EALC 250

Spring 2022 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 18-May 4

Credit: 3 hours.

Topical introduction to Japanese cultural and aesthetic life with attention to cultural and aesthetic patterns as they are reflected in literature, language, and the arts.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci
Cultural Studies - Non-West
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EALC 250 class schedule data for spring 2022
CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
46154
Discussion/
Recitation
AD2
10:00AM -10:50AM
F
G32 Foreign Languages Building
McSweeney, F
Wilson, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/18/22-05/04/22
Degree Notes:
Cultural Studies - Non-West, and Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci course.
46155
Discussion/
Recitation
AD3
11:00AM -11:50AM
F
G32 Foreign Languages Building
Haight, N
Wilson, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/18/22-05/04/22
Degree Notes:
Cultural Studies - Non-West, and Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci course.
46157
Discussion/
Recitation
AD5
1:00PM -1:50PM
R
1126 Foreign Languages Building
Haight, N
Wilson, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/18/22-05/04/22
Degree Notes:
Cultural Studies - Non-West, and Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci course.
46164
Discussion/
Recitation
AD9
1:00PM -1:50PM
F
G32 Foreign Languages Building
McSweeney, F
Wilson, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/18/22-05/04/22
Degree Notes:
Cultural Studies - Non-West, and Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci course.
46121
Lecture
AL1
1:00PM -1:50PM
MW
223 Gregory Hall
Wilson, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/18/22-05/04/22
Degree Notes:
Cultural Studies - Non-West, and Social & Beh Sci - Soc Sci course.
Section Info:
Sushi, samurai, Sony, Shinto, kimono, kamikaze, katana, karaoke (pronounced kara-okay), geisha, anime, manga, rickshaw, tsunami (all these words come from Japanese, by the way), modesty, etiquette, technology, Nintendo, Toyota, cherry blossoms, Zen Buddhism, and Mt. Fuji. These are some of the words you may associate with Japan and Japanese culture. Your association of Japan with these terms, however, is not an accident; it is a product of that past that continues to shape the present. This course is an historical and topical introduction to Japanese Culture in its many manifestations, which begins by examining the sources of Japanese culture and identity in the past and tracing their development to the present day. Although it is common to regard "Japan" as a homogenous society and "Japanese culture" as a monolithic and unchanging whole, our approach will demonstrate the heterogeneous, dynamic and ever-changing complexity of Japanese culture and society, mindful of the varying ways both Japanese and others have defined and re-defined who "the Japanese" are and what their culture was and is.
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