He opposed to the materialism and social ambitions of the

new urban culture.

2.) Blackboard postings. -----15% Once a week (not each class),
each student must post a short critical response (1 or 2 paragraphs; at
least 4 sentences) to some specific aspect of the assigned reading prior to
the class discussion. Posts can be about some aspect of a work that
particularly struck you as interesting/ moving/ shocking/ strange/etc. (It
might be helpful to phrase your idea in the form of a question.) You must
also include at least one quote from the reading that supports your
main idea. (Please briefly indicate which character is speaking (if
relevant) and what is being discussed. Also, please note the page
number.) Please post your responses under the appropriate thread in the
Discussions section of Blackboard by Monday at 11AM if
responding to the readings for Monday afternoon, and Wednesday
at 11 AM if responding to the readings for Wednesday afternoon.
Individual posts will be graded on a scale of 10. I will give comments in
abbreviated form. A rubric explaining the abbreviations is as follows:

Q: You did not include a quote from the readings. (-2)

RL: The selection of your quote is not relevant to your argument. (-1 to
-2, depending on
degree )
AG: Your main idea/argument is not sufficiently clear and/or consistently
developed. (-1 to -2, depending on degree.)
ER: Your response evinces misunderstandings of the films plot and/or
error(s) in the proper nouns (character or place names, etc) that occur in
the film. AND/ OR, your response evinces a misreading of the text you
are referring to. (-1 to -3, depending on degree.)
ML: Minimum length not met.

Pop culture

He sought out the spiritual and poetic in commoner culture found

only in classical or Chinese poetry.
Hai = spirit. Seeing through comparison.
Main principle = interaction with elemetns.
It must contain season word
Must have a major break between first and secon parts of poem.
Convey something constant (something eternal
Convery something temporal ( movement, sound, human frailty)
Old pond frog jumps in sound of water. Frog is sing of spring. They
are considered elegant. Combining (Kyoriku)
Combining disparate topics in a single haiku
Kyoriku importance of intermediary line.
Underlying connects between two topics.
OR
Single object poems (Kyorai)
Awaken to the high, return to the low
Follow the Creative spirit
Object and self as one.
The unchanging and ever changing.
I wake up slaking