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21G.065

Japanese Media Cultures

3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H · Undergraduate

See description under subject CMS.354[J] . Enrollment limited.

Fall 2013 · Japanese Literature and Cinema

This course surveys both cinematic and literary representations of diverse eras and aspects of Japanese culture such as the classical era, the samurai age, wartime Japan and the atomic bombings, social change in the postwar period, and the appropriation of foreign cultural themes, with an emphasis on the modern period. Directors include Akira Kurosawa and Hiroshi Teshigahara. Authors include Kobo Abe and Yukio Mishima. Films shown have subtitles in English. Taught in English.

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Prerequisites & course information

Same subject as CMS.354[J] Subject meets with 21G.593 Prereq: None U (Spring) 3-0-9 units. HASS-H; CI-H

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