講義概要／Course description

科目基礎情報／Course information
開講元学部／Faculty 国際教養学部／FACULTY OF LIBERAL ARTS
開講元学科／Department
登録コード／Registration Code ALIT4450
期間／Period 2019年度／Academic Year 秋学期／AUTUMN
学期／Semester 秋学期／AUTUMN
曜限／Period 月／Mon 4, 木／Thu 4
SAMURAI IN LITERATURE AND HISTORY*／SAMURAI IN
科目名／Course title
LITERATURE AND HISTORY
授業形態／Course Type 演習 ／Seminar
科目ナンバリング／Course
LIT445
Numbering
レベル／Level 400
教員表示名 THOMPSON Mathew
主担当教員名／Instructor THOMPSON Mathew／THOMPSON MATHEW
単位数／Credits 4
更新日／Date of renewal Mar 5, 2019

講義概要情報／Course description
LIT
キーワード
Japanese Literature
／Keywords History
In contemporary Japan (and around the world) the word “samurai”
conjures up images both exotic and quotidian. On the one hand, samurai
live in the cultural memory of a distant past that is colored by romantic
notions of violence, masculinity, loyalty, and death. On the other hand,
samurai are a familiar part of day-to-day life, appearing in everything
from advertisements for cold medicine, to businessman self-help books,
講義概要
and even ultra-nationalist propaganda. The goal of this course is to
／Course description
explore the rich discursive history of this popular cultural
icon. Beginning with the rise of warrior culture in the 12th century and
ending with the samurai legacy in post-war Japan, discussions will focus
on the shifting representations of the samurai as a cultural symbol that
was continuously re-imagined and reinterpreted with each new period in
history.
To survey the variety of representations and interpretations that have been
brought to bear on warriors and the samurai class throughout Japanese
到達目標（授業の目標）
history. Although we will rely mostly on literature for texts, the class will
／Course objectives
also make use of other media (film, visual culture, etc.), and will focus
extensively on situating each text within an accurate historical narrative.
授業時間外（予習・復習等）の Students should anticipate a medium to heavy workload for this class,
学習 including daily readings, occasional presentations, and a well-written final
／Expected work outside of class essay.
 可／Yes
他学部・他研究科受講可否
※要覧記載の履修対象とする年次を確認すること。
／Other departments' students
Please make sure to confirm the student year listed in the bulletin.

授業参加／Class participation （40.0％）

レポート／Report （60.0％）
その他／Others(in detail) ：Course Requirements and Grading:
1) Active participation in daily seminar discussions and
thoughtful/informative class presentations: 40%
評価基準・割合 2) Final paper: 60% The final paper for this class will be a research paper
／Evaluation of roughly 16 pages on a topic of your own choosing. About halfway
through the semester each student will submit a 1-2 page paper proposal
outlining their topic, their approach, and the sources they plan to
use. Later in the semester each student will have an opportunity to
present their research and argument to the class.
3) Regular attendance. Late arrivals will be considered the same as an
absence. Any student missing more than two classes will receive a lower
final grade. Students who are absent more than six classes will fail.

テキスト／Textbook 自由記述／Free Text ：All readings will be available to class on

Moodle.

講義スケジュール／Schedule
1.Introduction
2.Review of History: Warriors and Violence in Heian Japan
3.Review of History: Medieval Warfare and Warrior Culture
4.Review of History: Medieval Warfare and Warrior Culture, part II
5.The Way of the Warrior: Fiction or Reality
6.Warriors as Rebels and Insurrectionists
7.Warriors as Saviors
8.The Aesthetics of Loss and Defeat
9.Warrior Rule: Medieval Controls and Regulations
10.Warrior Ideals: Fidelity and Infidelity
11.Late Medieval Violence and Unification:
12.Review of Japanese History: The Early Modern Samurai
13.Warrior as Class: The Tokugawa Class System
14.Warrior as Code: Warriors without War
授業計画／Class schedule
15.The Ako Incident
16.Warriors as Contradiction: Regulating the Right to Violence
17.Duty, Honor, and Death: Regulating the Right to Die
18.Chushingura (Re)Imagined
19.Warrior as Minority: 19th Century Poverty
20.Review of Japanese History: The Modern Samurai
21.Samurai Abolished: Feudalism and Modernity
22.Samurai Re-invented: The Creation of Bushido
23.Samurai Re-invented: The Creation of Bushido II
24.Samurai Legacy in Inter-War Japan
25.Samurai in Contemporary Media
26.Samurai in Contemporary Media II
27.Final Essay Presentations
28.Final Essay Presentations