ASST 219
Japanese Culture and History from Courtiers to Samurai and Beyond
Last Offered Spring 2017
Division II Exploring Diversity Initiative
Cross-listed COMP 229 / HIST 219
This course is not offered in the current catalog

Class Details

This course will introduce students to the history, literature, and artistic culture of premodern Japan, from the time of the first recorded histories in the 800s through the abolition of the samurai class in the late 1800s. We will focus on the politics and aesthetic culture of the ruling elites in each period, from the heyday of the imperial court through the rise and eventual decline of the samurai warrior and the growth of Edo (Tokyo), with its new mode of early modern government and new forms of literature, theater, and art. Team taught by faculty from History and Comparative Literature, the course will examine historical texts alongside works drawn from literature, visual culture, and performing arts, and will ask students to consider how these different kinds of texts can shed light on one another. What is the difference between reading history and reading literature, or is it even meaningful to distinguish the two?
The Class: Format: lecture; lecture/discussion
Limit: 40
Expected: 30
Class#: 3052
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: evaluation will be based on class participation, response assignments, two short papers (approximately five pages each), and a final exam
Prerequisites: none; open to all
Enrollment Preferences: students majoring or considering a major in a related field
Distributions: Division II Exploring Diversity Initiative
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
COMP 229 Division I ASST 219 Division II HIST 219 Division II
Attributes: HIST Group B Electives - Asia
HIST Group P Electives - Premodern

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