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- Instructor(s)
- Kiyama Lorinda
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- Lecture
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- Course number
- LAH.S507
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2020/6/7
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- English
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Course description and aims
This course is an introduction to classical Japanese noh theater through the lens of modern psychology. After becoming familiar with the structure and function of noh theater through reading and viewing of various plays, students will endeavor to write a noh play about an issue of personal and societal interest. They will present their plays in the final class.
Student learning outcomes
Students will learn the brief history of noh theater and its roles in Japanese society. They will be able to identify the structural elements of noh and connect these to therapeutic practices of individual and social psychology. They will demonstrate their understanding of noh structure, techniques, and function by composing a modern noh play on a topic of personal and social interest.
Keywords
noh, kyogen, classical Japanese theater
Competencies that will be developed
| Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
We will read and discuss a variety of noh plays in English. Short essays will be written on each play. Lectures will focus on the history, structure, and function of noh. Each student will compose a modern noh play, either a reinvention of an old play or a new one. Time permitting, students may present their play.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to noh and kyogen | read Sumidagawa |
| Class 2 | Discuss and watch Sumidagawa play | write short essay on Sumidagawa read the Iron Crown |
| Class 3 | Discuss and watch the Iron Crown | write short essay on the Iron Crown read Tomoe |
| Class 4 | Discuss and watch Tomoe | write short essay on Tomoe read Fujito |
| Class 5 | Discuss and watch Fujito | write short essay on Fujito write a new noh play |
| Class 6 | Watch and discuss kyogen comic theater | write a new noh play |
| Class 7 | modern noh plays; student presentations | presentations |
Textbook(s)
handouts
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Royall Tyler (transl., ed.), Japanese No Dramas (Penguin Books, 1992)
Donald Keene, ed. Twenty Plays of the No Theatre (Columbia University Press, 1970)
etc.
Assessment criteria and methods
class participation (including presentation) 28%; short essays on noh plays 36%; original noh play 36%
Related courses
- LAH.S504 ： Essence of Humanities and Social Sciences30:Japanese Poetry
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
ability to read and speak high intermediate level English
