Week 16 -20 Tale of Genji

Tale of the Genji

Team Questions due Monday
Finish Chapters  39 and 40
Essay due Thursday, May 2nd at beginning of class.

Week 17 

       5/6 read: Genji Chapters 41- 43

◦                                 secondary reading: Japanese Culture, Chapter 5

◦                                 read: Genji Chapter 44                    

◦                                 Outline of Final 10 Page Paper Due

          

  Week 18 Pilgrimage, Ritual, and Betrayal

◦                                 5/13 read: Genji Chapters 45, 46 & 47

◦                                  read: Genji Chapters 48 & 49; Japanese Culture,Chapter 6

▪                                                   view selections from Sennen no koi (2002) in class

•                 Final paper/project due

          

Week 19

Bunraku: Puppets of Duty and Desire

◦                                 5/20 read: Genji Chapters 50 & 51; Japanese Culture, Chapter 7

◦                                 view selections from Double Suicide (Shinjû ten no Amijima; 1967) and Ukifune video in class

◦                                  read: Genji Chapters 52-54

▪                                                   view selections from Sennen no koi (2002) in class

Week 20 Classical resonance: Genji in the twentieth century

•               5/ 27 Memorial Day  read: Mishima Yukio, Lady Aoi

•                6/3 Graduation at The Bowl