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OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM
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Arts in/from/to Japan
Osamu YAMAGUTI, et al. (Graduate School of Letters)
Objective
A variety of arts created and/or performed in Japan from the distant past through the recent past up to the present will be presented. In addition, discussion will be made as to how the foreign influences were, have been, and are being seen. Furthermore, Japanese influences over foreign countries will be dealt with. The art forms discussed will cover paintings, sculpture, literature, theatre and music. All the fourteen staff members (professors and associate professors) belonging to the departments of art history and the science of arts will take turn for the lectures.
Textbooks and reference materials
None particular; however, some reading materials will be provided in the classroom.
Lecture outline (the order subject to change):
Week 1 Orientation to the class; introction to the arts in/from/to Japan (YAMAGUTI Osamu)
Week 2 Japanese and Western aesthetics in comparison (KAMBAYASHI Tsunemichi)
Week 3 Cinemas in/from/to Japan (KAMIKURA Tsuneyuki)
Week 4 Literary theories introduced to Japan (MORITANI Uichi)
Week 5 Reception of ancient Greek arts in Japan (KATO Hiroshi)
Week 6 Arts in environment (FUJITA Haruhiko)
Week 7 Reception of Western music in Japan (NEGISHI Kazumi)
Week 8 A brief history of performing arts in Japan (AMANO Fumio)
Week 9 Receptionf Western theatre in Japan (NAGATA Yasushi)
Week 10 Japanese understanding of visual arts of India (KOEZUKA Takashi)
Week 11 A brief history of Japanese fine arts (OKUDAIRA Shunroku)
Week 12 Japanese understanding of Italian¡¡ art (WAKAYAMA Eiko)
Week 13 Japanese understanding of Western art (KODERA Tsukasa)
Week 14 A history of Japanese Buddhist sculpture (FUJIOKA Yutaka)
Week 15 Music in/from/to Japan (YAMAGUTI Osamu)Grading Class participation 50%; term paper 50%.
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