SPECIAL NOTE: Several days of the in-country program will require extensive walking. Students will be required to pay travel costs and living expenses.
OFFERINGS
Not Offered
DESCRIPTION
This unit will examine the relationship between tradition and modernity in Japan through an examination of performance arts including kyogen and kabuki. Students will be required to attend intensive preparatory sessions before departing for Japan. A key element of the unit will be a visit to the Yoshino region of Nara Prefecture to investigate the legend of Minamoto Yoshitsune, the great tragic hero of Japan, as represented in the kabuki play,
Yoshitsune zenbonzakura.
TEACHING PATTERN: 2x4 hour intensive prior to departing Japan. Approximately 8x3 hour intensive in Japan.
FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS Note: Class attendance may still be required
Resource supported teaching & learning - O Additional resources are provided for your optional use; e.g. audio taped lectures
About Flexible Study Options
INTERNATIONALISATION This unit includes specific international contexts/case studies.
This unit includes international cross-cultural issues/skills.
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Resource supported teaching & learning - O