Lecture (9:00 – 10:55)
Assignments
1. Assigned Reading
2. Research Journal
Journal Entries: 10 responses to primary, secondary, or tertiary sources or your choice, including but not limited to assigned texts.
3. Group Discussion (10:00 – 10:25)
Group Discussion Report
4. Annotated Bibliography
5. Extra Credit
Research Paper
Presentation
RESOURCES:
ACADEMIC WRITING:
- GENERAL:
- Harvard Writing Center
- Purdue OWL
- HUMANITIES:
- “Writing a Research Paper in the Humanities,” Graduate Writing Lab, Yale Center for Teaching and Learning
- LITERATURE
- “Literature (Fiction),” Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel HIll
- SOCIAL SCIENCES:
- “Organizing your Social Sciences Research Paper,” University of Southern California
ANIMATION/ANIME:
- “Japanese Animated Film Classics,” The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
- “Nishikata Film Review,” Cathy Munroe Hotes
- “Origins of American Animation,” Library of Congress
ANTHROPOMORPHISM:
- Sanrio
- アンパンマン
BOOKS ONLINE:
- “Book Search,” The Online Books Page, by John Mark Ockerbloom, University of Pennsylvania
- “Book Titles with Full-Text Online,” MetPublications, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
CHARACTERS:
- CharaBiz.Asia (English), CharaBiz.com (日本語)
- Sanrio
- アンパンマン
CARTOONS & COMICS:
- CARTOON & COMIC STUDIES:
- “Cartoon Research,” edited by Jerry Beck
- “The Comics Journal,” edited by Tucker Stone
- “The Visual Language Lab,” Neil Cohn
- ONLINE
- “The Comic Strip Library,” Zachary Chavez
- POLITICAL CARTOONS & SATIRE:
- General
- Punch
- “About,” Punch Magazine
COMEDY
- “Philosophy of Humor,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
COOL JAPAN:
- “Cool Japan/Creative Industries Policy,” Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry
CRITICAL ANALYSIS & THEORY:
- CHARACTER ANALYSIS
- “Character Analysis Guide,” by Debra Bruch, Michigan Technical University
- COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
- “How to Write a Comparative Analysis,” Harvard College Writing Center
- “The Comparative Essay,” by Vicki Visvis and Jerry Plotnick, The University of Toronto
- CRITICAL ANALYSIS (Formalist, Gender, Historical, Mythological, Psychological, etc.):
- “Critical Approaches to Literature,” John B. Padgett, University of Mississippi
- “Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism,” Online Writing Lab, Purdue University
- ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE:
- “Literary Analysis: Using Elements of Literature,” Roane State Community College
- FILM ANALYSIS:
- DOCUMENTARY:
- “Keep a Close Watch: Analyzing a Documentary’s Strengths and Weaknesses,” by Sheila Curran Bernard, May 17, 2016
- GENERAL:
- “Film Analysis,” The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- “Film Analysis,” Yale Film Analysis Web Site
- “Writing about Film: Terminology and Starting Prompts,” Purdue Online Writing Lab
- TRAILERS:
- “Analyzing a Trailer,” Film Education, 2013
- “How to ‘Read’ a Trailer,” by Fred Greene, Movie Trailers 101
- DOCUMENTARY:
- FORMAL/VISUAL ANALYSIS
- “Art Criticism and Formal Analysis Outline,” University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
- “Understanding Formal Analysis,” The J. Paul Getty Museum
- “Visual Analysis,” Writing Studio, Thompson Writing Program, Duke University
- “Writing a Formal Analysis in Art History,” The Nesbitt-Johnston Writing Center, Hamilton College
DISNEY
- “Pocahontas,” Reel American History, Jennifer Lackner, Lehigh University, November 1999
FACT CHECKING & MEDIA BIAS
- “Media Bias/Fact Check,” Media Bias Fact Check, LLC
- “Snopes,” Snopes Media Group Inc.
FOLK CULTURE
- “The American Folklife Center,” Library of Congress
GAMES
- Pokémon GO Death Tracker
- “The Uncensored Library,” Reporters Without Borders
GENDER & SEXUALITY:
HISTORY
- The Heisei Period
- “Defining the Heisei Era,” The Japan Times, 2018
- The Edo (Tokugawa) Period
- “Edo Tokyo Digital Museum,” Tokyo Metropolitan Library, 2011
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS & MAGAZINES
- “Picture Book Gallery,” International Library of Children’s Literature, National Diet Library
INDUSTRY:
- “Anime Tourism 88,” Anime Tourism Association
INTERNET & SOCIAL MEDIA
- “Know Your Meme,” Literally Media Ltd.
JAPANESE POPULAR CULTURE (GENERAL):
- “Japanese Media and Popular Culture,” Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo
JOURNALS:
- “Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific“
- “Mechademia: Journal and Conferences on Asian Popular Cultures“
KABUKI:
- “Invitation to Kabuki,” Japan Arts Council
KAWAII:
- “Cute Studies Bibliography,” Joshua Paul Dale
MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS
- “印刷部数公表,” 日本雑誌協会
- “明治新聞雑誌文庫所蔵検索,” 東京大学
MANGA:
- Associations
- Authors
- Tezuka Osamu
- “Tezuka 2020,” Kioxia
- Tezuka Osamu
- Awards & Competitions
- “Japan International MANGA Award,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
- “Silent Manga Audition,” COAMIX
- “International Comic/Manga Schools Contest,” CELCYS, Inc.
- “Contest Results!” 2019
- Circulation
- “Books, Best Sellers, Manga, March 15, 2009,” – , New York Times Best Sellers List: Manga
- “印刷部数公表,” 日本雑誌協会
- Emanata, Morphemes, Visual Effects
- “Morphology of Japanese Visual Language,” by Neil Cohn
- General
- “A Beginner’s Guide to Manga,” by Amanda Pagan, New York Public Library
- “Beginner’s Guide to Manga 2: Manga Less than 10 Volumes,” by Amanda Pagan, New York Public Library
- Genres
- Culinary
- “Nom-nom November: Food-related Manga,” by Amanda Pagan, New York Public Library, November 25, 2019
- Isekai
- “Beginner’s Guide to Isekai,” by Amanda Pagan, New York Public Library
- LGBTQ+
- “Beginner’s Guide to LGBTQ+ Manga,” by Amanda Pagan, New York Public Library, June 17, 2019
- Shōjo
- “The Blog of Committee Chair Matt Rachel Thorn,” by Rachel Matt Thorn, Committee for the Revival and Promotion of Shōjo Manga
- Culinary
- Online
- “連載漫画,” 毎日新聞
- Premodern Narrative Art
- kusazoshi (illustrated books)
- “鐄花猫目鬘,” 仮名垣魯文(作)、一猛斎芳虎(画)、文久3年(1863) − 慶応3年(1867)、古典籍総合データーベース(Kotenseki Sogo Database)、早稲田大学
- kusazoshi (illustrated books)
- Production
- “潜入!!週刊少年ジャンプができるまで,” 共同印刷株式会社
- Vocabulary
- マンガ用語集、ジャンプ流、SHUEISHA
MEDIA STUDIES & THEORY:
- “Paratext,” by Roswitha Skare, ISKO Encyclopedia of Knowledge Organization
- “The Chicago School of Media Theory; Keywords,” University of Chicago, 2018
MLA FORMAT:
- General:
- Purdue OWL, Purdue Online Writing Lab
- MLA General Format, Purdue Online Writing Lab
- Purdue OWL, Purdue Online Writing Lab
- In-Text Citations:
- MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics, Purdue Online Writing Lab
- Works Cited:
- Manga:
- Citing Graphic Novels and Manga in MLA, Western Michigan University, University Libraries
- Manga:
SOCIAL ISSUES:
- CLIMATE CHANGE
- “The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,” World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Environment Programme
- SEXUAL VIOLENCE:
VISUAL CULTURE
- “Nishikata Film Review,” Cathy Munroe Hotes
VISUAL LANGUAGE:
- “The Visual Language Lab,” Neil Cohn