Course Description
This course introduces various aspects of Japanese culture, including history, geography, religion, government, politics, customs and traditions. After a broad historical overview beginning in prehistory, this course focuses on the Tokugawa period as the bedrock for understanding modern Japanese society as a mass society. Taught in English. (Prereq: Junior or Senior Standing)
Course Summary
Through this course I learned beyond what I would never have expected to learn in such a short amount of time. The professor did an outstanding job at making the class fun while giving us the opportunity to reflect on our own cultures and comparing them to customs in Japan. Through the course, we learned about various aspects of Japanese history, traditions, food, music, mythology, and much more. It was always something to look forward to during the week. I learned so much about the culture that it inspires me to one day visit the country. Through the course material and the many supporting videos and readings, the class as a whole was able to find many similarities between Japanese, American and Mexican cultures. It was very surprising for us to see how something perceived as completely foreign and different has yet to be a completely polar opposite. However, the differences Japan holds as a culture is what makes it unique to the rest of the world with it's rich history, traditions and cultural attributes making it colorful and worth taking the time to learn about.
Out of everything we learned in the class, three topics that stood out the most to me are in respect to the literature we analyzed, religion, and the essence of beauty in it's many art forms.
In the course we analyzed three respective author's whom were all female, the first was Murasaki Shikibu, The Pillow Book, The Bamboo Cutter, and The Lady who loved Insects
Out of everything we learned in the class, three topics that stood out the most to me are in respect to the literature we analyzed, religion, and the essence of beauty in it's many art forms.
In the course we analyzed three respective author's whom were all female, the first was Murasaki Shikibu, The Pillow Book, The Bamboo Cutter, and The Lady who loved Insects
MLO's Satisfied
MLO 4: Secondary Culture other than Hispanic Culture
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