Japan Today 1 (SPRING)

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
    • “Harvard Guide to Using Sources“
    • “Strategies for Essay Writing“
  • 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
  • “Characters“
• アンパンマン
  • “アンパンマンについて：なかまのしょうかい“

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
  • Characters
• アンパンマン
  • “アンパンマンについて：なかまのしょうかい“

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
    • “The Golden Age of Political Cartoons: British and American Political Cartoons from 18th Century,” PICRYL
  • 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
• 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:

• “Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific“

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
  • 日本漫画家協会
• Authors
  • Tezuka Osamu
    • “Tezuka 2020,” Kioxia
•  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
• 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
• 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
• 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

SOCIAL ISSUES:

• CLIMATE CHANGE
  • “The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,” World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Environment Programme
• SEXUAL VIOLENCE:
  • “Flower Demo“

VISUAL CULTURE

• “Nishikata Film Review,” Cathy Munroe Hotes

VISUAL LANGUAGE:

• “The Visual Language Lab,” Neil Cohn