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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
 
  Jan 27, 2026
 
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
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JPNSE 1081 - FORMS OF JAPANESE THEATRE


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will provide a survey of various major forms of Japanese theatre using English language materials. Students will have access to relatively ancient forms of Japanese theatre such as Kagura and no, kabuki drama and the Bunraku puppet theatre through film and videocassette. The modern and avant-garde theatre are also accessible through translation and videocassette material. This course is designed for upper-class majors in theatre arts and non-majors in related fields.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: Asian Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req.


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