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American Literature I (Lecture): Topics in American Culture 2017 II
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This course surveys American jazz from its beginning up to the early 1940s and modern American music in general, using videos, recordings and excerpts from textbooks written in English, and provides students with the basic knowledge of early jazz, modern music and critical perspectives on them.
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We will survey the history of jazz up to the early 1940s and representative modern American classical music, watching Ken Burns' documentary work on jazz, reading excerpts from textbooks and listening to representative recordings. Students are required to submit one 1-2 page response paper for each class, one mid-term short paper and one final paper written in Japanese or English.
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American culture; music; jazz; swing; criticism
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The evaluations will be based on attendance/response paper (20%), the mid-term paper (20%) and the end-term paper (60%).
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Students are required to read the assigned texts carefully before the class and listen to the assigned recordings.
"Active learning" will include short papers on jazz, American music, modern art and visits to concerts and museums.
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Full attendance and active participation are the minimum requirements for taking credits.
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Jazz (DVD)
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Ken Burns
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PBS
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2004
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A Concise Guide to Jazz
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Mark C. Gridley
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Prentice Hall
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2006
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A History of Jazz
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Ted Gioia
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Oxford Univ. Press
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2011
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The Joy of Music
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Leonard Bernstein
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Amadeus Press
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2004
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Blues, Ideology and Afro-American Literature: A Vernacular Theory
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Houston A. Baker Jr.
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Univ. of Chicago Press
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1987
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The Culture of Spontaneity: Improvisation and Arts in the Postwar America
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Daniel Belgrad
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Univ. of Chicago Press
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1999
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東京大学のアルバート・アイラー：東大ジャズ講義録・歴史編
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菊池成孔・大谷能生
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文藝春秋
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2009
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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
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David Schiff
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Cambridge Univ. Press
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1997
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Musical Ellaborations
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Edward W. Said
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Columbia Univ. Press
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1993
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Musicage
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John Cage, Joan Retallack
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Univ. Press of New England
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