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1JAPAN 70:
2Images of Japan
3Kirk Kanesaka
4Spring 2019
5
6Outline
7Introduction
8Introduction to Course
9	Format
10	Syllabus
11	Expectations
12Analysis
13	Literary
14	Film
15Reiwa Era
16
17Introduction
18Kirk Kanesaka
19	Office: Royce 356
20	Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 12:50-1:50 PM; By Appointment
21	E-mail: -------@ucla.edu
22Yasmine Krings Discussion A & B
23	Office: Royce BO-2
24	E-mail: --------@g.ucla.edu
25Casey Martin Discussion C & D
26	Office: Royce BO-2
27	E-mail: --------@g.ucla.edu
28Sarah Walsh Discussion E & F
29	Office: Royce BO-2
30	E-mail: ---------@gmail.com
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32Required Texts
33Slow Boat
34Snakes and Earrings
35Moshi Moshi
36the gods lie.
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38Syllabus
39
40No!!
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42Literary Analysis
43Literary Analysis
44	Is NOT plot summary
45	The goal of literary analysis is to provide a LOGICAL and RATIONAL evidence of the interpretation of the text.
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47Film Analysis
48Film analysis
49	is NOT plot summary
50	the goal of film analysis is to provide a LOGICAL and RATIONAL evidence of the interpretation of film in terms of mise-en-scene (the arrangement of everything within the frame-the actors, lighting, decor, props, costume, etc.), cinematography, sound, and editing.
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52Film Analysis: Juno (2007)
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54Film Analysis:
55David Monahan: "Looking at Movies" (2010)
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57Reiwa 令和
58May 1: A New Japanese Era
59	Emperor Akihito (R: 1989-April 30, 2019)
60		First emperor to abdicate in two centuries
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62Reiwa 令和
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64Reiwa 令和
65Why choose "Reiwa" as the new era name?
66	Heisei: "Achieving Peace"
67	Reiwa?
68	"Rei" (令): Taken from Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves (Man'yoshu, CA, Eight Century)
69							Reigetsu (令月)
70			Preface to the poem 815 about plum blossoms:
71				于時、初春令月、氣淑風和、梅披鏡前之粉、蘭薫珮後之香。
72				When the first lunar month begins
73				And the spring has come
74				Let [us] therefore, enjoy the pleasure to the end
75				While picking plum blossoms
76					(Alexander Vovin, Trans., Man'yoshu: Book 5, Brill (2011), P. 57)
77	Prime Minister Abe: "...is meant to represent the spiritual unity of the Japanese people."
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79Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei, 2002)