WPC# ]7Ot]X^:ԇX詐{ 9خ |i:n}Ay8DW#*bl@Ybp6-hIWx<+d\E F)b(}NlJk(SwT))oŸ3 F`* HUHY7 7/OF,z:佄LܩorhiS ^B0%}+ =?rRoR\jܷ=J8& 4ytgZM ZB'L~W+mrv/i[$(jxtBtSʅNn5NyX2`#sc:qM@ldoQ>Pߢ#p to0ncP͕Ыq,leێ47X\V++>}iWhO0UNI`e /ci?T0=_]}\%a/ N$W/+#!UN %O 0(U 0 d}8^ w@%4ey m 0N2N!Printzilla0(  Z6Times New Roman RegularX($(Wf|$ @*  A mailto:levi@ch2.ch.pdx.edu;{|&  I !"#$D%&D+[l% $w3|x&U(O$mailto:levi@digiconn.com !  _f|   f|+@     _EARLYJAPANESEHISTORYf|+L qԌ  Ќ   Instructor:AntoniaLevi,CramerHall:441SOfficeHours:4:006:00,Tuesday,Wednesday,andbyappointmentPhone:Office:7253991;Home:2464765[callbefore10:00a.m.andyoudie!]Email:4 : O  5  levi@ch2.ch.pdx.edu;6 O  7 Ԁ4 H O  5  levi@digiconn.com6} O  7 p    Textbooks:      Hane,PremodernJapan p     Aston,Nihongi[onreserve] \    Chamberlain,Kojiki[onreserve] H    Sakai,UsagiYojimbo:Grasscutter,Vols.13+14 4    McCullough,GenjiandHeike  p   Grading: H  (X(#(#(Undergraduates:   0  Attendance.........................20%    Participation.......................20%  GroupPresentation.............20%  Microthemes.......................40% l GraduateStudents    p Attendance..........................20% p Participation........................20% p IndividualPresentation.......20% p Researchpaper....................40% l 5(#(#X5f|   f|@%    Assignmentsf| Ԍ D Ќ    Microthemes: Undergraduatesareresponsibleforwriting3microthemepapers.Thesepapers  shouldbeapproximately45pages,typedanddoublespaced,witha1"marginonallsides.Allsourcesshouldbecitedusinganacceptedfootnoteorendnoteform&&at.Nocitationsin l parentheses,please.Neatness,grammarandspellingarenotmoreimportantthancontent,buttheydocount.  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MICROTHEMETOPICS  $X$ l PrehistoryMicrotheme: Due:Oct.20. %0!& 8  DiscusshowStanSakaisversionofthestoryofIzanamiandIzanagicompares & "' withtheversionsfoundinNihongiandKojiki.Whatdoyouthinkofhis ' #( interpretationofthismyth?Whichaspect[s]ofithasheemphasized?Whichhas (#) heignored?Doyouthinkhisinterpretationisvalid?)$*     or  *%+  8  DiscusshowStanSakaisversionofthestoryofSusanooandthedragon l+&, compareswiththeversionsfoundinNihongiandKojiki.Whatdoyouthinkof X,'- hisinterpretationofthismyth?Whichaspect[s]ofithasheemphasized?Which D-(. hasheignored?Doyouthinkhisinterpretationisvalid?Whatdoyouthinkof |,'- whathehasdonewith |,'- thismyth?      or  :8  DiscusshowStan_Sakai_sversionofthestoryof_Yamato_Ԁ_Dake_Ԁ[or_Takeru_]  compareswiththeversionsfoundin_Nihongi_andKojiki.  !Whatdoyouthinkof w hisinterpretationofthismyth?Which_aspect[s_]ofithasheemphasized?Which d hasheignored?Doyouthinkhisinterpretationisvalid?!Whatdoyouthinkof w whathehasdonewith w thismyth?      or >    8  Writeyourownshortstory,oneactplay,orcomicbasedonastoryin_Nihongi_ + { and/orKojiki. h   AristocraticJapan_Microtheme_: DueNov.10.  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