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JAPN 311 - Manga and Anime: Japanese Visual Culture


Description:
This course is an introduction to Japanese pop-art forms, like manga, anime, and graphic novels. Instruction is in English, and the course is open to students of all disciplines. Course will not have an established scheduling pattern.

Credits: (5)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Recognize, categorize, and outline the main historical and contemporary forms of Japanese visual culture, ie. Manga, Anime, Graphic Novels.
  • Identify and interpret popular and recurring themes in the texts and analyze them in their relation to their historical and geographical contexts.
  • Relate and distinguish between the most significant changes over the last 300 years of Japanese popular graphic art forms, from the Edo Period through the present. Themes will be considered in terms of transition over this period.
  • Translate emergent, real-time textual, video, and audio sources of Japanese popular cultures.
  • Identify and assess the presence of Japanese visual cultures as they appear in contemporary American culture.
Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
4/6/2017



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