OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

01s-3 Noh in the Context of Classical Japanese Literature

Objective An introductory survey of classical Japanese literature with particular focus on Noh drama. Readings will focus first on poetic and prose classics from the eighth to the fifteenth centuries, and then on famous Noh plays inspired by those classics (most composed in the fifteenth century and still frequently performed today). Supplementary lectures will focus attention on political, religious, and social contingencies influencing the formation and perpetuation of cultural tradition.