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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2024
College College of Arts
Course Code AU308
Theme・Subtitle マンガ/アニメ表現論2
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus Lecture
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Spring Semester
DayPeriod・Room Mon.3・M301
Credit 2
Course Number PCW2300
Language Japanese
Class Registration Method Lottery Registration(定員:150人/ Capacity:150)
Grade (Year) Required 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
prerequisite regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges 履修登録システムの『他学部・他研究科履修不許可科目一覧』で確認してください。
course cancellation 〇(履修中止可/ Eligible for cancellation)
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy 各授業科目は、学部・研究科の定める学位授与方針(DP)や教育課程編成の方針(CP)に基づき、カリキュラム上に配置されています。詳細はカリキュラム・マップで確認することができます。
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Text Code AU308

【Course Objectives】

"Melodrama" was established as a theatrical genre in Europe around the end of the 18th century. It is characterized by the dramaturgy of dualistic conflict between good and evil, characters who are built and staged in order to the audience can clearly recognize each moral position such as innocent heroin, hero, or villain, and the effects of sensationalism and sentimentalism. Since the 19th century, "Melodrama" has expanded and permeated across borders, generations, media, and genres, producing numerous variations. "Melodrama" has become one of the most versatile concepts in cultural critics and studies in the English-speaking world today.
In this class, we will study the definition and history of "melodrama" through an overview of previous studies, and examine the nature of melodramatic imagination and style in manga, anime, and other popular narrative cultures in contemporary Japan.
By studying "melodrama" as a genre or style, we will examine how individual works relate to other works and how they are situated within the social, industrial, and cultural history of the region. We will also examine how popular and commercial art and culture have dealt with "ethics and morality" and "sensation and emotion" and how this has affected the subjectivity of individuals in post-modern societies.
Students will be trained to use the knowledge gained in class to analyze individual writers and their works, and to write scholarly and critical texts, making appropriate use of references.

【Course Contents】

"Melodrama" was established as a theatrical genre in Europe at the end of the 18 century, and then spread worldwide through stage and novel media in the 19 century, and became one of the important resources for motion picture that began to tell stories in the early 20 century. Variations of "melodrama" also can be found in manga and anime in postwar Japan. In this course, we will learn about the definition and history of melodrama, the acceptance of melodrama in Japan, and its unique development. We will also learn about the fruits of English melodrama studies. And we will consider the "melodramatic imagination" in manga and anime from the Showa period to the present Japan.

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