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Blog #11

Contents

1) discussed about "What make you American?" with the groups
2) Try to write Haiku→ You have to vote the best one! by next Monday so I can be ready for your prize!
3) discussed about film, Memoirs of Geisha.

Homework is
1) Blog entry #11 Read and analysis of following key concepts

　　①Nemawashi (p.159)

　　②Sempai-kohai (p.187) 

　　③Ryosaikenbo (p.179)

　　④ Reflection of the last discussion of Memoirs of Geisha

2) Vote the Haiku that you think it showed the purpose of Haiku the best

Rubric is

①Focused on NATURE

②surprising not literal 

③Show the writer's emotion by describing nature

Blog #10

Contents
1) Watch the film as much as possible

Homework is
1) find the film and watch the rest of film
2) Blog entry #10-answering the questions
Krista and Makenzie have to think about 2-3 questions for next week.
★Next week
1) Discussion of "What makes you American?" →Answer the question on Blog #9
2) Explanation of final paper 
3) Discussion of Memoirs of Geisha



Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)    Set in 1920’s Kyoto’s Gion destrict

 

1.  Today’s Japan is very much like the West. The Japanese wear jeans and T-shirts, listen to Hip Hop, dance at the club to the dance music, sit on the couch, etc.  In modern Japan, geisha in Kyoto Gion district symbolize the old, traditional Japan. What kind of arts and lifestyle of traditional Japan does geisha, “a person of art,” maintain and practice?

2.   Considering Bigaku, the Japanese sense of aware means “people are aware of the beauty of full blossoms, of course, but are more touched and deeply moved when these blooms are falling or beginning to wilt” (p.37). Can you find a moment in which you can relate to this Japanese aware in your life? Describe your example and experience. Explain the reasons why you think so.

3.   Comparing with the other Japanese films we have watched in this class, in Memoirs of Geisha, do you think it lost ma or aware because they speak English? Why? Why not? Explain the reasons why you think so.

4.   Considering Kisetsu, are there any events (e.g. Tanabata, Omisoka, etc) where you appreciate Kisetsu in the U.S.?  Find one and explain what it is. If you were Japanese, how would you enjoy the events differently from Americans.

5.   Considering Otogibanashi, in the film, can you discover "sense of emotional beauty, of a feeling of aware, which embodied in feelings such as patience and pity” (p.172). Describe the film and explain why you think so.

6.   Explain Wabi-Sabi with your own words. Compare the sense of aesthetics in your country with the notion of Wabi-Sabi in Japan.

7.   In the film, what scenes do you see Wabi-Sabi? Describe the scenes and explain why you think so.

8. Movie- how did Hatsumomo end up? What is the relationship between Sayuri and Chairman at the end?

    Do you think Sayuri is happy about the her life or not? Why do you think so?

9. Movie-Who did Okaasan adapt? What do you think Pumpkin's life?

10. What do you think about the movie overall? Share your personal opinions.