FF:JAP123 Japanese culture - Course Information
JAP123 Japanese culture
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jiří Matela, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc.
Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Japanese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! JPNB11 Japanese culture
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 71 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 24/71, only registered: 2/71, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/71 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
- Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
- Course objectives
- The aim of this course is to introduce selected features of the Japanese culture in context of the most common cultural stereotypes. The starting point is an analysis of stereotypical cultural concepts that form a part of discourse both within and outside of Japan.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction: Culture and society, methods of their study
- 2. Basic sources of Japanese cultural identity
- 3. Outline of theories on Japanese culture
- 5. Key concepts of Japanese culture (conception of time, space, uchi/soto, honne/tatemae etc.)
- 6. Japanese traditions during the year
- 7. Traditional concepts of Japanese esthetics (traditional disciplines, dō)
- 8. Food culture
- 9. Image of Japan and its stereotypes in the western culture
- 10. Japanese popular culture in the 20th century
- 11. Contemporary Japanese POP-culture
- 11. Humour in Japanese culture
- 12. Final exam
- Literature
- recommended literature
- MATELA, Jiří, Ivona BAREŠOVÁ and Barbora DOHNÁLKOVÁ. Japonská kultura (Japanese culture). 1. vydání. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2015, 112 pp. Skripta. ISBN 978-80-244-4469-7. info
- not specified
- 99 zajímavostí z Japonska. Janoš, Jiří. Albatros. 1986
- Japanese Culture. Varley, Paul. University of Hawai'i Press. 2000
- Chryzantéma a meč: Vzorce japonské kultury. Benedictová, Ruth. Malvern. 2013.
- Vějíř a meč. Boháčková, Libuš; Winkelhöferová, Vlasta. Panorama. 1987.
- Svět Japonska. Collcutt, Martin (a kol.). Knižní klub. 1997
- Form, Style, Tradition: Reflections on Japanese Art and Society. Kato, Shuichi. Kodansha Amer. Inc. 1982.
- Japan: Spirit and Form. Kato, Shuichi. Tuttle Publishing. 1994.
- Moderní sociální teorie. Harrington, Austin (a kol.). Portál. 2006
- Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Japan. Kerr, Alex. Hill and Wang. 2002.
- Teaching methods
- Lecture, work with primary and secondary literature, audiovisual materials.
- Assessment methods
- Written test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět je určen i pro studenty mimo mateřské obory.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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