Japanese Literature (JAPANLIT):

Advanced Undergraduate and Graduate

JAPANLIT 143/243. Reinscribing Loss: On Japanese Modernity and the Literature of Unclaimed Experience—(Graduate students register for 243.) Freud’s theories on mourning and melancholia in the context of Japanese modernity. Literary and philosophical ways of dealing with a past experienced as a haunting loss. Readings of Freud alongside works by Japanese novelists from the 1900s to the 30s. What categories of memory and experiences of loss are rendered visible or made invisible by reinscriptions of psychoanalysis in modern Japanese literature.
2-4 units, Spr (O'Neill, D)

JAPANLIT 157. Points in Japanese Grammar—Meaning and grammatical differences of similar expressions, and distinctions that may not be salient in English.
Prerequisite: 18B or 22, or equivalent.
4 units, Spr (Matsumoto, Y)

JAPANLIT 170/270. The Tale of Genji and Its Historical Reception—(Graduate students register for  270.) Approaches to the tale including 12th-century allegorical and modern feminist readings. Influence upon other works including poetry, Noh plays, shorts stories, modern novels, and comic book (manga) retellings.
Prerequisite for graduate students: JAPANLNG 129B or 103, or equivalent. GER:DB-Hum
4 units, not given this year (Carter, S)

JAPANLIT 177/277. Structure of Japanese—(Graduate students register for 277; same as LINGUIST 171/271.) Linguistic analysis of the major grammatical structures of Japanese.
Prerequisites: two years of Japanese. Recommended: course in linguistics.
2-4 units, not given this year (Sell, P)

JAPANLIT 199. Individual Reading in Japanese—Asian Languages majors only. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: JAPANLNG 129B or 103, and consent of instructor.
1-4 units, Aut, Win, Spr, Sum (Staff)

Graduate

JAPANLIT 200. Directed Reading in Japanese
1-12 units, Aut, Win, Spr, Sum (Staff)

JAPANLIT 201. Proseminar: Introduction to Graduate Study in Japanese—Bibliographical and research methods; major trends in literary and cultural theory and critical practice. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 103 or 129B, or consent of instructor.
4-5 units, Win (Levy, I)

JAPANLIT 210. Japanese Tales of the Strange, 18th Century to the Present—Japanese texts dealing with strange, supernatural, or mysterious occurrences. Historical continuity and change in the representation of the strange. Readings include literary fiction by canonical authors, urban legends, popular ghost stories, local folklore, and critical readings from contemporaneous sources and recent theoretical analyses. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
3-5 units, not given this year (Foster, M)

JAPANLIT 246. Introduction to Premodern Japanese—Readings from Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi, and early Edo periods with focus on grammar and reading comprehension.
Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 129B or 103, or equivalent.
3-5 units, Aut (Carter, S)

JAPANLIT 247. Readings in Premodern Japanese—Edo and Meiji periods with focus on grammar and reading comprehension. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 246 or equivalent.
2-5 units, Win (Reichert, J)

JAPANLIT 260. Japanese Poetry and Poetics—Heian through Meiji periods with emphasis on relationships between the social and aesthetic. Works vary each year.
Prerequisites: 246, 247, or equivalent.
2-4 units, not given this year (Carter, S)

JAPANLIT 264. Academic Readings in Japanese I—Strategies for reading academic writings in Japanese. Readings of scholarly papers and advanced materials in Japanese in students’ research areas in the humanities and social sciences.
Prerequisites: JAPANLNG 103, 129B, or equivalent; and consent of instructor.
2-4 units, Aut (Matsumoto, Y)

JAPANLIT 265. Academic Readings in Japanese II—Strategies for reading academic writings in Japanese. Readings of scholarly papers and advanced materials in Japanese in students’ research areas in the humanities and social sciences. May be taken independently of 264. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: JAPANLNG 103, 129B, or equivalent; and consent of instructor.
2-4 units, Win (Matsumoto, Y)

JAPANLIT 281. Japanese Pragmatics—Sociocultural and discourse factors reflected in the choice of linguistic forms, and their theoretical implications.
Prerequisites: one year of Japanese and a course in linguistics, or two years of Japanese, or consent of instructor.
4 units, not given this year (Matsumoto, Y)

JAPANLIT 282. Japanese Sociolinguistics—Changes in standard Japanese and in local and regional dialects. The role of locally born and new residents in changes in dialects. Methods of researching changing language consciousness and behavior, and the relationship between language and society.
4 units, not given this year

JAPANLIT 289. Topics in Japanese Linguistics: Implications of Diversity in Language—Japanese from the viewpoint of inter- and intra-language diversity, and the theoretical and pedagogical implications. Topics include Japanese linguistic phenomena against the background of claimed universal principles, forms and styles, factors influencing variations, and how such diversity is an exploitation and reflection of the contexts in which the language is used.
Prerequisites: JAPANLNG 102 or128B, and Linguistics courses.
2-4 units, not given this year (Matsumoto, Y)

JAPANLIT 291. Readings in Japanese Linguistics—Scholarly articles in Japanese.
Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 129B/213 or equivalent, and a Linguistics course.
2-4 units, not given this year (Matsumoto, Y)

JAPANLIT 296. Readings in Modern Japanese Literature—Works and topics vary each year. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: fourth-year Japanese or consent of instructor.
2-5 units, not given this year (Levy, I)

JAPANLIT 298. The Theory and Practice of Japanese Literary Translation—Theory and cultural status of translation in modern Japanese and English. Comparative analysis of practical translation strategies. Final project is a literary translation of publishable quality.
Prerequisite: fourth-year Japanese or consent of instructor.
2-5 units, not given this year (Levy, I)

JAPANLIT 299. Master’s Thesis or Translation—A total of 5 units, taken in one or more quarters.
1-5 units, Aut, Win, Spr, Sum (Staff)

JAPANLIT 350. Japanese Historical Fiction—Authors include Mori Ogai, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Tanizaki Jun’ichiro, Enchi Fumiko, Shiba Ryotaro, Fujisawa Shuhei, and Hiraiwa Yumie. Genre theory, and historical and cultural context. Works vary each year. May be repeated for credit.
3-5 units, not given this year (Carter, S)

JAPANLIT 360. The Japanese Essay—The zuihitsu genre. Authors include Yoshida no Kenkô, Kinoshita Chôshôshi, Motoori Norinaga, Shiba Kôkan, Tachibana Nankei, and Higuchi Ichiyô. Works vary each year. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 246.
3-5 units, Win (Carter, S)

JAPANLIT 381. Topics in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis—Naturally occurring discourse (conversational, narrative, or written) and theoretical implications. Discourse of different age groups, expressions of identity and persona, and individual styles. May be repeated for credit.
3-5 units, not given this year (Matsumoto, Y)

JAPANLIT 395. Early Modern Japanese Literature—May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 247.
3-5 units, not given this year (Reichert, J)

JAPANLIT 396. Modern Japanese Literature—May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 213.
3-5 units, Aut (Levy, I)

JAPANLIT 399. Dissertation Research—For doctoral students in Japanese working on dissertations. (Staff)
1-12 units, Aut, Win, Spr, Sum (Staff)

JAPANLIT 400. Advanced Language Training—For students at the Yokohama Center. For more information, see the program description under the “Inter-University Center for Japanese Studies in Yokohama” section in this bulletin.
1-15 units, Aut, Win, Spr (Staff)

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