21F.065 / 21F.593 Japanese Literature and Cinema, Spring 2006

This course includes surveys for 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...

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Main Author: Condry, Ian
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Published: 2006
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spelling mit-1721.1/908682019-09-12T21:40:25Z 21F.065 / 21F.593 Japanese Literature and Cinema, Spring 2006 Japanese Literature and Cinema Condry, Ian japanese aesthetics suicide pressure of daily life gender sexuality contemporary japan traditional japan anime surrealism false realism the absurd humor japan This course includes surveys for 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. The directors include Akira Kurosawa and Hiroshi Teshigahara. The authors include Kobo Abe and Yukio Mishima. The films are shown with subtitles in English. The course is taught in English. 2006-06 21F.065-Spring2006 local: 21F.065 local: 21F.593 local: IMSCP-MD5-7a054f955fac504eb5d1069602d57e38 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90868 en-US Usage Restrictions: This site (c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2014. Content within individual courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is providing this Work (as defined below) under the terms of this Creative Commons public license ("CCPL" or "license") unless otherwise noted. The Work is protected by copyright and/or other applicable law. Any use of the work other than as authorized under this license is prohibited. By exercising any of the rights to the Work provided here, You (as defined below) accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license. The Licensor, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grants You the rights contained here in consideration of Your acceptance of such terms and conditions. Usage Restrictions: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ text/html Spring 2006
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21F.065 / 21F.593 Japanese Literature and Cinema, Spring 2006
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suicide
pressure of daily life
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anime
surrealism
false realism
the absurd
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japan
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