EALC 531

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Seminar in Japanese Lit

Credit: 4 hours.

Examination of Japanese literature from a variety of genres and historical periods designed to prepare advanced students for independent work in literary criticism and analysis. Texts in the vernacular are read and discussed from a variety of critical perspectives. Students produce a term paper based on current scholarship in the field of Japanese literary studies.

May be repeated in same or subsequent terms as topics vary to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite: A reading knowledge of Japanese.

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EALC 531 class schedule data for fall 2012
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	47429	Lecture-Discussion	A	4:00PM -6:30PM	W	G24 Foreign Languages Building	Nuffer, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/27/12-12/12/12 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: READINGS IN KANBUN. This course will introduce advanced readers of Japanese to kanbun, the variant form of classical Chinese in use among Japan's educated elite for over a millennium. Students will gain familiarity with the core grammar and vocabulary of classical Chinese, as well the syntactical and lexical eccentricities unique to kanbun, and will master the system of annotations used to indicate the Japanese reading of kanbun texts. Japan's vast -- and vastly underappreciated -- corpus of kanbun literature spans a wide range of genres, and course readings will reflect this diversity, including selections from imperial poetry anthologies, private diaries, Zen philosophical tracts, official histories, and medical treatises.