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Japanese Civilization L03 East Asia 226CQ |
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22 (W) Introduction to the Course |
No Assigned Readings |
| 24 (F) Background: The Chinese Version | Read: W. Scott Morton, Japan Its History and Culture, pp. 1-9; “The Earliest Records of Japan,” in Course Pack 1 (CP1): pp. 1-7 (These readings are taken from Tsunoda, ed. Sources of Japanese Tradition) |
| 27 (M) Gods and Myth: The Japanese Version | Read: Morton, pp. 9-15
CP1, pp. 7 (The Preface to the Kojiki) pp. 8-24 (Readable Mythology) |
| 29 (W) Buddhism and the China Connection | Read: Morton, pp. 17-26
***Discussion Sections meet today**** |
| 31 (F) Early Poetic Vision | Read: Morton, pp. 27-33
CP1, pp. 25-32 (excerpts from the Man'yoshu) |
| 3 (M) LABOR DAY!!! | Visit the Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Gardens!
Taiko Drummers, Bon-odori, calligraphy (shodo), flower arranging (ikebana), festival music, karaoke, saké, tea ceremony (chado), go (chess) demonstrations, martial arts demonstrations, Japanese food, crafts, and much, much more! Japanese Festival Schedule
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| 5 (W) Heian Period--Perfectly Poetic |
Read: Morton, pp. 35-48; CP1, pp.33-40: Excerpts from The Tales of Ise and Kokinshû Recommended: Ivan Morris, The World of the Shining Prince (on reserve) ***Discussion Sections meet today**** |
| 7 (F) Sei Shônagon’s Pillow Book and the Rule of Taste | Read: CP1, pp. 41-45 (selections from The Pillow Book)
Recommended: Ivan Morris’ translation of The Pillow Book |
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10 (M) Marriage, Mono no aware, and Women Writers |
Read: CP1, pp. 47-56 (The "Kiritsubo" chapter from The Tale of Genji)
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| FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE PEACE
TREATY
BETWEEN THE U.S. AND JAPAN CELEBRATION Monday 10 September 2001
Sponsored by the Japan America Society of St. Louis and the World Affairs Council and in cooperation with a number of universities and institutions in St. Louis, this celebration commemorates the signing of the Peace Treaty between Japan and the United States. The celebration will include a discussion among Japanese and American university professors and members of the business community, followed by a reception. The celebration is free, but reservations are required by September 3. Please call 516-7299 for more information |
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12 (W) Murasaki Shikibu Meets the Twentieth Century |
No Assigned Readings ***Discussion Sections meet today**** |
| 14 (F) Rise of the Samurai and the Heike Wars |
Read: Morton, pp. 49-64 CP1, pp. 57-66 ( Selections from Chapter Nine of The Tale of the Heike) |
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17 (M) Buddhism in a World of Chaos |
Read: Morton, pp. 65-88 |
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19 (W) Canons of Medieval Taste: Tea, Zen, and Sabi |
Read: Morton, pp. 89-103 ***Discussion Sections meet today**** |
| 21 (F) Medieval Arts: Noh and Kyogen Theater | Read: "Sotoba Komachi" (Noh) and "Busu" (Kyogen) in CP1, pp. 67-77 |
| 24 (M) The Age of Castles and Southern Barbarians | Read: Morton, pp. 105-121
**Japanese Film Series begins tonight** "The Makioka Sisters" (1983) Kon Ichikawa, Director Ridgley Hall, Room 219, 6:00 pm FREE |
| 22 (Saturday) East Asian Studies and the Popular Imagination | A symposium sponsored by the Joint Center for East
Asian Studies
Women's Building Formal Lounge From 1:00 Students should make every effort to attend, especially the first two hours for a discussion with Dr. Kyoko Mori--author of Polite Lies and The Dream of Water |
| 26 (W) Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Beginnings of Bourgeois Culture | Read: Morton: pp. 123-135
CP1, pp. 78-81 Ihara Saikaku's "Eternal Storehouse: from Keene, Anthology of Japanese Literature ***Discussion Sections meet today**** |
| 28 (F) Chonin World | Read: "The Love Suicides at Sonezaki" (handout) |
| 1 (M) The Art of Puppetry | FIRST ESSAY IS DUE TODAY |
| 3 (W) Black Ships | Read: Morton, pp. 137-148
Special Event: Puppet Performance and Workshop ***NO Discussion Sections today**** |
| 5 (F) Meiji and the Emergence of Modern Japan | Read: Morton, pp. 149-180; Course Pack 2 (CP2, pp. 1-2--a selection from The Beefeater) |
| 8 (M) Taisho: Democracy and Decadence | Read: Morton, pp. 181-190; CP2, Tanizaki Junichiro's "Aguri" |
| 10 (W) MIDTERM |
Japanese Film
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| 12 (F) Fall Break | |
| 15 (M) The Road to War |
Read: Morton, pp. 191-202 Japanese Film:
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| 17 (W) The Bomb: Then and Now/Here and There | Read: CP2, pp. 23-50 (selections from Hein and Selden, eds. Living
with the Bomb)
***Discussion Sections meet today**** |
| 19 (F) Occupation and Recovery | Read: Morton, pp. 203-211 |
| 22 (M) To Name Oneself | Read: CP2 (Kojima Nobuo's "The American School") |
| 24 (W) Approaching Contemporary Japan--Looking in from the Outside; Looking Out from Within | Read: Yoshio Sugimoto, An Introduction to Japanese Society,
pp. 1-25; CP2: (selections from Watsuji Tetsuro and Karel van Wolferen)
Recommended: for important historical background to contemporary Japanese society, continue reading Morton. ***Discussion Sections meet today**** |
| 26 (F) Setting the Terms: uchi/soto; tatemae/honne; omote/ura | Read: Sugimoto, pp. 25-29; Joy Hendry, Understaind Japanese Society pp. 42-48, 55 |
| 29 (M) Class, Place, and Alternative Images of Japanese Life |
Read: Sugimoto, pp. 33-52 Japanese Film
Spooooky! |
| 31 (W) Generation Gaps | Read Sugimoto, pp. 53-78
***Discussion Sections meet today**** |
| 2 (F) Youth Culture/Youth Music/Sonic Noise | A Special Lecture by Dr. Csaba Toth,
Chair of History at Carlow College in Pittsburgh Current research involves the history of sound and noise production Dr. Toth will also be offering a special lecture on his research from 4:00 in the Music Building |
| 5 (M) Ritual and Daily Life | Read: Sugimoto, pp. 230-234 (section on Folk Culture); Hendry,
pp. 133-148
Japanese Film
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| 7 (W) Education: Learning to be Japanese | Read: Sugimoto, pp. 107-120; Hendry 96-114
***Discussion Sections meet today**** |
| 9 (F) Trouble in School |
Read: Sugimoto, pp. 120-135; CP2: Goodman’s chapter on “Kikokushijo” |
| 12 (M) The Family | Read: Sugimoto, pp. 136-168
Japanese Film
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| 14 (W) Changing Roles for Women | Read: Hendry, 149-167; CP 2 "Women and Family in Transition" |
| 16 (F) Sexual Culture | Read: CP2 A selection of essays from Ampo: Voices from the Japanese
Women's Movement
***Discussion Sections meet today**** |
| 19 (M) Media, Sports, and Popular Entertainment | Read: Hendry, 168-186; Sugiimoto, pp. 220-230 |
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21 (W) & 23 (F) THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS |
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| 26 (M) Re-Made in Japan | Read: CP2 Selections from Re-Made in Japan |
| 28 (W) The Japanese Version | video
***Discussion Sections meet today**** |
| 30 (F) Going Home | video--selections of "Traffic Jam" |
| 3 (M) Last day of class | FINAL ESSAYS ARE DUE TODAY
Class Reports -- a random selection Japanese Film
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10 (M) FINAL EXAM |
10:30-12:30 |