manga, anime, and modern japan
Personal Narrative:
This course allowed me to learn more in depth about popular culture in Japan, specifically manga and anime. I was also able to learn about these platforms in an academic matter. The final project, which is listed below, was a way for us to show how we understood a manga to be made. This was so that the instructor could assess whether or not we had been learning the proper ways in which many manga creators worked. We were also able to understand more deeply the roots of manga and anime in Japan, besides their role in popular culture. |
Course Description:
Manga, Anime & Modern Japan: Reality of an Illusion - This class uses Japanese manga (cartoons) and Anime as modern mirrors that reflect the Japanese experience of rapid economic and social transformation over the past 150 years. Starting with the examination of ancient Japanese style of visual expression, in this course we will trace how popular visual texts such as Manga and Anime sketch out a parallel world that is linked both historically and culturally to the "imagined community" of the Japanese nation-state. |