授業の目的 【日本語】
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授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course | | ◇ Students will become conversant with concepts and terminology in visual studies, new materialism, and cultural studies, and learn how to apply them to original analyses of visual objects.
◇ Students will gain new insights in their own practices as spectators and consumers of visual media, as well as new perspectives on Japanese visual culture.
◇ Students will further develop their abilities to interpret and critique visual objects via a series of in class and take-home written exercises. |
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到達目標 【日本語】
Objectives of the Course(JPN) | | |
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授業の内容や構成
Course Content / Plan | | | This graduate seminar is a survey of Japanese visual culture that engages with recent work on the materiality of media. Most students entering this class will probably have previous experience analyzing visual media through different theoretical lenses, such as feminist film theory or semiotics. But what happens when we resist the urge to reduce a visual object to a "text" that "means something," and instead try to see it for what it does? To attend to its visual and haptic surfaces, its affective intensities, and its agency within assemblages or systems of objects? What happens, for example, when we stop looking at Godzilla as a symbol of the atomic bomb, and instead try to "read" Godzilla through our senses, feelings, and mental associations? Embarking on "surface readings" of his scales and striations, exploring sites of affective investment, and trying to come up with ways of differentiating between his material ontologies onscreen and off? The hope is that the approaches modeled in this class will give students new ways of thinking about their own visual practices and new ways of conceptualizing the materiality and "immateriality" of our image-infused world. |
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履修条件・関連する科目
Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | | There are no prerequisites for this course, but a prior background in East Asian humanities courses and/or some proficiency in Japanese is recommended. |
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成績評価の方法と基準
Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | Discussion Participation: 20%
Students who participate in a minimum of ten discussion meetings this semester (with the exception of the first meeting) can earn a maximum of 20% toward their final grade for in-class participation. Note that participation means active participation--clearly being engaged in the discussion, asking questions, offering comments, etc.
Weekly Discussion Prompts: 10%
As a means of generating lively discussion and enabling everyone in the class to share their thoughts about the material, I will be asking each student to post a comment, introduce an interpretation, or pose a question about the assigned reading(s) ten (10) times over the course of the semester. At the end of each lesson module, there will be a text box for you to share your thoughts. I will read the posts before class and find ways to work them into discussion so that your voice can be heard. You will be credited 1% of your final grade for each discussion prompt you post.
Critiques: 20% (two @ 10% each)
Over the course of the semester, each student will be required to present two (2) critiques that focus on the visual elements of a given work (such as woodblock prints, book illustrations, etc.). Each critique is worth 10% of the final grade and entails presenting an oral critique in class (or on ZOOM) for about five to seven minutes and submitting a 250-word write-up.
Response Paper (10%)
At the midpoint of the semester, students will be asked to compose a brief critical response (minimum 500 words) to a visual text (choosing one pre-assigned text from a pool of three).
Presentation: 10%
On the final day of class, each enrolled student will be expected to give a brief presentation (about ten minutes) on the topic of their final project.
Final Project: 30%
For this class, each student is required to write a research paper. For undergraduate students, the paper should be a minimum of 2000-3000 words and include references to at least three academic sources. For graduate students, the paper should be about 3000-5000 words, and include references to at least five academic sources. Creative projects are permitted, but they must be submitted along with a research paper (minimum 1500 words) that includes analysis relevant to the project. Projects that do not include an accompanying research paper will not be accepted. |
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教科書・テキスト
Textbook | | | There are no required textbooks to purchase for this class. All materials, including the required readings, etc., can be accessed through our CANVAS site. |
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参考書
Reference Book | | | A list of reference works will be provided on the first day of class. |
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課外学習等（授業時間外学習の指示）
Study Load(Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | | In addition to the ninety (90) minutes of time spent in each class meeting, students should expect to spend time outside of class each week reading and working on assignments and/or final papers. The workload will probably fluctuate from week to week, depending on how you manage your time, but on average two hours should suffice. |
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履修取り下げ制度（利用の有無）学部のみ
Course withdrawal | | | 利用する：『履修取り下げ届』を期日までに提出した場合は原則「Ｗもしくは欠席」となりますが、同届を提出しない場合は成績評価が行われ、合格基準に達しない場合は「Ｆ」となります。 |
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備考
Others | | If you are considering enrolling, or if you are still on the fence and would simply like to learn more about the course content, please visit the following signup sheet page on Google Docs so that I can send you an invitation to the course site:
https://forms.gle/bMQM8xkKt6j9y1SAA
Depending on how soon you fill out the signup sheet, you may begin accessing the course site on CANVAS about a week before the semester starts. |
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授業開講形態等
Lecture format, etc. | | A-1）Face-to-face course （Only face-to-face classes）
IMPORTANT: I will NOT be using NUCT to teach this class. Our class will be taught on CANVAS and our weekly meetings will be held on ZOOM. After you fill out the signup sheet linked above, I will provide you with the password for accessing the CANVAS site and the URL for ZOOM. It is your responsibility to fill out the signup sheet before the semester starts.
Note that I will be opening the course site on about a week before the semester starts. That way, you can view the online version of the syllabus, peruse the schedule of course readings, and even get a head start working on some of the lesson modules before the semester starts. |
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