LANGUAGE OF JAPANESE AESTHETICS   [Archived Catalog]
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog
   

JPNSE 1045 - LANGUAGE OF JAPANESE AESTHETICS


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
For over a thousand years, aesthetic values have been seen by the Japanese as central in defining the particular significance of their civilization & the driving force of these insights into the beauty of truth remains powerful even today. Learning to appreciate the development of traditional Japanese aesthetic sensibilities and their historical manifestations in a variety of art forms such as poetry & painting to theatre and folk art not only helps one to understand Japanese culture but provides a nonwestern model to consider creativity, beauty and life. Readings in English.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis


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