JAPAN 70
Images of Japan: Literature and Film
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Knowledge of Japanese culture, literature, or language not required. Introduction to visual and textual images of Japan's literary heritage, including documentary and feature films based on Japan's literary classics. Letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Spring 2024 - Professor Clark integrates a wide variety of cultural and historical knowledge into her presentations, which enhance the understanding of material she assigns us to read. She offered extra credit for going to the Hammer Museum performances and was one of the most accommodating teachers I had during the encampment, some violence, and the strikes, with clear and timely communication about changes, acknowledging the burden of the class when TAs had to go, and continuing optional lectures, which deserves my full respect. Listening to her content tapped me back into the joy of learning literature, and it brought me a new perspective in the Japanese lens, which had lots of gems I'd heard of but never sat down to find. She changed her midterm to a paper and made the last couple weeks of the class optional. Her workload was light, with one weekly response to the reading/media, but she never posted her slides, which I understand was the incentive to go to class at the beginning, though this changes after the strikes when she used Zoom as a hybrid tool. I don't know if she'll do that next quarter. Experienced and fair professor. Easy class. I would take again.
Spring 2024 - Professor Clark integrates a wide variety of cultural and historical knowledge into her presentations, which enhance the understanding of material she assigns us to read. She offered extra credit for going to the Hammer Museum performances and was one of the most accommodating teachers I had during the encampment, some violence, and the strikes, with clear and timely communication about changes, acknowledging the burden of the class when TAs had to go, and continuing optional lectures, which deserves my full respect. Listening to her content tapped me back into the joy of learning literature, and it brought me a new perspective in the Japanese lens, which had lots of gems I'd heard of but never sat down to find. She changed her midterm to a paper and made the last couple weeks of the class optional. Her workload was light, with one weekly response to the reading/media, but she never posted her slides, which I understand was the incentive to go to class at the beginning, though this changes after the strikes when she used Zoom as a hybrid tool. I don't know if she'll do that next quarter. Experienced and fair professor. Easy class. I would take again.
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Spring 2019 - I loved Japan 70 with Kanesaka! I was pretty nervous to take the class, since it didn't have many reviews, but it ended up being one of my favorite classes ever. Every week, we got assigned 1 reading and 1 film to watch that both related to a certain topic (i.e. geishas, samurai, etc.) I felt as though the class was pretty reading-heavy though, and not so much with films. For homework, you had to upload a 400-word reading response every week to CCLE. Both the midterm and final was an essay that you had a week to write. The topics were pretty difficult, but both the professor and my TA were such a big help with both essays! If Casey Martin is a TA for the class, TAKE HIM! He was such a good TA, who was so so helpful in his office hours and discussion sections. Overall, the class was very enjoyable and pretty chill if you put in the work!
Spring 2019 - I loved Japan 70 with Kanesaka! I was pretty nervous to take the class, since it didn't have many reviews, but it ended up being one of my favorite classes ever. Every week, we got assigned 1 reading and 1 film to watch that both related to a certain topic (i.e. geishas, samurai, etc.) I felt as though the class was pretty reading-heavy though, and not so much with films. For homework, you had to upload a 400-word reading response every week to CCLE. Both the midterm and final was an essay that you had a week to write. The topics were pretty difficult, but both the professor and my TA were such a big help with both essays! If Casey Martin is a TA for the class, TAKE HIM! He was such a good TA, who was so so helpful in his office hours and discussion sections. Overall, the class was very enjoyable and pretty chill if you put in the work!
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Spring 2017 - I really loved taking this class. The only criticism I have with Mr. Lippit was his voice. He is very soft-spoken, and even with a microphone, if there was a minor disturbance, it was very hard to hear him. However, the class itself was both engaging and interesting. Each week had a different theme of literature, consisting of a short story/book and a movie. I have to admit, during the first half the semester, the movies were rather long but the stories were relatively short. The opposite occurred during Weeks 7-10. Section is considered mandatory, as attendance is worth 10% of your grade. I would definitely take this class again; its workload was minimal at best. All you have to do is write a 1 page report double-spaced every week. The midterm and final were pretty straightforward (the final is non-cumulative). If you have the opportunity, definitely take this class!
Spring 2017 - I really loved taking this class. The only criticism I have with Mr. Lippit was his voice. He is very soft-spoken, and even with a microphone, if there was a minor disturbance, it was very hard to hear him. However, the class itself was both engaging and interesting. Each week had a different theme of literature, consisting of a short story/book and a movie. I have to admit, during the first half the semester, the movies were rather long but the stories were relatively short. The opposite occurred during Weeks 7-10. Section is considered mandatory, as attendance is worth 10% of your grade. I would definitely take this class again; its workload was minimal at best. All you have to do is write a 1 page report double-spaced every week. The midterm and final were pretty straightforward (the final is non-cumulative). If you have the opportunity, definitely take this class!