JAPANESE TRADITIONAL ART OF HUMOR

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Subtitle	Ukiyoe, Gesaku, and Short Novels
Lecturer(s)	KATSUMATA, MOTOI
Credit(s)	2
Academic Year/Semester	2024 Fall
Day/Period	Mon.2
Campus	Mita
Class Format	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
Registration Number	25258
Faculty/Graduate School	INTERNATIONAL CENTER
Year Level	2, 3, 4
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Course Description	A course to aim to examine the traditional arts of humor between the 17th and 19th centuries in English translation.
K-Number	CIN-CO-00123-212-01

Course Administrator	Faculty/Graduate School	CIN	INTERNATIONAL CENTER
Course Administrator	Department/Major	CO
Main Course Number	Level	0	Faculty-wide
	Major Classification	0	Other Course
	Minor Classification	12	International Center Course (Humanities) - Art
	Subject Type	3	Elective subject
Supplemental Course Information	Class Classification	2	Lecture
	Class Format	1	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
	Language of Instruction	2	English
Academic Discipline		01	Philosophy, art, and related fields

Course Contents/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome

Japanese society has loved humor and generated various humorous arts. Looking back in history, we can see the origins during the Edo period as the business of printing was becoming more established and images and words resonated throughout society.
In this course, we will examine the traditional arts of humor between the 17th and 19th centuries in English translation. Selections have been chosen in terms of connection between images and words. These include pictures, gesaku (戯作, popular fiction written in the mid-18th century),and short novels.
The focus of each class meeting will be on close reading and discussion. Students are therefore expected to write brief response essays (approximately 150 words) before each class, starting with our 3rd meeting and continuing through to the 14th meeting. This should include a personal reactions and potential discussion topics.
As a final project, each student will be required to submit a final paper. The writing assignments will be evaluated for their coherence, critical argumentation, persuasiveness, and thoroughness of engagement with the material.
Success in this course is based on the expectation that students will spend a minimum of 2 hours of study time per week in preparation for class (readings, papers, discussions, preparation for exams, etc.).The class will be held all in English.

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Reference Books

Ihara Saikaku, The Great Mirror of Male Love, tr. Paul Gordon Schalow (California: Stanford University Press, 1990).
Ihara Saikaku, Worldly Mental Calculations, tr. Ben Befu (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976).

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