual, politics and economics, with a focus on minority life and literature. The first three weeks will be devoted to the study of pre-20th century Japan in order to ready ourselves for the main part of this course. The classes will be divided equally for discussions and lectures and will include films and demonstrations as well.

MAJOR READINGS

H. Paul Varley, JAPANESE CULTURE: A SHORT
HISTORY (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977)
Edwin O. Reischauer, THE JAPANESE (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard
Univ. Press, 1977)
Lebra and Lebra eds., JAPANESE CULTURE AND BEHAVIOR:
SELECTED READINGS (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press,
1974)
Ted T. Takaya, ed., MODERN JAPANESE DRAMA: AN ANTHOLOGY (New
York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1979)
Sumii Sue, THE RIVER WITH NO BRIDGE (Rutland, Vt.: Charles
Tuttle, 1989)
Shimazaki Toson, "The Broken Commandment," Donald Keene,
ed., MODERN JAPANESE LITERATURE (Rutland Vt.: Charles
Tuttle, 1957), pp. 134-41

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two major papers, several short papers, midterm and final examinations

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Knowledge of Japanese desirable but not required

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture Films Demonstrations

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA AL&L

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Samuel, Y; Times: .T.T... 1:10PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 2, Fr: 1; No Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-10-1997

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