Program Information/プログラム情報
Course Descriptions
Classical Japanese
(JPN 322)
- Not open to native speakers of Japanese
- Prerequisites: JPN 320L or the equivalent (three years of modern Japanese) with a grade of at least C
- Course Objectives:
- This course is an introduction to the
principal elements of premodern
literary or 'classical' Japanese (bungo,) the standard form of the written
language for more than a millennium, and whose features are still found in
literary writing, lyrics, and 'period' films.
- A survey of the main
linguistic features will accompany close reading, commentary, and
translation of a wide range of prose and poetry texts from the literary
canon, from the Nara period through the Meiji period (8th century - early
20th century). The course is intended for all those who wish to read
pre-WWII Japanese for cultural knowledge, research and pleasure,
experiencing one of the world's richest traditional literatures in its
original form, and improving competence reading modern written Japanese.
