FF:JAP114 History of Japan - Course Information
JAP114 History of Japan
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2011
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Ivan Rumánek, PhD. et PhD (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Japanese Studies Centre – Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Thu 14:10–15:45 K33, Thu 15:50–17:25 zruseno C21
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- JAP103 Introduction to Japan. Studies
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 120 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/120, only registered: 0/120 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Japanese Language and Culture (programme FF, B-FI)
- Japanese Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
- Course objectives
- The course offers a comprehensive introduction to Japanese history, from the prehistory to the modern times. It covers the main topics of general, economic, social and cultural history of Japan.
At the end of the course students will be able to
define the periods of Japanese history;
locate leading personalities, historical events and processes in the context of Japanese history;
interpret distinctive features in the periods of Japanese history according to the approach of modern historiography;
formulate the significance of historical phenomena in the context of Japanese history;
evaluate the significance of leading personalities, important historical events and processes in the context of Japanese history. - Syllabus
- 0. Introduction to the course;
- 1. prehistory of Japan;
- 2. Nara period, early Heian period;
- 3. late Heian, establishement of Kamakura shogunate;
- 4. Kamakura period;
- 5. Ashikaga shogunate;
- 6. Sengoku period, Azuchi – Momoyama period, establishement of Tokugawa shogunate;
- 7. Edo period;
- 8. crisis of Tokugawa shogunate, influence of Western powers;
- 9. Meiji Restoration, creating modern Japan;
- 10. Japan in 1920’s and 1930‘s;
- 11. WW II and postwar Japan;
- 12. modern Japan after 1970.
- Literature
- Mason, R. H. P; Caiger, J. G. Dějiny Japonska. Praha : Fighters Publications, 2007.
- CRAIG, Albert M. Dějiny Japonska. Edited by Edwin O. Reischauer, Translated by David Labus - Jan Sýkora. Vyd. 2., dopl. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2006, 476 s. ISBN 9788071065135. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, class discussions, self-study selected readings.
- Assessment methods
- Final written/oral exam as assigned by the tutor. Students are expected and required to attend seminar classes of this course.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo japanistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučující.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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