Session 26—Tu, Nov 22: Honor & shame II: Bushidō seen through Ihara Saikaku's short stories of love | student evaluations

Topics

❖ Ihara Saikaku (井原西鶴, 1642–1693)
❖ Short stories of love by Saikaku
❖ Puppet theater (文楽 bunraku)
❖ Chikamatsu Monzaemon (近松門左衛門, 1653–1725), playwright
❖ Conceptual frameworks: giri-ninjō (義理人情, obligations and love)
◊ Student evaluations

Thoughts—read before class, revisit for tests

Saikaku likes the writing space where it is difficult to know if he is being serious or toying with the reader

Puppet theater and then kabuki theater shouldered Noh drama aside. Noh remains as a connoisseur's art, and we need that as well. Bunraku and kabuki, on the other hand, flourish brilliantly in the new cultural contexts of the Edo period.

Required—to be completed for today's session

✓ Saikaku Never Perform and Saikaku Diamond Crest. Consider reviewing two works assigned earlier: Saikaku Amorous and Saikaku Tortured.

Multimedia notes

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Other

Terms and such mentioned this day that are not otherwise in an obvious place on the web site, the powerpoints, the assigned reading, etc. (to help with capturing items mentioned, perhaps quickly, in class, not for test purposes)

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