Course Name Lecturer Semester Course Level Credit Lecture on Japanese Literature [12] Shunji HIOKI Full year (2) 3 - 4 4

Course Topic The World of Hayao Miyazaki Course Outline

We will study the animations of Hayao Miyazaki Centering on “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind,” we will conduct analyses on what art actually is, what an author is, etc., through watching the film. By analyzing the films, we will propose various ideas regarding methods or perspectives for researching literary works. We will also discuss literary works written by Sartre and Gide and Grimm’s Fairy Tales, etc. We will read through the works of Hayao Miyazaki from a wide-ranging perspective and by using various methods, such as by making comparisons with Disney animations. Lectures will be conducted based on the premise that all students have already seen the major works of Hayao Miyazaki. Moreover, only keywords/phrases are mentioned in the schedule below and lectures may not necessarily be conducted in this order. Course Schedule

First Semester

(1) Class Guidance On Your Mark (2) Structure of the Film “In a Transport of Rage” (3) A Story about the Eyes The Ohmu’s Blue Eyes and Red Eyes (4) A Story about the Hands “See, There’s Nothing to be Afraid Of” (5) “Words” by Sartre A Discovery of the Second Self (6) A Story about the Feet A Place Far From the Intellect (7) “Strait Is the Gate” by Gide Sealed Eros (8) Regarding Hidden Pathos “Laputa: Castle in the Sky” (9) Diary of Alissa Did Alissa Really Love Jerome? (10) Who is Ursula? Mirror Image for “Kiki's Delivery Service” (11) Meaning of the Existence of Teto The Bond Between Nausicaä and Lord Yupa (12) The Knife of the Thatch Given to San Mirror Image for “Princess Mononoke” (13) Why an Old Lady? “Howl's Moving Castle”

Second Semester (1) The Mother’s Eyes Nausicaä and Chihiro (2) The World of Iblard “Whisper of the Heart” (3) How the Pigs Were Differentiated “Spirited Away” (4) Original Form of a Story Grimm’s Fairy Tales (5) Lack of a “Mother Figure” The Network of the Body (6) “Snow White” The Mother and Daughter Case (7) “Snow White” Sealed Eros (8) The World’s Destruction “Future Boy Conan” (9) The Flight and Fall “Porco Rosso” (10) Nostalgic Memories of the Father “Panda! Go, Panda!” and “My Neighbor Totoro” (11) Three Starting Points “Le Roi et l'oiseau” “The Snow Queen” and “Legend of the White Snake” (12) The Age of “Hols: Prince of the Sun” (13) A Bridge to Modern Japanese Literature Haruki Murakami (14) Summary Grading Method

Grades will be given based on attendance and performance in reports handed in at the end of the academic year. Textbook(s)

Printouts will be distributed in the classroom. References

Shunji Hioki, “Miyazaki Hayao: Owaranai Monogatari” (The Aoyama Standard Journal), Jan. 2007 Shunji Hioki, “Miyazaki Hayao: Sozo e no Kiseki” (Journal of College of Literature, Aoyama Gakuin University), Jan. 2007 Shunji Hioki, “Miyazaki Hayao: Suichoku Kukan To Haha No Kesson” (The Aoyama Standard Journal), Jan. 2008 Shunji Hioki, “Miyazaki Hayao: Shintaisei No Nettowaku” (Aoyama gobun), Mar. 2008