East asian studies
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- Assignments and Grades (totally 100%)
- Note: last day to enrol without permission of course instructor is Sept. 24
- Ist Term Reading Week – no classes
- Note: last day to enrol without permission of course instructor is Oct. 23
- First Term Essay is due, 12 pages, 25% of final grade; no paper will be accepted after this date; a grade of F=0 will be recorded
- First Term Takehome Test is given, 20% of final grade; due Dec. 8
- Note: last day to drop course without receiving a grade
- 2 nd Term Reading Week – no classes
- Second Term Essay is due, 12 pages, 25% of final grade; no paper will be accepted after this date; a grade of F=0 will be recorded
- Second Term Takehome Test is given, 20% of final grade; due April 1
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AP/JP 2700 6.0 Contemporary Japanese Culture and Society Term: F/W 2009-2010 Note: THIS IS ALSO A CREDIT COURSE IN THE EAST ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME 東亞研究系 Course Director: Professor Jay Goulding 歐陽劍博士 Office: S739 Ross, (416) 736-2100 x 20236 Office Hrs: Thurs. 2:30-4:30 pm or by appointment Class Time: Tues. 1-2:30 pm/Thurs. 1-2:30 pm Catalogue: D95X01 Location: 115 Vanier Description: This course provides an overview of contemporary Japanese culture and society, to help students in understanding Japan and its people in the age of globalization and cross-cultural communication. The course explores samurai philosophy and culture (especially from Yamamoto’s Tokugawa Shogunate) which acts as a spiritually grounded template for anime アニメ (animated films and television programs) in the present era (both East and West) as discussed by McCarthy and Poitras. For instance, Shinobi 忍, Basilisk: Koga Ninja Scrolls バジリスク～甲賀忍法帖～, and Ninja Scroll 獣兵衛忍風帳, are classic philosophical examples of the intersection of cultural, political and social realities as they disclose the cosmologies of Japanese (and Chinese) civilization to a contemporary global audience. Anime’s rich historical detail reveals the intricate interactions of samurai warriors 侍, Edo officials, chonin 町人 , and Ninja 忍者. The heart throbbing story of Chushingura 忠臣藏 (the Treasury of Loyal Retainers) becomes the most popular of contemporary popular culture, yet happened over 300 years ago. The intertwining philosophies of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Shinto serve as backdrops to Chushingura and consequently to much modern popular culture. Almost every aspect of Japanese popular culture has some deeper philosophical connections to Chushingura. For example, Miyazaki Hayao’s 宮崎駿 animation films Princess Mononoke 物の怪姫 and Spirited Away 千と千尋の神隠し combine martial arts action with Confucian virtues, Buddhist cosmology and Shinto rites of purity replete with stories from Kojiki 古事記 and overtures to Chushingura’s Lord Asano Naganori 浅野長矩. Hence, Ikegami, Nishiyama, and Varley help flesh out the philosophical connections between the old world and the new through the medium of culture and society. In terms of global inter-culture, the course will also emphasize Chinese and other East Asian origins of Japanese philosophy and culture as they interact with the West. Commentaries include Davies and Kelts. Format: 90 min. seminars and discussions Tues. 1-2:30 pm and Thurs. 1-2:30 pm Course credit exclusions: None; Prior to Fall 2009: AS/JP 2700 6.00; Prior to F/W 2003-2004: AS/JP2800A 6.00 Academic Honesty: Please be careful to thoroughly read and take note of the York University regulations on Academic Honesty (see www.yorku.ca/secretariat/legislation/senate/acadhone). Please be careful to express all ideas in your own words. If you are quoting from or paraphrasing from secondary sources, you must use appropriate quotation marks and references. Please refer to the MLA Handbook for Writers or Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Both books are in the York University’s Scott Library. Assignments and Grades (totally 100%): Ist Term Essay (12 pgs.) 25%; Ist Term Take Home 20%; 2nd Term Essay (12 pgs.) 25%; 2nd Term Take Home 20%; Class Participation 10% Required Readings: 1. Roger J. Davies and Osamu Ikeno (eds.) The Japanese Mind: Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture. Tokyo: Tuttle, 2002. ISBN 0-8048-3295-1 2. Roland Kelts, Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has Invaded the U.S. New York: Palgrave, 2006. ISBN 1-4039-8476-X 3. Helen McCarthy, Hayao Miyazaki: master of Japanese animation: films, themes, artistry. Berkeley, Cal.: Stone Bridge Press, 1999. ISBN 1-880656-41-8 NC 1766 J32 M5786 1999 4. Gilles Poitras, The Anime Companion: What’s Japanese in Japanese Animation? Berkeley, Cal.: Stone Bridge Press, 1998. ISBN 1-880656-32-9 5.Gilles Poitras, The Anime Companion 2: More What’s Japanese in Japanese Animation? Berkeley, Cal.: Stone Bridge Press, 2005 ISBN 1-880656-96-5 6.Ikegami Eiko, The Taming of the Samurai: Honorific Individualism and the Making of Modern Japan Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-674-86809-9 DS 827 S3 I54 1995 7.Nishiyama Matsunosuke, Edo Culture: Daily Life and Diversions in Urban Japan, 1600-1868. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8248-1850-4 DS 822.2 N558 1997 8. Paul Varley, Japanese Culture. 4th edition. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8248-2152-1 paperback DS 821 V36 2000 9.Yamamoto Tsunetomo, The Art of the Samurai: Yamamoto Tsunetomo’s Hagakure (The New Illustrated Edition) London: Duncan Baird, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84483-720-5
2. Wolfram Eberhard, A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought London: Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1988. ISBN 0-415-00228-1 DS 721 E32613 1986 3. Jay Goulding, “Tokugawa Traces in 21st C. Japan” Ch. 12 pp. 159-174 in Masao Nakamura (ed.) Japan in the Global Age: Cultural, Historical and Political Issues on Asia, Environment, Households and International Communication Vancouver: UBC, 2001. ISBN 088865748X DS 806 J358 2001 4. Jay Goulding , “Kuki Shuzo and Martin Heidegger: Iki いきand Hermeneutic Phenomenology” pp. 677- 690 in Joseph F. Kess and Helen Lansdowne (eds.) Why Japan Matters! volume 2, Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, 2005. ISBN 15-505-83042 DS 802 J363 2004 3. Jeff Yang, Dina Gan, Terry Hong et al., Eastern Standard Time: a guide to asian influence on American
ISBN 0-395-76341-X E 169.1 E22 1997 Ist Term Essay 25% due Nov. 10, 2009 The first term essay is worth 25% and is 12 pages in length (3000 words) typed and double-spaced, plus a bibliography and title page. It asks you to answer the question: what is popular culture and how does it relate to contemporary Japanese culture and society. You would spend a few pages explaining popular culture (6 pgs.) and a few pages with examples from Japanese culture (6 pgs.). You might wish to distinguish between general culture, high culture and popular culture. In the global era, Eastern and Western societies might have different views or similar views of popular culture that you would discuss. Refer to all course discussions, and readings that we have taken in the first term. Use at least 10 scholarly sources (books and journal articles written by professors) beyond course readings. Internet sources do not count as scholarly sources except for on-line scholarly journals. If you are not sure about a source, ask Dr. Jay. 2nd Term Essay 25% due March 9, 2010 The second term essay is worth 25% and is 12 pages in length (3000 words) typed and double-spaced, plus a bibliography and title page. Building upon the first term work, the second essay asks you to examine the impact of one form of popular culture on both contemporary Japanese culture and society, and the Western world. You would spend a few pages explaining one form of popular culture (6 pgs.) and a few pages with examples of the impact on Japanese culture and society, and the Western world (6 pgs.). For example, you might look at anime アニメor manga漫画,and explain their importance to both Eastern and Western audiences. The impact might be different or similar. Make sure to refer to all course discussions, and readings that we have taken in the course. Use at least 10 scholarly sources (books and journal articles written by professors) beyond course readings. Internet sources do not count as scholarly sources except for on-line scholarly journals. If you are not sure about source, ask Dr. Jay.
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