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2123015 - Osnovi japanske civilizacije 1

Course specification
Course title
Acronym 2123015
Study programme
Module
Type of study
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
    Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
      ESPB 3.0 Status
      Condition Successful completion of the courses Modern Japanese Language G-4 and Social and Cultural History of Japan 2. Oblik uslovljenosti
      The goal Understanding and analysis of key characteristics relevant to the development of Japanese society and culture from the Kamakura period to the Tokugawa period, including the rise of the warrior class, the emergence of the shogunate, the duality of imperial and shogunal authority, and Japanese feudalism during the Kamakura, Muromachi, and Azuchi–Momoyama periods, through to the Tokugawa period.
      The outcome A student understands and discusses the characteristics and specific features of the development of Japanese society and culture during the Kamakura, Muromachi, and Azuchi–Momoyama periods, up to and including the Tokugawa period.
      Contents
      Contents of lectures The Kamakura Period. The Establishment of the First Shogunate in Japan. The Duality of Political Authority. Religion. Zen Buddhism. The Everyday Life and Education of the Samurai. Cultural and Civilizational Characteristics of Medieval Japan. The Muromachi Period. The Muromachi Bakufu. The Warring States Period. The Azuchi–Momoyama Period. The Beginnings of the Unification of Japan.
      Contents of exercises
      Literature
      1. Sansom G.B. Short Cultural History of Japan. Stanford University Press.1978. (Original title)
      2. Hall J. W. ed, The Cambridge History Of Japan. Vol. 4, Cambridge University Press, 1993. (Original title)
      3. Ed. Mass J.P, Hauser W.B. The Bakufu in Japanese History. Stanford 1985. (Original title)
      4. Duus P. Feudalism in Japan. Alferd A. Knopf. 1969. (Original title)
      5. Fujiwara no Jien and the Gukanshō – The Beginnings of Japanese Historiography.
      Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
      Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
      2
      Methods of teaching .
      Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
      Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
      Activites during lectures 10 Test paper 50
      Practical lessons Oral examination
      Projects 10
      Colloquia
      Seminars 30