Japanese Literature (JAPANLIT):

Advanced Undergraduate and Graduate

JAPANLIT 146/246.Introduction to Premodern Japanese—(Graduate students register for 246.) 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, not given 2009-2010

JAPANLIT 157/257. 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. GER: DB-SocSci
4 units,not given 2009-2010 (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, Aut (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

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.
5 units, Aut (Levy, I)


JAPANLIT 235. Academic Readings in Japanese I--Strategies for reading academic writings in Japanese. Readings of scholarly papers and advanced material;s in Japanese in students' research areas in the humanities and social sciences. Prerequisites: JAPANLNG 103, 129B, or equivalent; consent of instructor. 2-4 units, not given 2009-2010 (Matsumoto, Y)

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, not given 2009-2010

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, not given 2009-2010 (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, Win (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, not given 2009-2010 (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 267. Readings in Sino-Japanese--Readings in Sino-Japanese (kambun) texts of the Edo and Meiji periods, with focus on grammar and reading comprehension. Prerequisite: 264 or equivalent. 2-4 units, not given 2009-2010 (Reichert, J)

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, Spr (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 287. Pictures of the Floating World: Images from Japanese Popular Culture--(Same as Art History 287) Printed objects produced during the Edo period (1600-1868), including the Ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) and lesser-studied genres such as printed books (ehon) and popular broadsheets (kawaraban). How a society constructs itself through images. The borders of the acceptable and censorship; theatricality, spectacle, and slippage; the construction of play, set in conflict against the dominant neo-Confucian ideology of fixed social roles. Prerequisites: 2, 186, 187, 188. 5 units, not given 2009-2010 (Takeuchi, M)

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, Aut (Reichert, J)

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, Spr (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, not given this year (Carter, S)

JAPANLIT 377. Seminar: Structure of Japanese--In-depth examination of linguistic constructions in Japanese. Focus this year on noun-modifying constructions. 2-4 units, Win (Matsumoto, Y)

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.
2-4 units, not given 2009-2010 (Matsumoto, Y)

JAPANLIT 395. Early Modern Japanese Literature—May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 247.
3-5 units, Win (Reichert, J)

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