O.L. #3B Question #1 is worth 5 points – all others are worth 1 point each. Either type your answers directly onto THIS sheet OR create a new file and number your answers 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ etc. 1. The following "gem" comes from the business world and as you can see is filled with redundant‚ empty‚ wordy‚ AND unnecessary phrases. Re-write it so that the ideas are expressed in a much clearer and more stylistic way. To: District Managers From: Margaret Davenport‚ Vice
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lord feudal system-political and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for loyalty‚ military assistance‚ and other services fief-grant of land from a lord to a vassal haiku-Japanese poem of 17 syllables written in three lines kabuki-type of Japanese theater; has singing and dancing; performances can last all day manorial system-economic system in the Middle Ages that was built around large estates called manors samurai-professional Japanese warrior hired by wealthy landowners
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There are many important periods in Japanese history. But‚ if I were to narrow it down to the three most important periods‚ it would be the Yayoi period‚ the Heian period‚ and the Edo period... IN MY OPINION Yayoi The Yayoi period lasted from about 400 or 300 BC until 250 AD. This period followed the Jōmon period. This period is named after Yayoi town‚ the subsection of Bunkyō‚ Tōkyō‚ where archaeological investigations uncovered its first recognized traces. The culture of the Yayoi Era is characterized
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Explain how actors manifest their training on the stage. In your answer refer to your study and exploration of the approaches to acting and performance of TWO of the practitioners and texts set for study. Approaches to acting explores not only the practitioners but also the world in which their audiences are living. Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal’s The Theatre of the Oppressed grew out of the chaos and oppression in Brazil in the 1950’s-70’s. The aesthetics of his approach to acting came
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Japan Geographical Setting Japan is an island country in the North Pacific Ocean. It lies off the northeast coast of mainland Asia and faces Russia‚Korea‚ and China. Four large islands and thousands of smaller ones make up Japan. The four major islands- Hokkaido‚Honshu‚Kyushu and Shikoku form a curve that extends for about 1‚900 kilometres. Topography Japan is a land of great natural beauty. mountains and hills cover about 70% of the country. IN fact‚ Japanese islands consist of the rugged upper
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Japanese Literature Reporters: Afable‚ Carlo Manasis‚ Fahra Afro-Asian Literature MTh 09:00 – 10:30 Japanese Literature I. Introduction Facts about Japan * Also known as “Land of the Rising Sun” * An archipelago made up of 6‚852 islands * Its capital is Tokyo * Japanese is its national language * The government is Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy II. History of Japanese Literature Japanese Literature can be divided into four main periods: ancient‚
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The four centuries covered in this chapter mark a transitory phase in the history of East Asia. During this time‚ the threat of conquest from Mongol tribes dissipated. On the other hand‚ western European merchants and governments encroached upon the kingdoms of Japan‚ Korea‚ and China. More and more‚ East Asia was connected to the broader global trading patterns that western Europeans established during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Unlike in native civilizations and kingdoms in the Americas
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consists of five Noh plays interspersed with shorter‚ humorous kyōgen pieces. Rakugo is a Japanese verbal entertainment. The lone storyteller (落語家 rakugoka?) sits on stage‚ called Kōza (高座?). Rakugo was originally known as karukuchi (軽口?). Kabuki Dance is a classical Japanese dance-drama. The individual kanji characters‚ from left to right‚ mean sing (歌)‚ dance (舞)‚ and skill (伎). translated as "the art of singing and dancing". PRACTICES Tea Ceremony also called the Way of Tea.
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The 47 Ronin Response John Allyn’s The 47 Ronin‚ is the true‚ although slightly embellished‚ tale of 47 masterless samurai bent on avenging their fallen leader‚ Lord Asano‚ as well as a fairly accurate portrayal of the culture of Japan during the eighteenth century. Each page of the 47 Ronin is steeped in the aura of Samurai‚ Confucian‚ Taoist‚ and Buddhist ethics. The most prominent of these ethics‚ is that of the Samurai; the code of Bushido is modeled by seven core virtues: rectitude (gi)
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1) Tableaux- a series of frozen pictures‚ and when added together it tells a story. a) Choose a story to tell b) Brake the story into parts c) Assign a character to everyone d) Must hold the Tableau for 5 seconds e) At beginning and at the end hold the neutral position Example: A person stabbing someone‚ the position of the hand‚ face victim scared‚ victim trying to get away. 2) The Greeks would not let any type of violence on the stage. All fighting shooting etc. had to happen
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