The Japanese Puppet Theatre - Bunraku 3600-5-JA4-WMJTL
According to kabuki theatre and Western theater usually the same, western terms are used. terms like drama, play scene etc. Is it possible to describe East Culture with terms of Western word? Don’t we loose some constitutive characteristics?
Another important problem is to look for kabuki theater roots, and it’s place in Japanese Culture. This lecture should be an methodological inspiration in Japanese Culture research.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
- has in-depth and detailed knowledge (including terminology, theory and methodology) in literary studies or linguistic studies or philosophy and religion studies or history [K_W01]
- has extended knowledge of particular problems pertaining to the culture of Japan (within the scope of culture and literature or language or philosophy and religion or history and socio-political issues) in a comparative perspective [K_W02]
- has extended knowledge of particular problems pertaining to the culture of Japan (within the scope of culture and literature or language or philosophy and religion or history and socio-political issues) [K_W03]
- has detailed knowledge pertaining to the state of research on chosen issues related to Japan as well as in-depth knowledge of research centres in Poland and all over the world [K_W05]
- knows and understands advanced analysis and interpretation methods of various products of Japanese culture, characteristic of chosen traditions, theories, research schools within the scope of linguistics or literary and cultural studies or philosophy and religion studies or history [K_W06]
- demonstrates good grasp of contemporary cultural life of Japan [K_W08]
Skills
- can indicate sources of cultural differences between the countries of the Orient, also on the basis of source materials [K_U02]
- can use the terminology from the domain of philosophy and religion of Japan to analyze and interpret religious phenomena, ethical motives and human behaviours, as well as cultural differences [K_U06]
- can detect relationship between the development of philosophical and religious ideas of Japan and social, cultural and economic processes [K_U07]
- can compare and thoroughly analyze interrelations between chosen literary texts and other works of culture (film, press, social writing) of Japan and the issues within the scope of tradition and modern times [K_U09]
- can carry out a critical analysis and interpretation of different products of culture of Japan in a way which is appropriate to a chosen tradition, theory and research school within the scope of linguistics or literary and cultural studies or philosophy and religion studies or history, employing unique approaches that take into account the knowledge in the field of Japanese studies [K_U10]
SOCIAL COMPETENCES
- has awareness of the differences stemming from cultural, religious and philosophical variety and their influence on shaping social and political attitudes as well as economic processes [K_K06]
- understands responsibility and ethical issues that come with imparting knowledge of a chosen region [K_K07]
Assessment criteria
- Final oral assessment
- Attendance control
- Continuous assessment
Bibliography
Sources will be chosen according to the theme of seminar.
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