Undergraduate Course: Japanese Performing Arts 4 (ASST10117)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	The course aims to introduce students to Japanese performing arts in their historical, cultural and performative context; and to enable them to analyse and appreciate different kinds of performance that incorporate Japanese performing arts. The course will deal in detail with noh, kabuki and bunraku: these are the three best known and most widely staged traditional Japanese performing art forms, and all combine acting, music and dance. Key aspects of these forms will be examined using examples from audio-visual performance recordings as well as the scripts of selected plays. Additionally, the course content will cover the major movements in Japanese theatre in the period since 1868 and introduce scripts from modern theatre that have been translated into English, focussing on those that have been performed in Edinburgh. Attention will also be paid to the reception of Japanese performing arts abroad and examples of non-Japanese performances that have used Japanese techniques of performance. All students will be given a formative feedback exercise that will be helpful for the assessment for this course and students' general academic development.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed ( East Asian Civilization 1 (ASST08031) OR East Asian Civilization 1A (ASST08032) OR East Asian Civilization 1B (ASST08033)) AND ( East Asian Civilization 2 (ASST08036) OR Pre-modern East Asia to 1600 (ASST08039))	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	As an alternative to the above pre-requisites, it is RECOMMENDED that students have passed TWO literature-based courses offered in the first and second years in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 22, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 174 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	3500 essay 80% Class participation 20%
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
Students who have completed the course successfully will be able to: Demonstrate and apply knowledge of the historical and cultural background to the performing arts in Japan Identify, understand and explain the key features of traditional performing art forms Present information and express ideas on Japanese performing arts cogently in both oral and essay form Analyse and appreciate different kinds of performance that incorporate Japanese performing arts