JAPN 316 - Japanese Culture II

Credits: (3)
In this course students explore aspects of Japanese cultural practices and products while continuing to develop the language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking. These skills are practiced in the context of an examination and analysis of key periods in Japan’s modernization. Topics include but are not limited to a study of the important and enduring performing arts traditions of kamishibai and kabuki in Edo of the 1800s as well as the modernizing culture of the Taisho period through its art, fashion, women’s movement, and the tourism culture developed in the Izu peninsula. Students who enroll in this course should have taken four semesters of Japanese language. Prerequisite(s): JAPN202 or permission.