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Description
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From Chikamatsu's or Mokuami's dramatic masterpieces to modern classics like Mori Ogai, Muro Saisei, Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio: Japanese film has never left literature alone. Such films were designed to make texts that were famous but not easy to understand more accessible, or at least look interesting and enjoyable. The age of these films (and of the audience they were made for) is in itself quite interesting: Japan of the 1950s and 1960s. One part of those movies' attractiveness is the considerable quality of the adaptation, and another, the lavish use of stars and, sometimes, production values. So why not enjoy some of these films, any maybe, read the books afterwards? (The originals of most pictures chosen have appeared in translation.)
Rather than handing in a written report, participants are expected to prepare a short English-speaking presentation on a course-related topic of their own choice along with an accompanying handout for one of the final sessions.
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