History of Japanese Culture

The goal of the lecture is to provide the students an overview of the Japanese culture and its evolution during history. Japanese literature, art, film etc. and their development in the course of the history will be the main topics of the lectures and will be interpreted in a broader context of the cultural history. The course will also emphasise the question of the foreign influences on the Japanese culture and its impact on the western art and culture.

Topics:

Overview of Japanese history

Japanese thinking and society

Japanese literaturę

Japanese cinematography

Japanese popular art

Japanese visual art

Knowledge:

Student knows how to:

02HS-1A_W03 - mention the main directions in Japanese culture

02HS-1A_W04 - characterize and interpret the works of the most important artists

02HS-1A_W05 - classified artists to styles and trends in japanese art

Skills:

Student is able to:

02HS-1A_U01 - present the work of selected artistic problems in Japane (e.g. Japanese cinematography; Japanese popular art.;Japanese visual art.)

02HS-1A_U04 - use knowledge of transformations in Japanese art and culture 02HS-1A_U05 combine certain artistic occurrence with socio - political and historical transformations accompanying

Other competencies (attitudes):

After completion of the course students can:

02HS-1A_K01 - consciously express assessment of Japanese culture