Admission requirements
None
Description
This course explores the origins of cinema in Japan and its development up to the present day. It will look into cultural influences that shaped approaches to filmmaking as well as narrative conventions and genres. Attention will be paid to issues and problems of film study in relation to cinema from Japan, including the construction of the “Japaneseness” of Japanese films.
Course objectives
To develop knowledge of the course topic (Film in Japan) and the research and debates that have been central to it.
To develop general skills in the critical reading of and reflecting on academic texts.
To apply these skills to the course topic in the shape of analytical papers.
Timetable
See timetable
Mode of instruction
Lecture
Course load
Full course load is 140 hours:
Presence and participation: 26 hours
Reading: 60 hours
Preparation for postings: 26 hours
Paper: 28 hours
Assessment method
Assignments (postings): 50%
Paper (1,500 – 2,000 words): 50%
The course grade will be based on the weighted average of all course elements, with the condition that all partial elements must have been completed successfully to receive a passing grade.
Blackboard
Yes; information regarding the course, uploading assignments. See Blackboard
Reading list
Donald Richie, A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: A Concise History, Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2005 (paperback-edition).
The reader: see Blackbaord.
Registration
Registration through uSis. Not registered, means no permission to attend this course. See also the ‘Registrationprocedures for classes and examinations’ for registration deadlines and more information on how to register
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Aanmelden voor Studeren à la carte via: www.hum.leidenuniv.nl/onderwijs/alacarte
Aanmelden voor Contractonderwijs via: http://www.hum.leidenuniv.nl/onderwijs/contractonderwijs/