JPS2140

Japanese culture in Japan

(ART)

Alison Tokita

8 points + Intensive lectures, tutorials and field trips for 35 hours per week, over 3 weeks (January) + Japan (with 8 hours of formal seminars at Clayton) + Prerequisites: first-year Japanese language or Japanese studies sequence or combination, or permission + Prohibition: JPS2150/3150, JPS3140

Synopsis: This subject is a 3 week tour of Japan which will give the student direct experience of a number of Japanese cultural events and phenomena, in addition to library based study before travelling to Japan and on return to Australia. Like its counterpart, JPS2/3150 Japanese culture, this subject treats Japanese culture primarily in the sense of the arts: verbal, visual and performing. It offers a broad perspective of Japanese cultural and artistic forms, allowing students to focus on areas on individual interest. It covers Japanese cultural history from prehistoric times to the contemporary, particularly looking at the relation between Chinese, Korean and indigenous Japanese culture.

Assessment: Oral presentation (also submitted in written form) on a site to be visited (1000 words ) + Post-site visit critique (500 words) + Critique of another student0s site visit presentation (500 words): 30% + Major research essay (3000 words): 50% + Exam (1 hour): 20% + Note: major essay to be submitted by the end of week eight of the first semester