JAPN 310: Japanese Cinema
COURSE DESCRIPTION: An introductory scrutiny of major Japanese directors and genres with attention to film composition, choices of subject and character, ideas of the cinematic, and the relationship of cinema to Japanese culture and society. Students will analyze and critique films. Discussion of films will deal with the production of their historical, social, and cultural context, as well as issues dealing with popular culture and equity.
Course Narrative
Through this course I was able to be introduced to a secondary cultural knowledge other than Spanish or Latin. In this course I was introduced to different major Japanese directors and genres with attention to film composition, choices of subject and character, ideas of the cinematic, and the relationship of cinema to Japanese culture and society. Students will analyze and critique films. Discussion of films will deal with the production of their historical, social, and cultural context, as well as issues dealing with popular culture and equity. This class was really interesting and fun to learn, through the workload such as quizzes, papers, film reports and tests I was able to gain a lot from this course. By taking this Japanese cinema course I was able to fulfill the major learning outcome MLO 4 which stated that in addition to the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures, the student demonstrates a general knowledge of a socio-cultural group other than a Hispanic one or mainstream American culture. In this class I was able to develop a basic understanding of the ways of thinking (ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, philosophies), the behavioral practices (patterns of social interactions) and the cultural products – both tangible and intangible (for example, art, history, literature, music) – of the second culture. This class interesting to take but it will not help me in the future, specially when trying to achieve my masters degree.
(The following completed and graded assignments illustrate my development in the area of secondary culture)
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