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 HIS 373/573,
CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
CLASS SCHEDULE
THE POSTMODERN COMES TO JAPAN
(THREE CLASS SESSIONS)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2005:
DEFINING THE POSTMODERN IN JAPANESE CULTURE  

DISCUSSION: From Traditional to Postmodem in Japanese Culture  

VIDEOS: On Your Mark and Struggle for Hope (excerpt)  

JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT THREE DUE 

INTERNET DISCUSSION NINE (POSTMODERN CULTURE) OPEN

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2005:  
THE POSTMODERN IN LITERATURE  

DISCUSSION: A Postmodern Short Story by Haruki Murakami  

READING:

ARTICLE: Haruki Murakami's short story "Barn Burning" from his collection The Elephant Vanishes: 18 pages

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2005:  
MELDING PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: FOUR CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ARTISTS

INTRODUCTORY WEB PAGE: MODERN ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN

[RESEARCH ESSAY DRAFT due to instructor for evaluation.]

  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 |
This site has been prepared by Lee A. Makela for the use of students at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, who are enrolled in HIS 373/573, Contemporary Japan in Historical Perspective during the Fall Semester of the 2005 - 2006 Academic Year; please contact him with any comments by email at l.makela@csuohio.edu.  
 last revised: August 29, 2005