CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
CLASS SCHEDULE
JAPAN'S
CULTURAL HERITAGE
(THREE CLASS SESSIONS)
MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 7, 2005:
LITERARY AND ARTISTIC IDEALS, VALUES AND SYMBOLS
READING:
ARTICLE: Takashina Shuji, "The Decorative Principle in Japanese Painting", (Japan Echo, Volume XVII, Number 4, 1990: 7 pages)
ARTICLE: selection from The Tale of Genji: 14 pages
CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE POPULAR CULTURE PROJECT DUE
INTERNET DISCUSSION EIGHT (ARTS AND LITERATURE) OPEN
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 9, 2005:
JAPAN'S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AND TRADITIONAL GARDEN DESIGN
ASSIGNED ILLUSTRATED LECTURE: Traditional Architecture in Japan
ILLUSTRATED IN-CLASS LECTURE: Beyond Moss and Stone -
The Garden in Japan [VIEW the ONLINE VERSION]
MONDAY, NOVEMBER
14, 2005:
THE CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL INFLUENCE OF THE JAPANESE GARDEN
VIDEOS: DREAM WINDOW and INABUNE (a kabuki dance with Tamasaburo Bando, contemporary Japan's most famous onnagata)
READING: "Gardens", Chapter 6 by Audrey Yoshiko Seo in ART, pages 116 - 135
CLASS SCHEDULE:
| THINKING ABOUT JAPAN | CODES OF CONDUCT | SOCIETY | POPULAR CULTURE | CULTURAL HERITAGE | THE POSTMODERN | EDUCATION, THE ECONOMY AND POLITICS | CONCLUDING THE COURSE OF STUDY |