This page presents study questions for some of the readings.
Course study materials.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
STUDY QUESTIONS |
| 1 |
Introduction |
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| I. Ways of The Warriors |
| 2 |
Historical/Geographical Overview |
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| 3 |
Emergence of the Warrior Ethos |
(PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
| 4 |
Zen |
(PDF) |
| 5 |
Zen and the Samurai |
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| 6 |
Short Exam |
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| 7 |
Bushidô |
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| II. Spiritual and Supernatural Worlds |
| 8 |
The Forty-Seven Ronin |
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| 9 |
The Forty-Seven Ronin (cont.) |
(PDF) |
| 10 |
Ugetsu |
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| 11 |
Medieval Aesthetics |
(PDF) |
| 12 |
Medieval Aesthetics (cont.) |
(PDF 1) (PDF 2) |
| 13 |
Zen and the Tea Ceremony |
(PDF) |
| 14 |
Christianity |
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| III. Worlds of Pleasure/Worlds of Pain |
| 15 |
Tokugawa Urban Life |
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| 16 |
Saikaku |
(PDF) |
| 17 |
Chikamatsu |
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| 18 |
Ecstasy and Self Destruction |
(PDF) |
| 19 |
Women under Feudalism |
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| 20 |
Saikaku's Amorous Woman/Mizoguchi's Tragic Heroine |
(PDF) |
| IV. Reassessing The Samurai |
| 21 |
Oharu |
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| 22 |
Repression and Protest in History and Film |
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| 23 |
Rebellions |
(PDF) |
| 24 |
Failed Samurai |
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| 25 |
Failed Samurai (cont.) |
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| 26 |
Conclusion; Review for Final |
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Final Exam |
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