Transfer Student Courses in Asian Studies (Division 323)

Fall Term, 1999 (September 8 - December 22, 1999)

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Instructor(s): Holcombe

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See History 121.001.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Robert Sharf

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Credits: (4).

Course Homepage: https://coursetools.ummu.umich.edu/1999/fall/lsa/asis/220/001.nsf

See Buddhist Studies 220.001.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Pashaura Singh (psingh@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See South & Southeast Asia 320.001.

Asian St. 395. Honors Thesis.

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Sections 001-004 meet the Upper-Level Writing Requirement.

Instructor(s): Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen (qmz@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: A knowledge of Japanese is not required. (4). (HU).

Credits: (4).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See Japanese 400..

Section 001 – Politics & Development in China.

Instructor(s): Joffe

Prerequisites & Distribution: Upperclass standing. (4). (Excl).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See Political Science 428.001.

Section 001 – Meets with Film/Video 441.002.

Instructor(s): Michael Raine (mraine@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). May be repeated for a total of six credits.

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: https://coursetools.ummu.umich.edu/1999/fall/lsa/film/441/002.nsf

This course does not attempt a comprehensive survey of the variety of cinemas that have emerged in Asia. Instead, it concentrates on the feature film production of three regions: Japan, “China” (including mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong), and India (in particular the Hindi language production of the Bombay studios). We will study the historical development of the relatively “orthodox” film production of Japan before investigating how the ethnic, linguistic, and geopolitical complexity of the other regions questions the apparently stable category of “national cinema”. We will also trace the relationship between commercial and non-commercial (“art”) film production in each region, and attempt to develop an understanding of national film culture that goes beyond film production to include the transnational and subnational conditions of film audiences.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Shuen-fu Lin (lsf@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: No knowledge of Chinese required. (3). (HU).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See Chinese 471.001.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Eun-su Cho (eunsucho@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Buddhist Studies 220, or any introductory course on Buddhism. (3). (HU).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

See Buddhist Studies 489.001.

Section 001 – Japanese Theater.

Instructor(s): Hugh De Ferranti (hbd@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course concerns theatre traditions practiced in Japan today. It is not a general survey of Japanese theatre, but an opportunity to look closely at some representative traditions, with a view to identification of characteristics that they bear in common, and ones that are unique. We will deal primarily with historical traditions of Japanese music-theatre now considered classical and canonical: noh drama, bunraku puppet theatre and kabuki. Forms of dramatic performance of more recent origin, namely, angura theatre of the 1960s-70s, and some 1980s-'90s 'inter-cultural' works that draw upon both Japanese and Western theatre traditions, will also be introduced. As there are no practitioners of Japanese theatre working at the University of Michigan on an ongoing basis, the materials for this course will include many videos of performances. Students will be expected to view video extracts in preparation for many classes. Text materials in English translation and Japanese transliteration will be provided for videos that are unsubtitled. Student assessment will be based upon presentation of materials in class meetings, two term tests and a research paper.