Postgraduate Course: Japanese Performing Arts I: Traditional Theatre and Contemporary Performance (ASST11054)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Asian Studies |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course offers a critical introduction to traditional Japanese theatre in its historical, cultural and performative context.
Detailed attention will be paid to noh, kabuki and bunraku, all of which combine acting, music and dance and continue to be performed regularly in contemporary Japan.
The relationship between performance and text, and the concept of "performance as text," will be central to the course content, and will be presented through analysis of audio-visual performance recordings as well as the scripts of selected plays.
Writings on noh, bunraku and kabuki that provide researchers with theoretical background to training and performance, playwriting and appreciation of these traditional forms will also introduced and discussed, particularly from the perspective of modern anglophone scholarship.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students who have completed the course successfully will be able to:
Apply a general knowledge of the historical and cultural background to the performing arts in Japan
Understand critically, appreciate and analyse contemporary performances of noh, bunraku and kabuki
Describe, explain and apply to their independent research important writings on noh, bunraku and kabuki |
Assessment Information
| One 4000 word essay (100%) |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Helen Parker
Tel: (0131 6)50 4230
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Course secretary | Miss Catherine Mcdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 1822
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