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- Instructor(s)
- Wakamatsu Eisuke
- Class Format
- Lecture
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- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Mon1-2(W9-706) Thr1-2(W9-706)
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- Course number
- LAH.H216
- Credits
- 2
- Academic year
- 2018
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2018/5/21
- Lecture notes updated
- -
- Language used
- Japanese
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Course description and aims
In this lecture, while reading the words of artists from various fields such as paintings, music and sculpture in the times, east and west, we consider what role the effect and force of "beauty" has played in the generation of culture.
This course aims to recognize the meaning and thought hidden behind the artistic expression individually, to communicate it to other people, to acquire the ability to study the universality together".
Student learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Think about the meaning and role of the linguistic expression of beauty.
2) Taste each world of beauty and consider its meaning by words.
3) Grasp the essence of expression to beauty based on self-experience, environment and emotion by words.
Keywords
Literature, art, human culture
Competencies that will be developed
| Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
In class, the instructor will introduce a piece of sentence of artists. Students shall have some chances to write own essay.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Class guidance | Study on diversity of " Language" |
| Class 2 | Okakura Tenshin and The Essence of beauty | Learn " effectiveness " of the beauty |
| Class 3 | The words of painter Vincent van Gogh | Learn " story " of paintings |
| Class 4 | The words of painter Kishida Ryusei | Learn relationship " existence " and the world. |
| Class 5 | The words of painter Higasiyama Kaii | Learn meaning of symbol |
| Class 6 | The words of painter Marc Chagall | Learn " story " of paintings |
| Class 7 | The words of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Learn relationship " sound " and the world. |
| Class 8 | The words of composer Beethoven | Learn thought of "music" |
| Class 9 | The words of philosopher Yanagi Muneyoshi | Learn philosophy of beauty |
| Class 10 | The words of potter Hamada Shoji and Kawai Kanjiro | Learn meaning of pottery |
| Class 11 | The words of "hanga-ka" Munakata Shiko | Learn meaning of " hanga" |
| Class 12 | The words of sculptor Auguste Rodin | Learn form of " life " |
| Class 13 | The words of sculptor Takamura Kohtaro | Learn relationship of sculpture and poem |
| Class 14 | The words of sculptor Funakoshi Yasutake | Learn holiness on sculpture |
| Class 15 | Summary, Q&A |
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None required. Handouts will be given if necessary.
Assessment criteria and methods
Students’ course scores are based on midterm (50%） and final papers (50%).
Related courses
- LAH.H114 ： Human Studies A
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
No prerequisites.
